STUDY COURSES
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF IDEAS AND CULTURES
Common mandatory courses of the program:
Individual Research Work I
ECTS: 16
Research, Argumentation, and Writing Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Borut Telban, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Elective courses in the program by module:
Anthropology: Understanding Worldmaking Practices
Anthropology of consciousness and practices of awareness
Asst. Prof. Maja Petrović-Šteger, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Epistemological pluralism and “decolonizing” methods in ethnographic research
Assoc. Prof. Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Archaeology between the Adriatic and the Danube
The Neolithic and Eneolithic Periods in the Northern Adriatic
Assoc. Prof. Anton Velušček, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
The Pile-Dwelling Period in the Southeastern Alpine Region
Assoc. Prof. Anton Velušček, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Human Geography
Toponomastics: Space, Language, Identity
Assoc. Prof. Helena Dobrovoljc, Ph. D.,
Asst. Prof. Matjaž Geršič, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Interdisciplinary study of institutions and society in the 21st century – politics, economics, technology, epistemology
After neoliberalism: 21st century liberalism and its critics
Prof. Rado Riha, Ph.D.,
Tomaž Mastnak, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
The philosophy of artificial intelligence: human machines, technological singularity and superintelligence
Asst. Prof. Gregor Strle, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Cultural History and Memory Studies
Linguistics: Lexicology, Terminology, Lexicography and Grammar
Corpus linguistics and the use of language technologies in lexicography
Assoc. Prof. Darja Fišer, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Etymological and dialectological approach to lexicology and lexicography
Prof. Marko Snoj, Ph.D.,
Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Historical lexicology, historical lexicography and historical grammar
Asst. Prof. Alenka Jelovšek, Ph. D.,
Assist. Prof. Andreja Legan Ravnikar, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Lexicology, lexicography and grammaticography (history, introduction, didactics)
Assoc. Prof. Kozma Ahačič, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Lexicology, lexicography, contemporary grammar
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Jakop, Ph.D.,
Prof. Andreja Žele, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Linguistic normativity and the sociolinguistic aspect of dictionaries, grammars and orthographic dictionaries
Assist. Prof. Nataša Gliha Komac, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. Helena Dobrovoljc, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Neology and Neography
Assist. Prof. Nina Ledinek, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Mija Michelizza, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Phraseology and paremiology
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Jakop, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Matej Meterc, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Terminology and terminography
Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Tomazin, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Mojca Žagar Karer, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Literature in Context
Life writing: autobiography, biography, memoirs, diaries, and letters
Asst. Prof. Alenka Koron, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Slovenian Baroque literature during the Reformation and the Enlightenment
Asst. Prof. Matija Ogrin, Ph.D,
Asst. Prof. Monika Deželak Trojar, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Textology and digital humanities
Asst. Prof. Matija Ogrin, Ph.D,
Asst. Prof. Andrejka Žejn, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
The Transformation of Modern Thought – Philosophy, psychoanalysis, culture
Contemporary theories on art and culture and the esthetics of new technologies
Prof. Marina Gržinić Mauhler, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Formation of the Concepts
Assist. Prof. Aleš Bunta, Ph. D. ,
Assist. Prof. Tadej Troha, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Fundamentals of Psychoanalysis
Asst. Prof. Boštjan Nedoh, PhD,
Assist. Prof. Tadej Troha, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Psychoanalysis and the social bond
Prof. Alenka Zupančič, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. Peter Klepec, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Heritage and Heritage Processes in a Critical Perspective
Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture
Prof. Marjetka Golež Kaučič, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Heritage in the mobile world
Asst. Prof. Martina Bofulin, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Nataša Rogelja Caf, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Heritages, heritage processes and practices in Slovenia
Asst. Prof. Špela Ledinek Lozej, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
The language of objects – how the material speaks of the immaterial
Asst. Prof. Špela Ledinek Lozej, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Transformations of Folklore
Asst. Prof. Saša Babič, Ph. D.,
Asst. Prof. Barbara Ivančič Kutin, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Migration studies
Balkan migration route: A Lab for Research on International migration
Assoc. Prof. Jure Gombač, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Migrations and Culture
Asst. Prof. Jernej Mlekuž, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Kristina Toplak, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Qualitative methods and ethics in migration research
Asst. Prof. Nataša Rogelja Caf, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Martina Bofulin, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Slovenian Migrations
Prof. Marina Lukšič Hacin, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Common mandatory courses of the program:
Biodiversity, ecology and evolution (2nd Cycle)
Mandatory courses of the module:
Elective courses of the module:
Paleobiology and sedimentary geology (2nd Cycle)
Mandatory courses of the module:
Research methods and techniques (analytical package)
Assist. Prof. Andrea Martín Pérez, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 3
Elective courses of the module:
Geostatistics and numerical modelling of geological processes
Prof. Franci Gabrovšek, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Karstology (2nd Cycle)
Mandatory courses of the module:
Elective courses of the module:
Ecohydrological processes and pressures in karst
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Viršek Ravbar, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Protection and management of the karst natural and cultural heritage
Prof. Tadej Slabe, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES
Common mandatory courses of the program:
Doctoral dissertation
ECTS: 30
Individual Research Work 1.
ECTS: 21
Individual Research work 2.
ECTS: 39
Individual Research work 3.
ECTS: 30
Methodology in environmental and regional studies
Asst. Prof. Rok Ciglič, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Filip Küzmič, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Common elective courses of the program:
GIS and spatial analysis in environmental and regional studies
Assoc. Prof. Žiga Kokalj, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Landscape perspectives of natural hazards
Asst. Prof. Mateja Ferk, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Blaž Komac, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Natural and anthropogenic landscape degradation
Asst. Prof. Mateja Breg Valjavec, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Rok Ciglič, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Potentials of natural and cultural heritage
Asst. Prof. Mateja Ferk, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Aleš Smrekar, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Sustainable governance of landscapes
Asst. Prof. Blaž Komac, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Mateja Šmid Hribar, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Biodiversity and ecology (3rd Cycle)
Elective courses of the module:
Arachnology: introduction to field and laboratory research
Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Ecotoxicology
ECTS: 6
Shallow subterranean habitats: ecology, evolution, and conservation
Prof. Tanja Pipan, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Paleobiology and sedimentary geology (3rd Cycle)
Elective courses of the module:
Selected topics in palaeontology ǀ
Assist. Prof. Špela Goričan, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Adrijan Košir, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Regional studies (3rd Cycle)
Elective courses of the module:
Participatory research and planning
Assist. Prof. David Bole, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Maruša Goluža, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Selected studies on natural disasters
Asst. Prof. Mateja Ferk, Ph. D. ,
Asst. Prof. Blaž Komac, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Selected topics in rural development
Assist. Prof. Nika Private: Razpotnik Visković, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Erik Logar, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6



