Main visiting appointments:

• Post graduate course, University of Essex, January-March 1984, and October 1985

Other

• From 1974 to 1994, Assistant and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Political Sciences and Journalism (FSPN) – now Faculty of Social Sciences (FDV);
• from 1974 to 1994 Assistant and Assistant Professor at the FSPN/FDV of Spatial sociology;
• from 1994 to 2011 engaged in professional politics as Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning (1944-2000), as Minister for Information Society (2001-2004), as a Member of Parliament (2004-2011) between the years 2008 and 2011 also as the President of the National Assembly (Speaker of the House);
• up to the 2008 retained lecturing position at FDV;
• Between 1970 and 1980 member of the Editorial board of Architectural Bulletin and Journal of the Critique of Sciences;
• From 1984 to 1990 president of the cultural organisation ŠKUC-Forum;
• Member of the board of the Committee for Human Rights (1988-1990);
• Member of the Slovenian Socioogical Society;
• Member of the Town and Spatial Planning Association of Slovenia;
• Member of the Managing Board of the DOPPS-Bird Life Slovenia;
• Member of the Slovenian Association for Water Protection.

Selected publications:

• Gantar, P. 1993. Sociološka kritika teorij planiranja. /Sociological Critique of Planning Theories/ Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 1993. 297 str. Znanstvena knjižnica, 4.
• Gantar, P. 2002. Tranzicija, identitete in urbani razvoj Ljubljane. /Transition, Identities and Urban Development of Ljubljana/ V: KOS, Drago (ur.). Sociološke podobe Ljubljane. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2002. Str. 43-60. Knjižna zbirka Teorija in praksa. ISBN 961-235-112-0.
• Gantar, P. 2007. Prostorsko planiranje in javni interesi v pluralistični družbi. /Spatial planning and public interests in a pluralist society/. Geodetski vestnik : glasilo Zveze geodetov Slovenije. [Tiskana izd.]. 2007, letn. 51, št. 2, str. 246-254. ISSN 0351-0271.
• Gantar, P. 2009. V zagovor mesta. Spremna beseda k Jacobs, J. /In Defence of the City. Postscript to the Jane Jacob’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities/.  Ljubljana: Studia humanitatis, 2009. 511 str. Studia humanitatis. ISBN 978-961-6798-03-7. Str. 499-511.
• Gantar, P. Arhitektura kot oblika družbenega angažmaja /Architecture as a form of social engagement/. Arhitektov bilten : AB. dec. 2012, letn. 41 [i. e. 42], št. 193/194, str. 10-19, ilustr. ISSN 0352-1982.
• Gantar, P. Mesta v perspektivi sociološkega raziskovanja globalizacije. /Cities in the prospective of sociological globalisation research/ Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja. dec. 2014, letn. 51, posebna št., str. 193-220, 420. http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/db/pdfs/]
• Gantar, P. 2016. Urbana (prostorska) sociologija : identiteta in preseganja disciplinarnih okvirov. /Urban (Spatial) Sociology: Identitiy and breaking the disciplinary frameworks/ V: Mlinar, Z. (ur.). Kakšna sociologija? Za kakšno družbo?. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, 2016. Str. 166-172. Prispevki in izzivi sociologije na Slovenskem, 1.
• Gantar, P. 2016. Prostorsko načrtovanje in izzivi družbenih sprememb. (Spatial Planning and the Challenges of Social Changes/. IB revija : za strokovna in metodološka vprašanja gospodarskega, prostorskega in socialnega razvoja Slovenije. [Slovenska tiskana izd.]. 2016, letn. 50, št. 2,str. 53-59. ISSN 1318-2803.
• Gantar, P. 2016. Environmental Trends and Perspectives in Slovenia. V Adam F. (ed.) Slovenia: Social, Economic and Environmental Issues. Nova Science Publishers, New York. Str. 237-254.
• Gantar, P. 2017. Vodni svetovi. Novejši pristopi k družbenemu raziskovanju voda in vodnega okolja. /The Waterworlds: The Contemporary Approaches to Socia, Researc of Water and Water Environments/. V: Globevnik L. , Širca, A. (Ured.) Zbornik II. slovenski kongres o vodah. DVS – Društvo vodarjev Slovenije, SLOCOLD – Slovenski nacionalni komite ta velike pregrade. Ljubljana. Str. 54-61.
• Gantar, P.. 2017. O državi in arhitekturi. /Notices on the State and Architecture/. Arhitektov bilten : AB. nov. 2017, letn. 47, št. 211/212, str. 18-21, ilustr. ISSN 0352-1982.
• Gantar, P. 2017. Rakova jelša: od barakarskega naselja do predmestne idile. /Rakova jelša – from shanty town to suburban heaven/. Outsider : revija, ki presega meje. [Slovenska tiskana izd.]. poletje 2017, letn. 3, št. 10, str. 52-55, ilustr. ISSN 2386-0030.
• Gantar, P. 2018. Suburbano kot izbira, ali kot usoda?. /Sub-urban as a Choice or as Destiny/ Arhitektov bilten : AB. okt. 2018, letn. 48, št. 215/216, str. 12-15. ISSN 0352-1982.
• Gantar, P. 2019. Prihodnost med verjetnim, možnim in zaželenim. /The Future between what is Likely, Possible and Desired/. Pasti vizije Slovenije  V Ignjatović, M. Kanjuo Marčela, A., Kuhar, R. (Ured.) Znanost in družbe prihodnosti. Str. 101-106 http://www.sociolosko-drustvo.si/ .
• Gantar, P. 2020. Voda ki povezuje, voda ki razdružuje. Sociološki pogled na aktualno stanje voda. /Water that connects, water that separates. Sociological view on actual state of the water/ Vodni dnevi 2020. Rimske Toplice 17-18 september, 2020. Slovensko društvo za zaščito voda. Str. 1-6. https://sdzv-drustvo.si/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1_GANTAR-clanek.pdf
• Gantar, P. 2020. Demographic Development. V: Bogataj, V. (Ur.): Gorenjevaško in Hotaveljsko skozi čas. Bogastvo preteklosti za izzive prihodnosti. Krajevna skupnost Gorenja vas. ISBN 978-961