Period: 01.11.2025 – 31.10.2030

Funding SOURCE: ARIS

REFERENCE NR.: SN-ZDR/22-27/510

PROJECT PROGRAMME: large interdisciplinary project

COORDINATORS AND CONTACTS: izr. prof. dr. Matija Črešnar, prof. dr. Domen Mongus (UM leader)

PROJECT PARTNERS: Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo, Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI), Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography (ELTE‐Geo), Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Archaeological Sciences (ELTE‐Arch), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Archaeogenetics (MPI‐Arch), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Evolutionary Genetics (MPI‐Evo), University College London (UCL), Institute for Sustainable Heritage, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Research Unit: Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo‐Chemistry, Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije (ZVKDS), Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS), Narodni muzej Slovenije (NMS), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU), Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije (GOZDIS), Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko (UM FERI)

Project website: https://www.ff.uni-lj.si/en/matres-material-resilience-times-environmental-and-social-change

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MATerial RESilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change

Abstract:

Project MATRES (MATerial RESilience in times of environmental and social change) is an interdisciplinary initiative aimed at addressing critical societal challenges arising from climate and social changes through study of material world. The project focuses on resilience, defined as societies’ ability to withstand, adapt to, recover from, and even transform in response to external shocks, stresses, and challenges. It aims to bring together researchers from various University of Ljubljana (UL) faculties, namely Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Biotechnical Faculty and Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, along with other Slovenian (e.g. Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, National Museum of Slovenia, Jožef Stefan Institute) and international partners (e.g. Vrije Universiteit Brussels, University College London, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), with a long history of collaboration on research projects infrastructure development (E-RIHS.si), and joint publications through well-established partnerships built over years. and joint publications through well-established partnerships built over years

As a lasting legacy, MATRES aims to formalize this collaboration through the establishment of the Slovenian Heritage Research Partnership, which will connect all interested UL faculties and extend to the wider research community. This long-term vision supports joint research, project applications, education, information sharing, and UL’s active role in international networks and initiatives.