List of doctoral dissertation topics

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
- Aleksic Darija
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf192 KB
Assistant Professor Melita Balas Rant, PhD

Organizational behavior
- Balas Rant Melita
  
  13. 3. 2025pdf76 KB
Associate Professor Mateja Bodlaj, PhD

Marketing; Marketing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Bodlaj Mateja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf196 KB
Assistant Professor Marko Budler, PhD

Supply chain; Logistics; Purchasing; Business models; Coopetition; Sustainability; Shoring strategies
- Budler Marko
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf75 KB
Associate Professor Jaka Cepec, PhD

Bankruptcy law; Law and economics
- Cepec Jaka
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf138 KB
Full Professor Andreja Cirman, PhD

Economics; Housing; Real estate; Personal finance
- Cirman Andreja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf62 KB
Assistant Professor Simon Colnar, PhD

Knowledge management; Age management
- Colnar Simon
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf78 KB
Full Professor Simon Čadež, PhD

Sustainability; Research governance; Management accounting
- Cadez Simon
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf231 KB
Full Professor Barbara Čater, PhD

Marketing; Business
- Cater Barbara
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf60 KB
Full Professor Tomaž Čater, PhD

Environmental strategies; Strategy development and implementation; Change management; Sports management
- Cater Tomaz
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf130 KB
Full Professor Matej Černe, PhD

Sleep and work interplay; Digitalization of work and digital nomadism; Creativity and meaningful work
- Cerne Matej
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf66 KB
Assistant Professor Ana Čertanec, PhD

Human rights law; Consumer law; Contract law
- Certanec Ana 2025
  
  20. 1. 2025pdf81 KB
Full Professor Jože Damijan, PhD

International trade; Economics
- Damijan Joze
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf58 KB
Full Professor Vlado Dimovski, PhD

Management and organization
- Dimovski Vlado
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf60 KB
Full Professor Tanja Dmitrović, PhD

Marketing
- Dmitrovic Tanja
  
  25. 2. 2025pdf59 KB
Associate Professor Petra Došenović Bonča, PhD

Health economics; Health economics and policy
- Dosenovic Bonca Petra
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf138 KB
Full Professor Mateja Drnovšek, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Academic entrepreneurship; Intrapreneurship
- Drnovsek Mateja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf177 KB
Associate Professor Jure Erjavec, PhD

Supply chain management and business logistics; Business informatics
- Erjavec Jure
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf50 KB
Assistant Professor Daša Farčnik, PhD

Economics; Tourism
- Farcnik Dasa
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf74 KB
Full Professor Liljana Ferbar Tratar, PhD

Operations research; Mathematics; Economics
- Ferbar Tratar Liljana
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Full Professor Mirko Gradišar, PhD

Operations research; Information systems
- Gradisar Mirko
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf58 KB
Assistant Professor Barbara Grah, PhD

Management and organization
- Grah Barbara
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf352 KB
Full Professor Nevenka Hrovatin, PhD

Economics; Energy economics
- Hrovatin Nevenka
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf233 KB
Full Professor Mojca Indihar Štemberger, PhD

Digital transformation; Information management
- Indihar Stemberger Mojca
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf137 KB
Associate Professor Tanja Istenič, PhD

Economics
- Istenic Tanja
  
  13. 1. 2025pdf80 KB
Associate professor Igor Ivašković, PhD

Strategic management; Human resource management; Non-profit organizations; Sports organizations
- Ivaskovic Igor
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf231 KB
Full Professor Jurij Jaklič, PhD

Information systems management; Business intelligence systems
- Jaklic Jurij
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf58 KB
Full Professor Marko Jaklič, PhD

Innovation; Research and innovation policy
- Jaklic Marko
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf136 KB
Associate Professor Marko Jakšič, PhD

Supply chain management; Operations & supply chain management; Operations management
- Jaksic Marko
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf61 KB
Full Professor Robert Kaše, PhD

Human resource management; Careers; Teams and teamwork; Compensation
- Kase Robert
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf136 KB
Full Professor Aleksandar Kešeljević, PhD

Economics; Institutional analysis; Comparative analysis of economic systems
- Keseljevic Aleksandar
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf195 KB
Full Professor Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, PhD & Professor Albert Assaf, Ph.D.

Tourism; Tourism marketing; Tourism management
- Knezevic Cvelbar Ljubica
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Full Professor Tomaž Kolar, PhD

Consumer behavior; Tourism; Marketing strategies; Services marketing; Social media; Neuromarketing
- Kolar Tomaz
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf64 KB
Associate Professor Matjaž Koman, PhD

Economics
- Koman Matjaz
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf187 KB
Full Professor Maja Konečnik Ruzzier, PhD

Marketing and artificial intelligence; Branding; Digital aspects in branding; Sustainability branding
- Konecnik Ruzzier Maja
  
  22. 1. 2025pdf80 KB
Associate Professor Mateja Kos Koklič, PhD

Marketing (Consumer behavior)
- Kos Koklic Mateja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Full Professor Črt Kostevc, PhD

International trade; Innovation and growth; Econometrics
- Kostevc Crt
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Associate Professor Patricia Kotnik, PhD

Entrepreneurship
- Kotnik Patricia
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf73 KB
Full Professor Mitja Kovač, PhD

Law and economics
- Kovac Mitja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf66 KB
Associate Professor Kir Kuščer, PhD

Mountain tourism; Transport
- Kuscer Kir
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf136 KB
Full Professor Matej Lahovnik, PhD

Strategic management; Corporate governance; Acquisitions
- Lahovnik Matej
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf94 KB
Assistant Professor Jaka Lindič, PhD

Entrepreneurship
- Lindic Jaka
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf57 KB
Full Professor Igor Lončarski, PhD

Financial economics
- Loncarski Igor
  
  11. 12. 2024pdf42 KB
Associate Professor Anton Manfreda, PhD

Digital transformation; Technology adoption; Smart cities
- Manfreda Anton
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf384 KB
Associate Professor Mojca Marc, PhD

Management; Management accounting; Management control
- Marc Mojca
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf136 KB
Full Professor Matej Marinč, PhD

Finance; Banking
- Marinc Matej
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf387 KB
Full Professor Igor Masten, PhD

Time series econometrics; Economics
- Masten Igor
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf478 KB
Full Professor Tanja Mihalič, PhD

Tourism economics; Sustainability
- Mihalic Tanja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf139 KB
Associate Professor Barbara Mörec, PhD

Accounting; Finance
- Morec Barbara
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Full Professor Mojmir Mrak, PhD

Finance
- Mrak Mojmir
  
  25. 2. 2025pdf56 KB
Full Professor Irena Ograjenšek, PhD

Economics; Marketing research; Statistics education
- Ograjensek Irena
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf140 KB
Associate Professor Tamara Pavasović Trošt, PhD, USA

International business; Sociology of international business; Culture; Identity; Stereotypes
- Pavasovic Trost Tamara
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf91 KB
Full Professor Darja Peljhan, PhD

Management; Management accounting
- Peljhan Darja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf135 KB
Full Professor Judita Peterlin, PhD

Management; Sustainable management; Leadership
- Peterlin Judita
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf147 KB
Associate Professor Gregor Pfajfar, PhD

International business; International marketing
- Pfajfar Gregor
  
  13. 1. 2025pdf86 KB
Full Professor Sašo Polanec, PhD

Economics
- Polanec Saso
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf342 KB
Associate Professor Nina Ponikvar, PhD

Business economics; Economic evaluations
- Ponikvar Nina
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf116 KB
Associate Professor Vasja Rant, PhD

International finance; International banking; European economic integration
- Rant Vasja
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf141 KB
Full Professor Borut Rusjan, PhD

Operations; Quality
- Rusjan Borut
  
  25. 2. 2025pdf57 KB
Full Professor Jože Sambt, PhD

Economics
- Sambt Joze
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf134 KB
Assistant Professor Aleša Saša Sitar, PhD

Management and organization; Organizational learning and knowledge management
- Sitar Alesa Sasa
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf78 KB
Associate Professor Alenka Slavec Gomezel, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial psychology; Entrepreneurial finance
- Slavec Gomezel Alenka
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf60 KB
Assistant Professor Mojca Svetek, PhD

Psychology of entrepreneurship; Venture capital; Female entrepreneurship; Necessity entrepreneurship
- Svetek Mojca
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf76 KB
Associate Professor Anja Svetina Nabergoj, PhD & Full Professor Marko Pahor, PhD

Work-life-balance; Family friendly corporate practices
- Svetina Nabergoj Anja in Pahor Marko
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Associate Professor Matej Švigelj, PhD

Economics; Economics of telecommunications; Energy economics
- Svigelj Matej
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf100 KB
Full Professor Peter Trkman, PhD

Information and supply chain management
- Trkman Peter
  
  13. 1. 2025pdf73 KB
Assistant Professor Anastas Vangeli, PhD

Economic security; Geopolitics and international business; Non-market strategy; Social justice
- Vangeli Anastas
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf59 KB
Full Professor Miroslav Verbič, PhD

Econometrics (Economics); Economics (Statistics, Econometrics); Business (Statistics, Econometrics)
- Verbic Miroslav
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf64 KB
Full Professor Irena Vida, PhD

Marketing; International business
- Vida Irena
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf60 KB
Full Professor Alenka Vrbinc, PhD

Marketing communications
- Vrbinc Alenka
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf58 KB
Full Professor Katja Zajc Kejžar, PhD

International economics
- Kejzar Katja Zajc
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf58 KB
Full Professor Jelena Zorić, PhD

Economics (Efficiency analysis); Energy economics; Energy efficiency
- Zoric Jelena
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf60 KB
Assistant Professor Blaž Zupan, PhD

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Design thinking
- Zupan Blaz
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf309 KB
Full Professor Vesna Žabkar, PhD

Marketing
- Zabkar Vesna
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf74 KB
Associate Professor Jana Žnidaršič, PhD

HRM; Age management at workplace; Older employees - challenges; Business communication
- Znidarsic Jana
  
  27. 11. 2024pdf233 KB

List of doctoral dissertation topics

List of supervisors and topics

Associate Professor Darija Aleksić, PhD

Aleksic Darija

Assistant Professor Melita Balas Rant, PhD

Balas Rant Melita

Associate Professor Mateja Bodlaj, PhD

Bodlaj Mateja

Assistant Professor Marko Budler, PhD

Budler Marko

Associate Professor Jaka Cepec, PhD

Cepec Jaka

Full Professor Andreja Cirman, PhD

Cirman Andreja

Assistant Professor Simon Colnar, PhD

Colnar Simon

Full Professor Simon Čadež, PhD

Cadez Simon

Full Professor Barbara Čater, PhD

Cater Barbara

Full Professor Tomaž Čater, PhD

Cater Tomaz

Full Professor Matej Černe, PhD

Cerne Matej

Assistant Professor Ana Čertanec, PhD

Certanec Ana 2025

Full Professor Jože Damijan, PhD

Damijan Joze

Full Professor Vlado Dimovski, PhD

Dimovski Vlado

Full Professor Tanja Dmitrović, PhD

Dmitrovic Tanja

Associate Professor Petra Došenović Bonča, PhD

Dosenovic Bonca Petra

Full Professor Mateja Drnovšek, PhD

Drnovsek Mateja

Associate Professor Jure Erjavec, PhD

Erjavec Jure

Assistant Professor Daša Farčnik, PhD

Farcnik Dasa

Full Professor Liljana Ferbar Tratar, PhD

Ferbar Tratar Liljana

Full Professor Mirko Gradišar, PhD

Gradisar Mirko

Assistant Professor Barbara Grah, PhD

Grah Barbara

Full Professor Nevenka Hrovatin, PhD

Hrovatin Nevenka

Full Professor Mojca Indihar Štemberger, PhD

Indihar Stemberger Mojca

Associate Professor Tanja Istenič, PhD

Istenic Tanja

Associate professor Igor Ivašković, PhD

Ivaskovic Igor

Full Professor Jurij Jaklič, PhD

Jaklic Jurij

Full Professor Marko Jaklič, PhD

Jaklic Marko

Associate Professor Marko Jakšič, PhD

Jaksic Marko

Full Professor Robert Kaše, PhD

Kase Robert

Full Professor Aleksandar Kešeljević, PhD

Keseljevic Aleksandar

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

Knezevic Cvelbar Ljubica

Full Professor Tomaž Kolar, PhD

Kolar Tomaz

Associate Professor Matjaž Koman, PhD

Koman Matjaz

Full Professor Maja Konečnik Ruzzier, PhD

Konecnik Ruzzier Maja

Associate Professor Mateja Kos Koklič, PhD

Kos Koklic Mateja

Full Professor Črt Kostevc, PhD

Kostevc Crt

Associate Professor Patricia Kotnik, PhD

Kotnik Patricia

Full Professor Mitja Kovač, PhD

Kovac Mitja