Škofic – Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU

Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.

Associate Member of SAZU, Principal Research Associate, Professor, Researcher in the projects Slovenian Linguistic Atlas (SLA), Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA) and European Linguistic Atlas (ALE)

Office: ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 4th floor
01 4706 221
jozica.skofic@zrc-sazu.si

Jožica Škofic (4 March 1964) is a researcher in Dialectological section of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. She investigates Slovenian dialects, with a special focus on the Upper Carniolan (Gorenjsko) dialect, dialect lexicography, dialect terminology of disappearing professions and dialect onomastics (place and house names, nicknames) as well as the history of Slovenian language. Her research focuses on geolinguistics, i. e. the preparation of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas which encompasses: recording and phonological descriptions of local speech; linguistic analysis, comments and geolinguistic presentation of dialect lexica – she is the leader of the project Slovenian Linguistic Atlas. At the Faculty of humanities of the University of Primorska she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in linguistics.

Research Areas

dialectology
geolinguistics
history of the Slovenian language
dialect lexicography
dialect onomastics (house and place names, microtoponimy)

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

2021: Associate member of SAZU
2019: full professor of the Slovenian language and research advisor, University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities
2010: research advisor, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
2003: assistant professor of linguistics, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
1997: PhD thesis: Glasoslovje, oblikoslovje in besedišče govora Krope na Gorenjskem (Phonology, Morphology and Lexics of the Local Dialect of Kropa, Upper Carniola/Gorenjska), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
1991: MA thesis: Problemi slovenskega pogovarjalnega jezika (The problems of Slovenian Colloquial Language), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
1987: BA degrees in Slovenian Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
1982: matura exam, Gimnazija Kranj, Kranj

Employments, Leadership Positions and Competences

Employments:

2025–2026: temporary employment, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
2006–: secondary employment, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska
2006–: temporary employment, Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
2005–2009: temporary employment, School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica
1988–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
1987–1988: teacher of Slovenian language and literature, PTT secondary school centre, Ljubljana

Leadership Positions:

2025: president of the programme and organising board of international conference DiaClas (Dialect classification – past, present and future in Ljubljana

2024–: member of Scientific Council of the Slovenian Science Foundation
2023–: vice-president of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG)
2023–: member of Senate UP FHŠ
2020–2024: leader of the applied research project i-SLA – Interaktivni atlas slovenskih narečij (i-SLA – Interactive Atlas of Slovenian Dialects) (L6-2628)
2019–: member of the Board of Directors, ZRC SAZU
2016–2024: vicepresident of Scientific Council of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, ZRC SAZU
2014–2020: president of Scientific Council of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU
2012–2024: member of Scientific Council of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, ZRC SAZU
2011–2014: leader of the applied research project Materialna kulturna dediščina v slovenskih narečjih: geolingvistična predstavitev (Material Cultural Heritage in Slovenian Dialects: A Geolinguistical Presentation) (L6-4042)
2008–2020: member of Scientific Council of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU
2008–2018: deputy head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU
2007–2010: leader of the applied research project Vocabulary from the semantic field ‘man’ in Slovenian dialects: A geolinguistic presentation (L6-9529)
2007–2008: leader of the bilateral research project Dialectological and onomastical researches on Slovenian-Croatian Border (BI-HR/07-08-026)
2004–2019: head of the Dialectological Section of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU

Supervision:

PhD supervision: Klara Šumenjak
PhD co-supervisions: Mojca Horvat, Januška Gostenčnik
supervisions to young researchers: Mojca Žagar Karer, Mojca Horvat, Januška Gostenčnik
MA supervision: Ana Božič Ranfl
BA theses supervision: Ana Belina, Urška Božič, Teja Breznik, Lionella Costantini, Mojca Horvat, Tabita Jovanović, Jana Kavčič, Mateja Kern, Neža Kočnik, Anja Končnik, Tina Kovšca, Katra Kržišnik, Naja Podbrežnik, Janja Raspor, Kristina Rot, Alenka Rožanc, Jana Samsa, Anja Srebre, Vesna Šavs, Karol Vrh, Maša Zevnik, Urša Zore

Other Experience:

2017: visiting researcher, Austrian Center for Digital Humanities (ÖCDH), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
2015–2017: member of European network for e-lexicography (COST ENeL)
2014–: member of scientific council of the academic journal Gwary Dziś (Poznań, Poland)
2010–2017: visiting professor (Erasmus): Udine (2010), Bratislava (2012), Klagenfurt (2013), Zadar (2014, 2015), Padua (2017)
2009–2010: visiting researcher, Institute for Croatian language and linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia
2009–: member of Dialectological Commission of the International Committee of Slavists
2006–: president of the national commission of European Linguistic Atlas (ALE)
2003–: member of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG), from 2012 member of Nominating Committee of v SIDG
2002: organisation of the annual meeting of editorial board of European Linguistic Atlas in Ljubljana
member of the Association of Slavists of Slovenia and the Association of Lectors of Slovenia
1988: one-month summer school of the Czech language, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions

2023: editor and co-author of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas 3 – Farming (SLA 3.1 Atlas and SLA 3.2 Commentaries)
2023: member of the advisory board of the 10th conference of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG), Bucharest, Romania
2019: member of the Periodic Specialistic Body (OST) of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
2018: member of the advisory board of the 9th conference of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG), Vilnius, Lithuania
2017: member of the programme board of international symposium Obdobja 36, Ljubljana
2016: editor and co-author of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas 2 – Farm (SLA 2.1 Atlas and SLA 2.2 Commentaries)
2015: member of the advisory board of the 8th conference of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG), Famagusta, Cyprus
2014–: member of Scientific Council of the journal Gwary Dziś
2014–: member of the editorial council of the eSSKJ – Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language
2011: editor and co-author of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas 2 – Man (SLA 1.1 Atlas and SLA 2.2 Commentaries)
2011–2024: editor of the monographic series Linguistic Atlases
2010, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2025: president of the programme and organising board of international symposium Slovenski dialektološki posvet (Slovenian Dialectological Consultation)
2006–: member of the editorial board of the European Linguistic Atlas

2009–: counsellor of Razvojna agencija Zgornje Gorenjske/Developmental Agency of the Upper Gorenjska/Upper Carniola (RAGOR) in the projects of recording house and place names (microtoponyms) of the Gorenjska region

Recognitions and awards

Associate Member of SAZU (2021)
Prometheus of Science prize awarded by the Slovenian Science Foundation for excellence in communication (2020)
Prešeren Award for students, awarded by the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (1988)

Selected publications