Education:

• B.Sc. in Ethnology and cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018.
• B.Sc. in German studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018.
• Master studies of Ethnology and cultural anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2021.
• Master studies of German studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2021.
• Ph.D. student of Comparative study of ideas and cultures (Human geography) at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, Slovenia.

Research fields:

ethnography of space and place, public space, social innovation, heritage studies, tourism studies

Other activities:

• Member of Ljubljana Geographical Society's Executive Committee and Excursion's commisioner (2021-…).
• Member of the organising committee of the 16th Biennial Symposium Geographic Information Systems in Slovenia: Present and Future, Ljubljana, 2022.
• Member of the organising committee of the 10th Symposium of ZRC SAZU researchers at the beginning of their scientific career, Ljubljana, 2022.

Selected lectures:

• Life in the Pitztal Valley and Future Perspectives: Development Projects in the Pitzal Glacier Area in a period of »climate change«. Lecture at the municipial house Zadružni dom, Solčava, 25. 9. 2020.
• Interview on ethnographic research in Cape Verde and the Pitztal Valley in Tirol, Radio Študent, Ljubljana, 2021.
• Ethnographic research of public space: a case study from the old town centre of Koper. Paper presented at the symposium The Limits of Science: 10th Symposium of ZRC SAZU researchers at the beginning of their scientific path, Ljubljana, 2022.
• Locating Conflicts in Social Innovation Processes in a Tourist-Historic City. Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places, Ljubljana, 2023.

• Harfst J., Kern C., Kozina J., Sandrierster J., Senčar Mrdaković M., Tiran J. 2022: Einbindung junger Menschen in Industriestädten : good practice Katalog. Edirors Jani Kozina and Jörn Harfst. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU.
• Senčar Mrdaković, M. 2022: Political Ecology of Ski Tourism in the Pitztal Valley: Merger of the Pitztal with the Ötztal Glacier. Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, 62(1), 33-44.
• Bole, D.; Senčar Mrdaković, M.; Tiran J. 2023: From a mining town to a town of industrial multinationals : explaining transformation through human agency and mining assets. The Extractive industries and society, 14, 101243.

• Improving the position of Women in the labour markets of peripheral INdustrial regions (applied research project • January 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026)
• M.C.RUK: Network of research arts and culture centres (marketing project • January 30, 2020 - June 15, 2023)
• ESPON Territorial study – Quality of life in the Alpine Convention Space (international research project • May 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024)
• Trans-making – Art / culture / economy to democratize society. Research in placemaking for alternative narratives (international research project • January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2020)
• Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2020)
• Places that don’t matter? Socio-economic transformation of industrial towns in Switzerland and Slovenia (fundamental research project • November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
• Youth in Industrial Regions – Strengthening institutional capacities to cope with the outmigration of young people from industrial towns (INTERREG • April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2022)
• (Hidden) Industrial Champions: Origins, Features and Futures of Industrial Small Towns (international research project • February 1, 2025 - January 31, 2028)

• Dr Bojan Erhartić ZRC SAZU Scholarship for Scientific Research, 2023