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Vlasta Vodeb received BA in Sociology of Culture and Philosophy, an MSc and PhD in Sociology from the Faculty of Art, University of Ljubljana (2004). In relation to urban planning she is mainly involved in projects on demography, accessibility, gender mainstreaming and cultural heritage.
In recent years, her main research topic has been analysis of demographic change at international and local level. She finds demographic studies for municipalities, where combining classic demographic studies with modern technologies of spatial simulations, of special challenge.
She is a member of various international networks; she led international and national projects, lectured on the topic of gender mainstreaming and accessibility in Slovenia and abroad.
Education
- Ph.D Sociology (Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za sociologijo - 2005)
- M.Phil Sociology (Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za sociologijo - 2002)
- B.A. Sociology of Culture and Philosophy (Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za sociologijo in filozofijo - 1999)
Work experience
- researcher (Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije - 1999 / )
Significant scientific and professional articles
- VODEB, Vlasta, VODEB, Gorazd. Spatial analysis of the public library network in Slovenia. Journal of library administration, ISSN 0193-0826, 2015, vol. 55, no. 3, str. 202-220
- ZAKRAJŠEK, Franc, VODEB, Vlasta. eCultureMap - Link to Europeana Knowledge. Communications in Computer and Information Science, ISSN 1865-0929, 416), vol. 416, str. 184-189. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-08425-1_20
- ZAKRAJŠEK, Franc, VODEB, Vlasta. Geographical mapping of Art Nouveau collections. Uncommon Culture, ISSN 2082-6923, 2014, vol. 4, no. 1/2 (7/8)
- Vodeb, V. (2006): Dostopnost urbanega okolja: San Francisco, London, Ljubljana. Ljubljana, Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije
Participation in conferences
- VODEB, Vlasta. (2014). Tackle demographic change with cost saving measures for public infrastructure maintenance : gender mainstreaming perspective.
EnGendering Cities; Designing Sustainable Urban Environments for All (GenderSTE, Italian Presidency of the European Union under the patronage of UNESCO - Rome, Italia).
- VODEB, Vlasta (2009). Merjenje, planiranje i informisanje o pristupačnosti = Measuring, planning and information on accessibility.
Turisti i turizam = Tourists and tourism (Centar Živeti uspravno: Južnobački upravni okrug: Pokrajinski zavod za socialnu zaštitu - Novi Sad).
- VODEB, Vlasta, ZAKRAJŠEK, Franc (2008). Web GIS accessibility map for people with disabilities for Ljubljana city
Sharing our visions (GISDATA users conference - Opatija).