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Rok Brišnik holds a degree in Geography and History and a Master's degree from the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf in Germany, where he completed his Master's degree in Climate Change Management at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2024. During his studies, he participated in two study exchanges, the first in Environmental Science in Germany and the second in Environmental Engineering Technology in Portugal. During his studies, he gained work experience in a number of fields, including as a Geographic Information Systems Analyst at the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia and DFG Consoulting, and as a Research Assistant at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. He participated in the WRB International Soil Summer School and in two geographic research camps, assisted at the international scientific conference Hidden Geographies, and served for four years on the editorial board of the journal GEOmix. He is active in the CIPRA Alpine Conservation Association, where he is a member of the CIPRA International Youth Council. Since October 2024, he has been working as a researcher at the Urban Institute, mainly in the field of geoinformatics and green infrastructure planning.
Education
- Master of Science in Climate Change Management (University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Department of Landscape Architecture - 2024)
- Bachelor of Geography and Bachelor of History (Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta - 2021)
Significant scientific and professional articles
- Sense of place and identity in peri-urban landscapes: a multimethod exploration
- Razvoj koncepta za opredelitev območij zelenih površin za prostorsko zgoščene oblike telesnih dejavnosti
- Mitigating urban heat islands : assesing the cooling effect of green roofs application in the Litostroj industrial zone, Ljubljana/Slovenia : master thesis
Lectures at universities, research institutions, etc.
- Implementation of blue-green infrastructure in spatial planning and design (2025). Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Ljubljana