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Jernej Tiran, PhD


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jernej.tiran@zrc-sazu.si


Jernej Tiran is a researcher at the Anton Melik Geographical Institute of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, where he conducts research in various fields of human geography, particularly electoral geography, transport and mobility, urban geography, and sports and recreation. He received his doctorate in the interdisciplinary study program Humanities and Social Sciences at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. His work mainly focuses on identifying spatial differences and inequalities and searching for their causes – for example, in the context of political participation, accessibility of services, or sports and recreational activities. In his research, he often relies on statistical analyses and cartographic representations, which he frequently shares with the wider public. He is also the editor of numerous institute publications and is actively involved in geographic professional associations.


Jernej Tiran's research work covers three separate areas within human geography: political geography with an emphasis on spatial differences in voting behavior, quality of life and mobility with an emphasis on spatial accessibility of services, and geographical aspects of sports and recreation.

His research is mostly based on quantitative methods: surveys, statistical analyses, geographic information systems, and cartographic representations. He often uses innovative and interactive tools such as visual stories and online atlases to present his results.

His most important achievements include original scientific articles published in prestigious journals such as Urban Research and Practice, City, Culture and Society, and Innovation, and (co-)authorship of several scientific monographs published by ZRC Publishing. Also worth mentioning are his comments on elections and referendums, which he publishes together with maps on social networks and in major media outlets, while his in-depth analyses are published on the Metina lista web portal.

In the future, he plans to focus primarily on the geography of sports and recreation, a hitherto neglected but promising field of research.

Awards and recognitions
  • Bronze award of the Association of the Geographical Societies of Slovenia, 2025
  • 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
  • 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
Professional memberships
  • member of executive committee and vice president of Ljubljana Geographical Society
  • member of the National working group for Sustainable urban mobility plans
  • member of supervisory board of the Society for passengers of Slovenia
  • chief editor for environmental protection, editorial assistant and member of Acta geographica Slovenica editorial board
  • member of the GIS in Slovenia book series editorial board
  • member of the Geography of Slovenia and Georhythm book series editorial board
  • coeditor of the CAPACities book series
  • member of the ZRC SAZU Commission for Ethics, Integrity, and Equal Opportunities in Research
Section
Department of Human Geography
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Geoinformatics
Keywords
political geography
mobility
transportation
urban geography
geography of sports

Links
Find me on ResearchGate