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Entrepreneurship 101: From Idea to Startup
Do you have a business idea? Ever thought of starting your own company? Join us at the workshop "Entrepreneurship 101: From Idea to Start-Up", where we will explore the initial steps in realizing your business idea.
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How do wild animals react to human presence in their environment?
Understanding how animals respond to people is becoming increasingly important in the face of growing disturbances such as tourism, recreation, driving in natural environment and the exploitation of natural resources. To this end, researchers from around the world have pooled their data to find out how wild animals respond to people in their environments. The results showed considerable differences among different species, with large carnivores proving to be the most sensitive to humans. Part of the research was also carried out in Slovenia, where researchers from the University of Ljubljana’s Biotechnical Faculty and the Slovenia Forest Service observed the strongest response in brown bears. The researchers hope that the new knowledge will facilitate coexistence between humans and animals, and enable more effective mitigation of the negative impact of recreation and other human activities in nature.
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Become a member of EUTOPIA Alliance’s Young Leaders Academy Programme
As a member of the EUTOPIA alliance, University of Ljubljana is inviting post-doctoral researchers to apply for the Young Leaders Academy programme (YLA). The purpose of the YLA call is to support research exchanges between high-potential, early to mid-career researchers from all EUTOPIA partner universities and support their career development.
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Meeting of Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Boštjan Markoli with representatives of Vilnius Gedaminas Technical University
On Friday, 22 March, the Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Quality of the University of Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Boštjan Markoli, hosted representatives of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
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Kyle Broder is the recipient of the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at UL FMF
Dr. Kyle Broder, a researcher from the University of Brisbane in Australia, has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship. As part of this fellowship, he will conduct research on the curvature aspects of rigidity and flexibility of complex manifolds at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, under the mentorship of professor Franc Forstnerič.
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The 5th from Faculty to Faculty run will take place on April 9
Students, graduates, employees of the University of Ljubljana, you are invited to join us for the 5th run from Faculty to Faculty will happen on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, at 17:00. You can run at a recreational pace along the 5, 10 or 15 km long routes that lead past 25 faculties and colleges of the University of Ljubljana. There is no entry fee, and all participants and finishers will receive a commemorative T-shirt.
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Summer School: Digital Health Technologies: Law, Ethics and Regulatory Issues
In the dynamic landscape of contemporary healthcare, the intersection of technology, law, ethics, and regulation has become a focal point for critical discourse. As we stand on the precipice of unprecedented advancements in health technologies, the need for a comprehensive understanding of the legal, ethical, and regulatory frameworks governing these innovations has become more relevant than ever.
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Barcelona International Summer School 2024
The Barcelona International Summer School is UPF’s in-person flagship summer program for undergraduates where academic excellence meets cross-disciplinary exploration in the heart of Barcelona.
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Duckiebots – autonomous driving robot cars in a small-scale city Model
Autonomous driving robots, equiped with camera and sensors have become reality. Meet Duckiebots, which are the result of the reasearch of doc. dr. Octavian Machidon from the Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI).
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A new discovery important for research and treatment of dementia and ALS
Slovenian researchers led by Prof. Dr Boris Rogelj from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology University of Ljubljana, and the Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, have discovered new mechanisms associated with a mutation in the C9orf72 gene. This research is important because it further reveals the causes of two diseases – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) - and, as a consequence, increases the potential for developing new treatments for these two diseases.
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Doc. dr. Jaka Tušek from UL FS recieves ERC funding to support his research on elastocaloric technology
Dr. Jaka Tušek, Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (UL FS), and his research team are developing elastocaloric cooling and heating technology. The ground-breaking research carried out under the ERC Starting Grant (StG) as part of the SUPERCOOL project has been rewarded with a successful application for an ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant with the E-CO-HEAT project, providing support for the innovation potential of research achievements. This makes Tušek the sixth ERC researcher in Slovenia, and the second at UL FS, to receive additional support to develop the innovative potential of his research. The E-CO-HEAT project will be based on the elastocaloric device developed in the SUPERCOOL project, which was the first in the world to demonstrate sustained dynamic performance and record-breaking cooling and heating characteristics, and whose specific characteristics exceed all caloric cooling devices built to date. The ERC PoC funding will enable the technology to be further developed and, together with the relevant business strategy and intellectual property, to be transferred into everyday use.
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SSHA Impact Fund is launched
The Pilot Call for Increasing the Impact of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) Research on the University of Ljubljana Society - SSHA Fund opens on 1 March.
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Researchers from UL unexpectedly discovered new way of foraging by spotted hyenas in Africa
Spotted hyenas are the second largest species of large carnivore in Africa. Most people know them as scavengers, but they are in fact also successful hunters of antelope, zebra and other African ungulates. Little is known about their feeding on smaller prey. In Namibia, researchers from the University of Ljubljana have discovered an unusual and hitherto unknown way of feeding the local hyenas - on songbirds.
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Dr. Uroš Seljak Prize of 10.000 USD: submissions for the best scientific publication by students until April 15
The call for applications for the Dr Uroš Seljak Award 2024 is now open. Each year, cosmologist Dr Uroš Seljak supports the best scientific publications by Slovenian students in a one-off amount of USD 10,000, with the aim of encouraging and supporting scientific publications by students in first- and second-level study programmes in the Republic of Slovenia, as well as to promote mentoring of students. The deadline for applications is April 15 2024.
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Join the EUTOPIA Ideas Club - Debate event in Venice
Students of the University of Ljubljana (1st or 2nd cycle) are invited to participate in the EUTOPIA Ideas Club debate event, where you will discuss climate change and its solutions with fellow students from ten partner universities. The Ideas Club will take place on 23 April 2024 at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice.
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International Conference on Communicating the Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events: call for papers
On 10 and 11 October, the University of Ljubljana will host the 2nd International Conference on Communicating Science, this time on communicating the climate crisis and extreme weather events. Organised by the University of Ljubljana, the online magazine Alternator and the Museums and Galleries of Ljubljana, the conference brings together experts in the practice, research, training or education of science communication (and related fields). The conference organisers are inviting submissions of papers related to the conference theme (the call for papers and the list of topics are available in the attachment).
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Despite numerous cases, familial Hypercholesterolaemia is still insufficiently recognised and treated
Familial hypercholesterolaemia, an inherited disorder accompanied by increased levels of LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol and a greater susceptibility to the early onset of cardiovascular diseases, is still insufficiently recognised and treated, despite the high number of cases. This has been shown in the cross-sectional study ‘Familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescents from 48 countries: a cross-sectional study’, which involved the participation of researchers from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine.
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Post-Heroic Leadership: A Futures Perspective
Stellenbosch Business School Alumni Association in association with the School of Economics and Business (SEB LU), University of Ljubljana, present a thought-provoking discussion on Post-Heroic Leadership: A Futures Perspective.
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Dr. Nina Vesel recieved prestigious EMBO Postdostoral Fellowship
Dr Nina Vesel of the University of Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty is the recipient of a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), aimed at supporting the mobility of postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world. This is a major success both for the researcher and for the UL Biotechnical Faculty, which succeeded in attracting back this outstanding researcher.
