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Dr Liljana Jankovič Grobelšek graduated and received her doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana. During her thirteen years of work at Acer Novo mesto, she managed many urban planning and planning projects, including the preparation of municipal spatial plans (OPN) and the professional basis for them for the municipality of Novo mesto and others. She participated in the preparation of detailed state spatial plans and comparative studies for state roads bypasses. From 2008 to 2012, she led the Section of Spatial Planning Professionals in the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia. From 2014 to 2018 she was the president of the Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia, where since 2018, she has been active as a member of the Executive Board. She was the Head of the Planning Office in the Department of Urban Planning, City of Ljubljana from 2013 to 2024, where she co-led the preparation of three municipal spatial plan amendments and the professional basis for them, including amendment to the strategic spatial plan. As co-editor, she led the preparation the ‘Ljubljana – planning with vision’ book on the spatial planning within the period 2006-2021. She gave lectures at several Slovenian and international conferences. As part of the preparation of the spatial development vision for Ljubljana 2045, she managed the organisation of the 'Vision Ljubljana 2045 International conference and workshop', and actively participated in the workshop and in the conclusions of both the conference and workshop. Since June 2024, she has been working at the Urban Institute of the Republic of Slovenia as a researcher, where she participates in research tasks and professional bases for spatial planning at the level of the Republic of Slovenia, regions and at the local level, as well as in international spatial planning projects.
Selected Achievements
- the organisation of the 'Vision Ljubljana 2045 International conference and workshop'
- Ljubljana - planning with vision
- Doctoral dissertation: Public spaces and privately owned public spaces of the contemporary city
Education
- PhD in Urban Studies and Planning (Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za arhitekturo - 2011)
Work experience
- Researcher (Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije - 2024 / -)
- Head of the Planning Section (Mestna občina Ljubljana, Oddelek za urejanje prostora - 2013 / 2024)
- project manager (Acer Novo mesto d.o.o. - 1999 / 2013)
- project manager (Topos, Dolenjske Toplice d.o.o. - 1993 / 1999)
- urban planner, assistant (Občina Novo mesto - 1990 / 1993)
Significant scientific and professional articles
- 2018, Uvodni nagovor dr. Liljane Jankovič Grobelšek, predsednice Društva urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije. Jankovič, Liljana. Vir: Od prostorskega načrtovanja do upravljanja prostora. - Str. 6. COBISS.SI-ID 2893507
- 2018, Povzetek končnih ugotovitev 29. Sedlarjevega srečanja urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev z naslovom Od prostorskega načrtovanja do upravljanja prostora, ki je potekalo 1. junija 2018 v Muzeju
za arhitekturo in oblikovanje v Ljubljani: Primeri iz prakse. Gantar, Pavel ; Jankovič, Liljana. Vir: Od prostorskega načrtovanja do upravljanja prostora. - Str. 41-42. COBISS.SI-ID 2906563
- 2018, 29. Sedlarjevo srečanje urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije Ljubljana, Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje, 1. junij 2018. Jankovič, Liljana ; Šašek-Divjak, Mojca. Vir: Urbani izziv, Posebna izdaja. - ISSN 2232-481X. - Št. 8, Str. 144-145. COBISS.SI-ID 2908867
- 2020, Kako do boljše podobe slovenskih naselij in krajine : načrtovanje in ukrepi; zbornik povzetkov 31. Sedlarjevega srečanja. Šašek-Divjak, Mojca (urednik); Jankovič, Liljana (urednik); Zavodnik Lamovšek, Alma (urednik); Vauda, Tomislav (urednik); Konda, Katarina (urednik); Rus, Angelca (urednik); Vamberger, Urban (urednik); Cotič, Boštjan (urednik). COBISS.SI-ID 34557443
- 2021, Po pandemiji covida-19 – priprava na novo »normalnost«. Farnsworth, Kerri ; Jankovič, Liljana (prevajalec). Vir: Urbani izziv, Posebna izdaja. - ISSN 2232-481X. - Št. 13, str. 19-32. COBISS.SI-ID 94746115
- 2021, Javne odprte grajene površine : priročnik. Nikšič, Matej ; Šifkovič Vrbica, Senka ; Jankovič, Liljana ; Cotič, Boštjan (drugo); Mušič, Barbara (drugo); Goršič, Nina (fotograf). COBISS.SI-ID 84857347
- 2022, Zaključne ugotovitve 33. Sedlarjevega srečanja urbanistov in prostorskih planerjev Slovenije Integracija prometnega in prostorskega načrtovanja.... Jankovič, Liljana. Vir: Urbani izziv, Posebna izdaja. - ISSN 2232-481X. - Št. 15, str. 91-93. COBISS.SI-ID 158880515
- 2022, Prostorske razprave : vloga urbanističnih pravil za zagotavljanje kakovosti bivanja v urbanih naseljih. Jankovič, Liljana. Vir: Urbani izziv, Posebna izdaja. - ISSN 2232-481X. - Št. 15, Str. 115-116. COBISS.SI-ID 141026051
- Open Urban Studies and Demography Journal:
Public Spaces and Private Spaces Open to the Public: Spatial Planning and Development Using Urban Design Guidelines. Liljana Jankovič Grobelšek. Year: 2015. Volume: 1. Issue: Suppl 1-M3. First Page: 23. Last Page: 34. Publisher Id: OUSDJ-1-23. DOI: 10.2174/2352631901401010023
- Za javnost odprt zasebni prostor kot dopolnitev omrežja mestnega javnega prostora = Private space open to the public as an addition to the urban public space network. Jankovič, Liljana. Tip dela: 1.01 izvirni znanstveni članek. Leto: 2012. Vir: Urbani izziv. - ISSN 0353-6483. - Letn. 23, št. 1, str. 25-35, 101-111. COBISS.SI-ID 2469827. Scopus (TC:2, CI:2)
Membership in professional organizations
- Academy of Urbanism (AoU), United Kingdom (2017 / -)
- Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (2004 / -)
- Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia (2000 / -)
- (1997 / 2015)
- (1990 / 1997)
Functions
- member, The Academy of Urbanism, United Kingdom (2017 / -)
- member of the Executive Board, Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia (2018 / -)
- president of the Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia (2014 / 2018)
- Head of the Section of Spatial Planning Professionals in the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (2009 / 2013)
Awards
- Maks Fabiani award. Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia (2015)
- Golden pencil award. Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (2013)
- MAks FAbiani award. Town and spatial planning association of Slovenia (2010)