Partner description

University of Ljubljana (UL) was established in 1919 on the foundations of a long-established pedagogical tradition. It is listed amongst the top 500 universities in the world according to the ARWU Shanghai, Times THES-QS and WEBOMETRICS rankings. University hosts over 40.000 students and over 5.700 employees and is the largest educational institution in Slovenia. The missions of the Biotechnical Faculty, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Health Faculty of UL is the creation and preservation of top knowledge in the fields of biological and biotechnical, hydrology, climate changes and environmental health sciences and its mediation to society in the process of education and transfer of knowledge and technology into practice. Providing knowledge of agricultural, water and environmental policies, understanding the relationship between the environment and society, protecting the environment (water, soil) and landscape (agriculture), agrohydrology and agricultural land management understanding of hydrological processes, co-natural and sustainable use of natural resources, production and processing of high-quality food and the development of contemporary technologies are permanent aims of these faculties and its first-class, internationally comparable and qualified graduates.

Role in the project

UL will participate as a leading partner in WP5 and as an active partner in WP2 and WP3. As a Slovenian CSS leader, we will establish a multi-actor platform (MAP) and participate in WP1 to WP7. Our scientist will lead task 5.1 on the assessment of physical soil properties and monitor and actively participate in the task 5.2 assessment of chemical properties, task 5.3 on preferential flow and soil water repellence, and 5.4 assessment of the impact of MP/NP on soil fertility and crop productivity.

Involved personnel

	Prof Marina PINTAR (F). Full professor and a leading expert of agricultural land management and agrohydrology. She successfully coordinated several multidisciplinary national and international research projects besides being involved in several of them (FairWAY and iSQAPER H2020, GREENSURGE and Foodmetres FP7, Plurel FP6). She is (co)author of over 200 scientific articles (H-index: 12, cited 330 times).
	Dr Vesna ZUPANC (F). Assistant professor in environmental planning. Her research focus is soil physics, soil hydrology and agricultural land management, land degradation and remediation. She has worked on several national and international projects (H-index: 9, cited 234 times).
	Dr Matjaž GLAVAN (M). Assistant professor in environmental planning. He is specialised in GIS systems in agriculture and catchment modelling. His research focus is on modelling spatial, economic, climate change and environmental impacts of various agricultural and environmental policies related to food and water resources provision, and achievement of nature protection goals. He is actively involved in H2020 OPTAIN and SPRINT projects (H-index: 8, cited 227 times).