PhD Saša Poljak Istenič

PhD Saša Poljak Istenič
no.: 24304 source: ARIS

researcher – active in research organisation
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Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
6.04.00  Humanities  Ethnology   
6.03.02  Humanities  Anthropology  Social and cultural anthropology 

Code Science Field
S220  Social sciences  Cultural anthropology, ethnology 
H400  Humanities  Folklore 
Keywords
urban anthropology, anthropology of the future, climate change, sustainability, creativity, heritage
Bibliography Representative bibliographic units | Personal | COBISS+
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Evaluation (metodology)
Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology
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source: ARIS
Points
941.9
A''
51.85
A'
385.7
A1/2
459.03
CI10
143
CImax
22
h10
8
A1
3.11
A3
0.09
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on December 26, 2025; Data for score A3 calculation refer to period 2020-2024 (2020, 2021, 2024)
Data for ARIS tenders ( 21.05.2024 – Target research programmes, archive )
Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases
source: WoS source: Scopus source: COBISS
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS 8  43  37  4.63 
Scopus 20  184  146  7.3 
Mentoring junior researchers
source: ARIS
no. Name and surname Type Period Code
1 Jaro Veselinovič   Bologna doctoral studies  10/1/2021 - 9/30/2025  55881 
Education
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Level of education Professional title Study subject Faculty Year
      SI University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts 2002 
Doctoral degree  Ph. D.   Ethnology  SI University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts 2012 
Doctoral dissertations and other final papers Show
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Employments
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Type of employment Research org. Research group Date of employment Position Role Title
Full time employment (100%, RD:100%)  Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  Institute of Slovenian Ethnology  10/1/2003  Researcher  Researcher   
Research projects Legend
source: ARIS
no. Code Title Period Head
1. N6-0329  Competing Urgencies: Translating Climate Neutrality Polity in the European Union (EU-URGE)   4/1/2024 - 3/31/2028  PhD Saša Poljak Istenič   959 
2. BI-HR/25-27-043  Cities and Futures: Ethnological and Cultural Anthropological Research (FUTURB)   1/1/2025 - 12/31/2026  PhD Saša Poljak Istenič   477 
3. J6-50198  Etnography of Silence(s)   10/1/2023 - 9/30/2026  PhD Katja Hrobat Virloget   1,546 
4. J6-50197  Language, culture and values: the economic images of everyday life in short folklore forms   10/1/2023 - 9/30/2026  PhD Saša Babič   2,332 
5. J6-2578  Urban Futures: Imagining and Activating Possibilities in Unsettled Times   11/1/2020 - 10/31/2024  PhD Saša Poljak Istenič   1,746 
6. J6-2577  CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE THROUGH THE FARMERS’ EYES AND BODIES   9/1/2020 - 8/31/2024  PhD Dušanka Knežević Hočevar   1,762 
7. J6-1804  Young entrepreneurs in times of uncertainty and accelerated optimism: an ethnological study of entrepreneurship and ethics of young people in modern-day Slovenia   7/1/2019 - 6/30/2023  PhD Miha Kozorog   2,808 
8. L6-9364  The Invisible Life of Waste: Development of an Ethnography-based Solution for Waste Management in Households   11/1/2018 - 10/31/2022  PhD Dan Podjed   3,025 
9. Z6-6841  Surviving, living, thriving. Creativity as a way of life   10/1/2014 - 9/30/2016  PhD Saša Poljak Istenič   477 
10. J6-5558  Heroes and Celebrities in Slovenia and Central Europe   8/1/2013 - 7/31/2016  PhD Božidar Jezernik   7,860 
11. J6-4007  HOLIDAYS AND CONSTITUTION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SLOVENIA   7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014  PhD Božidar Jezernik   7,357 
12. J6-4310  Triglav National Park: Heritages, acteurs - strategies, questions, and solutions   7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014  PhD Jurij Fikfak   8,366 
13. J6-0070  Tradition and its re-producers   2/1/2008 - 1/30/2011  PhD Marija Stanonik   4,444 
14. J6-6352  Ethnological Perspectives and Images (from 19th to 21st Century)   7/1/2004 - 6/30/2007  PhD Ingrid Slavec Gradišnik   6,136 
ARIS research and infrastructure programmes Legend
source: ARIS
no. Code Title Period Head
1. P6-0088  Ethnological, anthropological and folklore studies research on everyday life   1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027 PhD Dan Podjed   5,553 
2. P6-0088  Cultural Spaces and Practices: Ethnology and Folklore Studies   1/1/2015 - 12/31/2021 PhD Jurij Fikfak   6,040 
3. P6-0088  Etnološke in folkloristične raziskave kulturnih prostorov in praks (Slovene)   1/1/2009 - 12/31/2014 PhD Jurij Fikfak   6,984 
4. P6-0088  Ethnological and Folkloristic Research in Slovenia and in Europe   1/1/2004 - 12/31/2008 PhD Mojca Ravnik   5,079 
International projects
no. Code Title Period Head
1. HORIZON-CULTURALITY-101132628  CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sustainabilITY   4/1/2024 - 3/31/2028 PhD Saša Poljak Istenič    
2. INTERREG-Alpine Space AlpTextyles  Collaborative solutions ​for a heritage & consumer sensitive ​relocalization ​ of sustainable, circular, and innovative ​Alpine textile value chains   11/1/2022 - 10/31/2025 PhD Špela Ledinek Lozej    
3. ALPINE-AlpFoodway  AlpFoodway - A cross-disciplinary, transnational and participative approach to Alpine food cultural heritage   11/1/2016 - 10/31/2019 PhD Špela Ledinek Lozej    
Biography
Saša Poljak Istenič is a research associate at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology ZRC SAZU, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor (Slovenia), and a guest lecturer at Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt (Austria). She is engaged in research and applied projects covering topics of urban life, climate change, sustainability, creativity, silence, and heritage. She has received funding from the national research agency (national and multilateral WEAVE projects) and European programs (Horizon, Interreg). She is the editor-in-chief of Glasnik SED and the member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee at the Ministry of Culture and the Expert Council of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.
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