Name and Surname: dr. Irma Potočnik Slavič

Office: Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Phone: + 386 01 241 1248

Email: Irma.potocnik@ff.uni-lj.si

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Education:

  • 2008 Doctor of Geography, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Dissertation: Endogenous Development Potentials of Rural Areas
    • Mentor: dr. Marijan M. Klemenčič
  • 2000 Masters of Science, Geography, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Thesis: Sociogeographic Characterisstics of Farming in Ljubljana Basin
    • Mentor: dr. Marijan M. Klemenčič
  • 1996 Bachelors of Arts, Geography, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Thesis: Sociogeographic Transformation of Šenčur
    • Mentor: dr. Vladimir Klemenčič

 

Employment:

  • 1997-Present: Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 1995-1997: Srednja vzgojiteljska šola in gimnazija Ljubljana (secondary school)

Research Interests:

  • Rural Areas Development, Regional Development, Community Lead Local Development (CLLD), LEADER, Rural Ageing, Business Zones in Rural Areas, Rural Entrepreneurship, Inequalities in Rural Areas, Neo-endogenous Development Approach

 

Current Pedagogical Work:

Associate Professor for Human and Regional Geography; certified courses: Geography of Slovenia (BSc), Geography of Rural Areas (BSc), Development Inequalities in Rural Areas (MSc), Endogenous Rural Development (MSc) at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography.

On the behalf of Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland: Certificate in LEADER Programme Management (2016-).

Research projects and programmes[20151] :

Ongoing projects:

TELI2: Transnational Education in Leader Implementation, Erasmus+ project (2016-2018).

NEWBIE (New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience in European agriculture), Horizon 2020 – CSA Project (2018-2022).

Potencials and Barriers for the Development of Supplementary Activities on the Farms (Potenicali in ovire za razvoj dopolnilnih dejavnosti na kmetijah), financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food and Slovenian Research Agency (2016-2018).

Sustainable Regional Development of Slovenia (Trajnostni regionalni razvoj Slovenije), financed by the Slovenian Research Agency (2017-2020).

 

Completed projects:

Creative towards Applicative Knowledge – PARK_B: Parterships in Agriculture – The Case of Brkini region;  Po kreativni poti do praktičnega znanja (PARK_B – Partnersko kmetovanje v Brkinih), cofinanced by the Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund, European Social Found and Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (2017).

Methodology for Inventory and Analysis of Brownfields in Slovenia (Celovita metodologija za popis in analizo degradiranih območij v Sloveniji; pilot survey, setting-up register), financed by Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency (2015-2017).

DERREG - Developing Europe´s Rural  Regions in the Era of Globalization (7th EU FP; 2009-2011). Results  published in 2015 (Ashgate).  

Development Factors of Agritourism – Comparison between Walloon Region (Belgium) and Slovenia (bilateral research project; 2011-2012). Results published in European Countryside (2013, vol. 5, issue 4). Project leader.

Potentials of Supplementary Activities on Farms and Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas (target research project, financed by Ministry of Agriculture, Slovenian Research Agency; 2010-2012). Results published in GeograFF 19 (2016).  Project leader.

 

Publications:

POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Building a tourism palace: agritourism in metropolitan areas as another stone in the mosaic? : the case of Slovenia. V: SZNAJDER, Michał (ur.). Metropolitan commuter belt tourism. London; New York: Routledge, 2017, 116-125.

POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Fragmented agrarian space: building blocks and modernisation trajectories : the case of Slovenia. Quaestiones Geographicae, ISSN 0137-477X, 2017, 36, 2, str. 37-48. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/quageo.2017.36.issue-2/quageo-2017-0013/quageo-2017-0013.xml?format=INT, doi: 10.1515/quageo-2017-0013.

LAMPIČ, Barbara, POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Prožne kmetije kot gibalo trajnostnega razvoja slovenskega podeželja (Resilient Farms as Drivers of Sustainable Development of Slovenian Rural Areas) . V: LAMPIČ, Barbara (ur.), ZUPANČIČ, Jernej (ur.). Raziskovalno-razvojne prakse in vrzeli trajnostnega razvoja Slovenije, (E-GeograFF, 9). 1. izd., elektronska izd. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, 2017, str. 30-48, /geo/sites/default/files/e-geograff_9.pdf.

 

LOGAR, Erik, POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. (Ne)vidne spremembe podeželskih skupnosti: primeri z Gorenjske in Sauerlanda ((In)visible Changes of Rural Communities: Examples from Gorenjska region (Slovenia) and Sauerland (Germany)). Geografski vestnik, ISSN 0350-3895. [Tiskana izd.], 2016, 88, [št.] 2, str. 31-50, ilustr. http://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/gv/article/view/4915, doi: 10.3986/GV88202.

GUŠTIN, Špela, POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Prepoznavanje in prostorska razmestitev konfliktov na podeželju (Identification and Spatial Distribution of Conflicts in Rural Areas). Geografski vestnik, ISSN 0350-3895. [Tiskana izd.], 2015, 87, [št.] 1, str. 81-101, ilustr., zvd. http://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/gv/article/view/3551, doi: 10.3986/ GV87105.

LAMPIČ, Barbara, MRAK, Irena, POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Transformation of rural Slovenia : the Pomurje region in search of new development paths. In: MCDONAGH, John (Ed.), NIENABER, Birte (Ed.), WOODS, Michael Ed.). Globalization and Europeʼs rural regions, (Perspectives on rural policy and planning). Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate, cop. 2015, 125-142, ilustr.

POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Farm tourism in Slovenia: mosaic structure and future prospects. Journal of rural and community development, 2014, vol. 9, no. 3, 280-294, ilustr. http://www.jrcd.ca/viewarticle.php?id=859&layout=abstract.

NATEK, Karel, OGRIN, Darko, POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. Atlas of Slovenia for elementary and secondary schools (Atlas Slovenije za osnovne in srednje šole).  1st ed. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 2014. 1 atlas (128 p.).

POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma, SCHMITZ, Serge. Farm tourism across Europe. European Countryside, 2013, vol. 5, issue 4, 265-274. http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/euco.2013.5.issue-4/euco-2013-0017/euco-2013-0017.xml?format=INT, doi: 10.2478/euco-2013-0017.

POTOČNIK SLAVIČ, Irma. The significance of the rural web for rural tourism development: the case of Goriška Brda region, Slovenia. Bulletin - Société géographique de Liège, 2012, vol. 58, 73-82, ilustr.

Grants, Awards, and Fellowships:

  • DAAD Research Grant (Bayreuth-Germany, 2002), Canadian Embassy Grant - Faculty Enrichment Programme (Toronto-Canada, 2006).
  • Prešeren´s Faculty Award for student´s diploma work (1995); prize for the PhD thesis at the Committee of the Region's Theses Competition 2009 on "Local and Regional Authorities in the European Union" (2009); Municipality of Koper/Capodistria Award for local project on rural cultural heritage promotion (2009); Award for Excellent Pedagogical Work provided by Student´s Council at the Faculty of Arts (2010), awards of the Association of Slovene Geographers (2005, 2009).

 

Professional Affiliations:

  • Alumni Club of Geographers, Slovenian Rural Network, Association for the Development of Slovenian Rural Areas

Service

  • Editor-in-chief (Geografski obzornik, 2002-2006), member of editorial board (Geografski obzornik, 2006-2017); co-editor (DELA, 2014-).