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Damjana Gantar holds a PhD in Landscape Architecture and works as a research associate at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS). Her work focuses on multidisciplinary, transnational, and national projects, encompassing both scientific and applied studies of environmental and landscape aspects in spatial planning.
Her primary research interests include landscape changes, future scenarios, and the preservation of quality, spatial identity, and cultural heritage in rural areas, examining how these aspects are influenced by factors such as policies and demographic shifts. She also integrates considerations of energy efficiency into spatial planning and the renovation of cultural heritage buildings.
From 2017 to 2024, Damjana Gantar has served as the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Urbani izziv. She continues her editorial work as a field editor (Urbani izziv) and as a member of the advisory board of the scientific journal Acta Architectonica et Urbanistica.
Selected current projects
- (Urejenost naselij in krajine)
MOP (2021 - 2021)
- (CRP21 - Tipologija)
ARRS (2021 - 2023)
- Methodology for installing photovoltaic devices on heritage buildings and in residential heritage areas, and updating the Guidelines for Energy Renovation of Heritage Buildings (DEDIS (CRP23_DEDIS-V5-2358-ARIS/JS))
ARIS (2023 - 2025)
Work experience
- Editor-in-chief Urbani izziv (Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije - 2017 / 2024)
- Research Fellow (Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije - 2003 / )
- Spatial planning on local level; GIS data bases (Mestna občina Nova Gorica, Oddelek za okolje in prostor - 2002 / 2003)
Significant scientific and professional articles
- GANTAR, Damjana, NIKŠIČ, Matej, GORŠIČ, Nina. Vloga značilne arhitekturne tipologije pri ohranjanju prostorske identitete : primer občine Idrija. Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije, Series historia et sociologia, ISSN 1408-5348. 2021, 31(4) str. 617-632.
- GANTAR, Damjana, KOZAMERNIK, Jana, ŠUKLJE ERJAVEC, Ina, KOBLAR, Simon. From intention to implementation of vertical green : the case of Ljubljana. Sustainability, ISSN 2071-1050, 2022, 14(6), str. 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/su14063198
- HANSEN, Rieke, LIEROP, Martina, van, ROLF, Werner, GANTAR, Damjana, ŠUKLJE ERJAVEC, Ina, RALL, Emily Lorance, PAULEIT, Stephan. Using green infrastructure to stimulate discourse with and for planning practice: experiences with fuzzy concepts from a pan-European, a national and a local perspective. Socio-ecological practice research, ISSN 2524-5287, 2021, str. 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/s42532-021-00087-2
- GANTAR, Damjana, GOLOBIČ, Mojca. Landscape scenarios : a study of influences on attitudes and actions in a rural landscape. Futures, ISSN 0016-3287. [Print ed.], 2015, vol. 69, str. 1-13, doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.02.002.
- RAZPOTNIK VISKOVIĆ, Nika, PIPAN, Primož, GANTAR, Damjana, ŠUKLJE ERJAVEC, Ina. Prostorsko umeščanje in širitve kmetij v Sloveniji : zakonodajni okvir in izkušnje slovenskih občin. Geografski vestnik : časopis za geografijo in sorodne vede, ISSN 0350-3895. [Tiskana izd.], 2017, 89, [št.] 1, str. 45-61, zvd., graf. prikazi, tabele. doi: 10.3986/GV89102
- GANTAR, Damjana. Pričakovanja kmetov o spremembah kulturne krajine na območju občine Idrija. Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije, Series historia et sociologia, ISSN 1408-5348. [Tiskana izd.], 2015, letn. 25, št. 1, str. 129-141, tabele, graf. prikazi. [COBISS.SI-ID 2671299]
- GANTAR, Damjana, MIHELIČ, Breda, MUJKIĆ, Sabina, TOMŠIČ, Miha, MIRTIČ, Mihael, ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana. Izzivi energetske prenove stavb kulturne dediščine v Sloveniji. Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije, Series historia et sociologia, ISSN 1408-5348. 2018, letn. 28, št. 1, str. 193-208.
Membership in professional organizations
- Slovenian Association of Landscape Architects (SALA) ( / )