Research interests
Education
B.Sc. in geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010
Ph.D. of science, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015
Research Fields
urban geography, electoral geography, sustainable mobility
Other activities
- representative of the civil society in the Inter-ministerial working group for monitoring and executing the resolution on the National programme for road traffic safety for the period 2013–2022
- member of the National working group for Sustainable urban mobility plans
- president of Ljubljana Geographical Society
- member of the Geography of Slovenia book series editorial board
- member of the Georhythm book series editorial board
- member of Acta geographica Slovenica editorial board
- coeditor of the CAPACities book series
Recognitions and awards
First place award for "The Interpretation polygon as a tool for understanding the cultural landscape", E-cLiC international contest for landscapes, category C – General public, 2015
International award of European project 2Bparks for the integrated interpretation of the Iška river in Ljubljansko barje, the category "Places of Sense", 2013
Faculty of Arts Prešeren award for students, University of Ljubljana, 2010
Award for contribution to sustainable development of society, Slovene Human Resources and Scholarship Fund, 2009
Selected publications
- Tiran, J., Bole, D., Kozina, J. 2022: Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation: reflections from Velenje, Slovenia. Innovation: the European journal of social science research.
- Brezina T, Tiran J, Ogrin M, Laa B. 2021: COVID-19 impact on daily mobility in Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 61-2.
- Tiran, J., Lakner, M., Drobne, S. 2019: Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Moravian Geographical Reports 27-4.
- Tiran, J. 2016: Measuring urban quality of life: case study of Ljubljana. Acta geographica Slovenica 56-1.
- Vehovar, U., Tiran, J. 2017: Structural and cultural characteristics of Slovenian society and potential for establishment of authoritarian rule. Research in social change 9-1.
Selected projects
Geography of Slovenia - national research programme
( research programme • 01. january 2015 - 31. december 2021)
CARE4CLIMATE ( 01. january 2019 - 31. december 2026)
TuneOurBlock - Transforming urban quarters to human scale environments: applying superblock concepts for different urban structures ( mednarodni_raziskovalni • 01. may 2021 - 30. april 2024)
Bright Future ( raziskovalni • 01. march 2017 - 01. march 2020)
HEPNESS ( mednarodni • 01. january 2017 - 31. december 2018)
Elaboration of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the Municipality of Tržič ( trzni_projekt • 04. may 2016 - 30. april 2017)
CARE4CLIMATE ( 01. january 2019 - 31. december 2026)
TuneOurBlock - Transforming urban quarters to human scale environments: applying superblock concepts for different urban structures ( mednarodni_raziskovalni • 01. may 2021 - 30. april 2024)
Bright Future ( raziskovalni • 01. march 2017 - 01. march 2020)
HEPNESS ( mednarodni • 01. january 2017 - 31. december 2018)
Elaboration of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the Municipality of Tržič ( trzni_projekt • 04. may 2016 - 30. april 2017)