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Dr. Igor Bizjak graduated in 1987 from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana with the thesis "Computer variants of the program for a set of industrial facilities in a specific location." After graduation, he worked for 15 years in the Ljubljana Urban Institute, as an independent developer of information systems. In the eighties and nineties, he developed tools for computer-aided design and endeavour to facilitate the effective implementation of geographic information systems in spatial planning. During this time he also wrote over twenty technical articles for the Slovenian computer magazine Monitor.
Since 2001 he has worked at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. First as development senior research assistant and since 2004 as head of the infrastructure group, and from 2016 as a director of the Institute. In the spring of 2014, he successfully completed postgraduate studies in ITC-Euromaster with the title of Doctor of Technical Sciences (construction information). His scope of work includes the production of geographic information systems, program-specific add-ons for GIS presentations and analyses, manufacture and analysis of databases, spatial analysis, spatial data processing and creation of Web platforms within research and marketing tasks in the field urban planning. In the last few years, he has devoted research for public participation in the spatial planning procedures. In the context of research work at the Urban Planning Institute, he participated in several studies in the field of spatial analysis, spatial strategies and target-specific analyses.
Selected current projects
- Suitability and potential of land for public housing development (CRP24-PRIST(ARIS))
ARIS (2024 - 2025)
- (CRP23-GIS-modeliranje)
ARIS (2023 - 2025)
- Mobility of persons with disabilities in the premises of judicial authorities (CRP - Mobilnost na sodiščih)
ARRS (2019 - 2021)
Education
- PhD, Construction Informatics (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo - 2014)
- Diploma in architecture (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za arhitekturo, gradbeništvo in geodezijo, oddelek za arhitekturo - 1987)
Work experience
- Informatics (Ljubljanski urbanistični zavod - 1986 / 2001)
- Researcher (Urbanistični inštitut RS - 2001 / -)
- Director (Urbanistični inštitut RS - 2015 / -)
Significant scientific and professional articles
- BIZJAK, Igor, KLINC, Robert, TURK, Žiga. A framework for open and participatory designing of built environments. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, ISSN 0198-9715. [Print ed.], November 2017, vol. 66, str., doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2017.08.002. [COBISS.SI-ID 2839491], [JCR, SNIP]
- BIZJAK, Igor. Izboljšanje javne participacije pri prostorskem načrtovanju s pomočjo orodij spleta 2.0. Urbani izziv, ISSN 0353-6483. [Tiskana izd.], jun. 2012, letn. 23, št. 1, str. 36-48, 112-124
- BIZJAK, Igor. Google Maps kot odprtokodni GIS?. V: CIGLIČ, Rok (ur.), PERKO, Drago (ur.), ZORN, Matija (ur.). Geografski informacijski sistemi v Sloveniji 2011-2012, (GIS v Sloveniji, ISSN 1855-4954, 11). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2012, str. 257-264, ilustr., zvd. [COBISS.SI-ID 34663725]
- SENDI, Richard, BIZJAK, Igor, GORŠIČ, Nina (avtor, fotograf), KERBLER, Boštjan Kefo, MUJKIĆ, Sabina (avtor, fotograf), NIKŠIČ, Matej (avtor, fotograf), TOMINC, Biba (avtor, fotograf). Spletni vodnik za invalide in tehnično orodje za ocenjevanje dostopnosti objektov v javni rabi. Urbani izziv, Posebna izdaja, ISSN 2232-481X, 2012, str. 98-115
- BIZJAK, Igor. Medmrežni model javne participacije v procesu urbanističnega planiranja : doktorska disertacija. Ljubljana: [I. Bizjak], 2014. XXXIV, 220 str., ilustr. . [COBISS.SI-ID 6576481]
Participation in conferences
- BIZJAK Igor (2017). GENERATIVE WEB PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE SPATIAL-PLANNING PROCEDURES
IJEPR 2017 CONFERENCE - II INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on 'URBAN e-PLANNING',
Lisbon, 20 - 21 April 2017 (International Journal of E-Planning Research & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon - Lisbona).
- BIZJAK Igor (2017). Spatial planning in Slovenia - is urbanism dead?
1. kongres slovenskih občin. (Ljubljana: Inštitut za javne službe; Maribor: Skupnost občin Slovenije; Koper: Združenje mestnih občin Slovenije. - Podčetrtek, Kongresni center Olimia.).
- BIZJAK Igor, GOLIČNIK-MARUŠIĆ Barbara. (2016). How web GIS and GPS make eparticipation possible or more efficient
Urban e-planning: recent developments, emerging issues and future challenges, 31 March - 1 April 2016, Lisbon. (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon - Portugal - Lisbona).
- GOLIČNIK Barbara, BIZJAK Igor, MLADENOVIČ Luka (2015). Bottom-up approach towards use of urban landscape : cycling in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Landscape perception and social learning in cultural-ecological planning: emerging trends in China and resurging approaches in the West, 12th-13th November, 2015. (Faculty of Architecture. Fuzhou, China. - Fuzhou, China.).
Lectures at universities, research institutions, etc.
- Generative web platform for public participation in the spatial-planning procedures. Lecture at European cooperation in science and technology COST TU1204, Working group cluster meeting conference planning, 21st - 22nd January 2016, Ljubljana.
(2016). UIRS
Membership in professional organizations
- Art Nouveau Network (board member) (2016 / 2017)
Functions
- Director (2016 / )
- Responsible editor of magazine Urban Challege (2017 / -)
- Head of infrastructure group (2004 / 2015)