The website was created by progrmme group members and the Department of Geography FF UL in cooperation with internal (with FF, for e-education) and external collaborators (geography teachers, company A1 and colleagues from the Institute for Education of the Republic of Slovenia). The Useful Geography Web site (uporabna.geografija.si) combines freely available tools and information for pedagogical workers, students / students / students, or the general public, in research, teaching or leisure activities on the ground or after the field.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 68402274Finalist of the "Communicator of Science in 2018" In the framework of the Slovenian Science Foundation annually awards are awarded to Prometey Science for Excellence in Communication and the Communicator of Science. Communication in science has a crucial impact on citizens' awareness of the developmental role of science in modern society. It is a way of popularizing science, where researchers, teachers, artists and journalists should also be more active. Member of programme group Matej Ogrin became one of the 4 finalists for the Communicator of Science for his engagement and communication for 2018 and received a prize for promotion in the academic and media field - primarily in support of the development of sustainable mobility and the reduction of air pollution.
E.01 National awards
COBISS.SI-ID: 67520866The precise spatial location and knowledge of the characteristics of the derelict areas represent an important step towards the sustainable planning and placement of activities in the area. In Slovenia, within the framework of the integrated approach to the FDA assessment, a system for recording and monitoring FDA was first developed and established, the basis of which is the process of identifying and recording FDAs, which represents the acquisition of field data with field visits, censuses and interviews with stakeholders at local (municipal) level and establishment and FDA evidence. Data and photos of FDAs are also available in the web application. The research and the prepared collection is ranked in the 9th highest ranking, comparative or continuous research, important populations and methodologically appropriately derived. The present inventory (and ongoing research) is based on a combination of knowledge in geography, spatial planning, and governance. An important contribution to increasing access to public information and greater public involvement.
F.15 Development of a new information system/databases
COBISS.SI-ID: 67842914Members of the PG are also active in the transfer of knowledge and the implementation of mentorships at all stages of the study. In 2018, the doctorate under the mentorship of I. Potočnik Slavič was completed with a dissertation examining the dynamic, accessible and multifunctional countryside. In such a countryside, the candidate showed the anticipated change in land use and the emergence of conflicts of interest among land use actors over the next 30 years, indicating how these changes could be directed in the future and thus reduce conflicts. The canndidat notes that changes in land use and conflicts of interest in the future could be channeled into education - she has created an innovative computer game that focuses on what is usually the most difficult to change: the invisible and changeable highly resilient thinking models. The doctoral dissertation is distinguished by exceptional innovation, completeness, integrity, criticality and professional argumentation. We evaluate the dissertation as top-notch work - not only in the Slovene but also in the international framework.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 67741538Newbie is a thematic network that receives funds from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program (2018–2021). The Newbie network (9 partners) will address the challenge of enabling new entrants to successfully establish sustainable farm businesses in Europe. The Newbie network will feature the development and dissemination of new business models, including new entry models, to the full range of new entrants – from successors to complete newcomers to the agricultural sector. The Newbie network offers a unique platform by bringing together new entrants, successors, advisors, researchers, important regional and national actors and relevant stakeholders in national networks.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects