Jernej Tiran, PhD

Education
B.Sc. in geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010
Ph.D. of science, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015

Research Fields
political geography, mobility and transport, urban geography

Other activities

president of Ljubljana Geographical Society
member of the National working group for Sustainable urban mobility plans
member of Acta geographica Slovenica editorial board
member of the Geography of Slovenia book series editorial board
member of the Georhythm book series editorial board
coeditor of the CAPACities book series
representative of the civil society in the Inter-ministerial working group for monitoring and executing the resolution on the National programme for road traffic safety for the period 2013–2022

Excellent in Science achievement for the article Forgotten values of industrial city still alive: what can the creative city learn from its industrial counterpart?. City, culture and society (authors Kozina, J., Bole, D., Tiran, J.), Slovenian Research Agency, 2022

First place award for "The Interpretation polygon as a tool for understanding the cultural landscape", E-cLiC international contest for landscapes, category C – General public, 2015

International award of European project 2Bparks for the integrated interpretation of the Iška river in Ljubljansko barje, the category "Places of Sense", 2013

Faculty of Arts Prešeren award for students, University of Ljubljana, 2010

Award for contribution to sustainable development of society, Slovene Human Resources and Scholarship Fund, 2009

Tiran, J., Bole, D., Kozina, J. 2022: Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation: reflections from Velenje, Slovenia. Innovation: the European journal of social science research.
Tiran, J., Razpotnik Visković, N., Gabrovec, M., Koblar, S. 2022: A spatial analysis of public transport accessibility in Slovenia. Urbani Izziv 33-1.
Kozina, J., Bole, D., Tiran, J. 2021: Forgotten values of industrial city still alive: what can the creative city learn from its industrial counterpart?. City, culture and society 25.
Brezina T., Tiran J., Ogrin M., Laa B. 2021: COVID-19 impact on daily mobility in Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 61-2.
Tiran, J., Lakner, M., Drobne, S. 2019: Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Moravian Geographical Reports 27-4.
Vehovar, U., Tiran, J. 2017: Structural and cultural characteristics of Slovenian society and potential for establishment of authoritarian rule. Research in social change 9-1.
Tiran, J. 2016: Measuring urban quality of life: case study of Ljubljana. Acta geographica Slovenica 56-1.

All publications (COBISS)

Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (research programme • 01. january 2015 - 31. december 2021)
CARE4CLIMATE (01. january 2019 - 31. december 2026)
Mobility poverty in the Republic of Slovenia (ciljni_raziskovalni_projekt • 01. october 2022 - 31. may 2024)
TuneOurBlock - Transforming urban quarters to human scale environments: applying superblock concepts for different urban structures (mednarodni_raziskovalni • 01. may 2021 - 30. april 2024)
Bright Future (raziskovalni • 01. march 2017 - 01. march 2020)
HEPNESS (mednarodni • 01. january 2017 - 31. december 2018)
Elaboration of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the Municipality of Tržič (trzni_projekt • 04. may 2016 - 30. april 2017)