Please see below the list of potential supervisors and their research areas. The list contains the names of professors who have proposed specific research topics. In addition, there are other academically qualified professors at the UL SEB who may act as potential supervisors. Topics not on the list may also be mentored. Please contact the Doctoral Programme Unit for additional information before contacting the professors.

For information on specific topics of each supervisor, click on the supervisor's name. The password is »feluphd«.

List of supervisors and topics

Associate Professor Darija Aleksić, PhD

Organizational behavior; Business ethics

Assistant Professor Melita Balas Rant, PhD

Organizational behavior

Associate Professor Mateja Bodlaj, PhD

Marketing; Marketing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Assistant Professor Marko Budler, PhD

Supply chain; Logistics; Purchasing; Business models; Coopetition; Sustainability; Shoring strategies

Full Professor Jaka Cepec, PhD

Bankruptcy law; Law and economics

Full Professor Andreja Cirman, PhD

Economics; Housing; Real estate; Personal finance

Assistant Professor Simon Colnar, PhD

Knowledge management; Age management

Full Professor Simon Čadež, PhD

Sustainability; Research governance; Management accounting

Full Professor Barbara Čater, PhD

Marketing; Business

Full Professor Tomaž Čater, PhD

Environmental strategies; Strategy development and implementation; Change management; Sports management

Full Professor Matej Černe, PhD

Sleep and work interplay; Digitalization of work and digital nomadism; Creativity and meaningful work

Assistant Professor Ana Čertanec, PhD

Corporate social responsibility; Commercial contract law; Consumer law

Full Professor Jože Damijan, PhD

International trade; Economics

Full Professor Vlado Dimovski, PhD

Management and organization

Assistant Professor Zhonghui Ding, PhD

International business; Marketing; Management

Full Professor Tanja Dmitrović, PhD

Marketing

Associate Professor Petra Došenović Bonča, PhD

Health economics; Health economics and policy

Full Professor Mateja Drnovšek, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Academic entrepreneurship; Intrapreneurship

Associate Professor Jure Erjavec, PhD

Supply chain management and business logistics; Business informatics

Assistant Professor Daša Farčnik, PhD

Economics; Tourism

Full Professor Liljana Ferbar Tratar, PhD

Operations research; Mathematics; Economics

Full Professor Mirko Gradišar, PhD

Operations research; Information systems

Assistant Professor Barbara Grah, PhD

Management and organization

Full Professor Nevenka Hrovatin, PhD

Economics; Energy economics

Assistant Professor Riste Ichev, PhD

Financial economics

Full Professor Mojca Indihar Štemberger, PhD

Digital transformation; Information management

Associate Professor Tanja Istenič, PhD

Economics

Associate professor Igor Ivašković, PhD

Strategic management; Human resource management; Non-profit organizations; Sports organizations

Full Professor Jurij Jaklič, PhD

Information systems management; Business intelligence systems

Full Professor Marko Jaklič, PhD

Innovation; Research and innovation policy

Associate Professor Marko Jakšič, PhD

Quantum optimization and its impact on supply chain and business performance

Full Professor Robert Kaše, PhD

Human resource management; Careers; Teams and teamwork; Compensation

Full Professor Aleksandar Kešeljević, PhD

Economics; Institutional analysis; Comparative analysis of economic systems

Full Professor Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, PhD & Professor Albert Assaf, Ph.D.

Tourism; Tourism marketing; Tourism management

Full Professor Tomaž Kolar, PhD

Consumer behavior; Tourism; Marketing strategies; Services marketing; Social media; Neuromarketing

Full Professor Matjaž Koman, PhD

Economics

Full Professor Maja Konečnik Ruzzier, PhD

Marketing and artificial intelligence; Branding; Digital aspects in branding; Sustainability branding

Associate Professor Mateja Kos Koklič, PhD

Marketing (Consumer behavior)

Full Professor Črt Kostevc, PhD

International trade; Innovation and growth; Econometrics

Associate Professor Patricia Kotnik, PhD

Entrepreneurship

Full Professor Mitja Kovač, PhD

Law and economics

Associate Professor Kir Kuščer, PhD

Mountain tourism; Transport

Full Professor Matej Lahovnik, PhD

Strategic management; Corporate governance; Acquisitions

Assistant Professor Jaka Lindič, PhD

Entrepreneurship

Full Professor Igor Lončarski, PhD

Financial economics

Associate Professor Anton Manfreda, PhD

Digital transformation; Technology adoption; Smart cities

Associate Professor Mojca Marc, PhD

Management; Management accounting; Management control

Full Professor Matej Marinč, PhD

Finance; Banking

Full Professor Igor Masten, PhD

Time series econometrics; Economics

Associate Professor Barbara Mörec, PhD

Accounting; Finance

Full Professor Mojmir Mrak, PhD

Finance

Full Professor Irena Ograjenšek, PhD

Economics; Marketing research; Statistics education

Associate Professor Tamara Pavasović Trošt, PhD, USA

International business; Sociology of international business; Culture; Identity; Stereotypes

Full Professor Darja Peljhan, PhD

Management; Management accounting

Full Professor Judita Peterlin, PhD

Management; Sustainable management; Leadership

Full Professor Gregor Pfajfar, PhD

International business; International marketing

Full Professor Sašo Polanec, PhD

Economics

Associate Professor Nina Ponikvar, PhD

Business economics; Economic evaluations

Full Professor Vasja Rant, PhD

International finance; International banking; European economic integration

Full Professor Borut Rusjan, PhD

Operations; Quality

Full Professor Jože Sambt, PhD

Economics

Assistant Professor Aleša Saša Sitar, PhD

Management and organization; Organizational learning and knowledge management

Full Professor Alenka Slavec Gomezel, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial psychology; Entrepreneurial finance

Assistant Professor Mojca Svetek, PhD

Psychology of entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Female entrepreneurship; Necessity entrepreneurship

Associate Professor Anja Svetina Nabergoj, PhD & Full Professor Marko Pahor, PhD

Work-life-balance; Family friendly corporate practices

Associate Professor Matej Švigelj, PhD

Economics; Economics of telecommunications; Energy economics

Full Professor Peter Trkman, PhD

Information and supply chain management

Assistant Professor Anastas Vangeli, PhD

Economic security; Geopolitics and international business; Non-market strategy; Social justice

Full Professor Miroslav Verbič, PhD

Econometrics (Economics); Economics (Statistics, Econometrics); Business (Statistics, Econometrics)

Full Professor Irena Vida, PhD

Marketing; International business

Full Professor Alenka Vrbinc, PhD

Marketing communications

Full Professor Katja Zajc Kejžar, PhD

International economics, geoeconomics

Full Professor Jelena Zorić, PhD

Economics (Efficiency analysis); Energy economics; Energy efficiency

Associate Professor Blaž Zupan, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Design thinking

Full Professor Vesna Žabkar, PhD

Marketing

Associate Professor Jana Žnidaršič, PhD

HRM; Age management at workplace; Older employees - challenges; Business communication