CV
Mojca Balant is a graduated landscape architect (2006) with a PhD in traffic engineering (2023). In 2015 she also passed the professional exam and became an authorized landscape architect for landscape architectural design. She has more than 15 years experience in landscape architecture projects, urban open space planning and strategic transport planning. Since 2010 she works at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS). She is a member of the Transformative transport planning research group at the UIRS working on national, European and other projects focused on sustainable urban mobility planning, accessibility, mobility management, and integration of spatial and transport planning.
Selected current projects
- CARE4CLIMATE Boosting greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2020 with a view to 2030 – promoting sustainable transport, energy efficiency, renewable energies and sustainable, climate protecting land use in the transition to low carbon society (CARE4CLIMATE - SAMO1PLANET)
LIFE Programme 2014 -2020 (2019 - 2027)
- Driving Behavioural Change in Mobility Towards Sustainability through the implementation of improved mobility management plans and mobility management measures (SHIFT2SUSTAIN)
HORIZON EUROPE (2021-2027) (2025 - 2028)
- Preparation of regional SUMP for Primorsko-notranjska Region (RCPS Zeleni kras)
RRA Zeleni kras (2026 - 2027)
Education
- Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta - 2006)
- professional exam in landscape architecture design (Zbornica za arhitekturo in prostor Slovenije - 2015)
- PhD in transportation engineering (Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo - 2023)
Work experience
- (Urbanistični inštitut RS - 2010 / )
- (Samozaposlena, občasno sodelovanje z različnimi podjetji - 2014 / )
Significant scientific and professional articles
- HUDOKLIN, Andraž, MLADENOVIČ, Luka, BALANT, Mojca, RYE, Tom. (2021) Effective measures in Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) : analysis of 10 (successful) European cities. Put i saobraćaj. Letn. 67, št. 4, str. 21-24, ilustr. ISSN 0478-9733.
- MLADENOVIČ, Luka, BALANT, Mojca, HUDOKLIN, Andraž. (2021) 15-minute city concept overview and transferability. V: BOGDANOVIĆ, Vuk (ur.). Conference proceedings : new mobility challenges. Novi Sad: Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Traffic Engineering. Str. 69-76. ISBN 978-86-6022-371-7
- BALANT, Mojca, LEP, Marjan (2020). Comprehensive traffic calming as a key element of sustainable urban mobility plans : impacts of a neighbourhood redesign in Ljutomer. Sustainability, vol. 12, iss. 19, str. 1-20.
Participation in conferences
- Mojca Balant (2024). Comprehensive traffic calming methodology and impacts: findings from a small municipality in Slovenia
mobil.TUM 2024: The Future of Mobility and Urban Space conference (TU Munich - Munchen, Nemčija).
- Mojca Balant, Aljaž Plevnik (2025). Challenges of SUMP in Slovenia : results of the evaluation
Annual POLIS conference 2025 (POLIS - Utrecht).
- Mojca Balant (2024). Presentation of the specifics of making a SUMP for a small town, example of Ljutomer (Slovenia)
SUMP za male i srednje velike gradove (mreža CIVINET SLO-HR-JIE - Velika Gorica, Hrvaška).
- Mojca Balant (2022). Neighbourhood street redesign in small Slovenian town boosts walking (poster)
Walk 21 Ireland 2022 The Decade to Change (Walk 21 - Dublin, Ireland).