dr. Mojca Stubelj Ars – ART & SCIENCE

Mojca is a person of many talents.

Mojca Stubelj Ars, Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, is innovative and artish, with passion for languages, sustainable tourism and start-up ecosystem.

Mojca expresses herself with creative writing, event management and product development. She also enjoys teaching and sharing her passion for art, innovation and science with children and youth.

AWARDS

GOLDEN INNOVATION AWARD for innovative approach in early language learning by mobile application and the book “The Fairytale of Luna” – awarded by Slovenian Business Association.

YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2014 for PhD thesis – awarded by Alpine Convention (Winning 1.st prize in the competition of 42 young scientists.)

Fulbright Research Scholarship 2011. Environmental Center, University of Hawaii Manoa, USA.

Award for Green Marketing, Challenge “Bohinj Park EKO-hotel” – Bank of Tourism Potentials Slovenia 2010.

European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) summer school scholarship for Intelligent Decision Support Systems, Advanced Course in Artificial Intelligence 2009 (ACAI 2009).

“Award for the contribution to sustainable development of society for the year 2008” The prize was awarded by the Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund.

ART& BUSINESS PROJECTS * within MINI POLIGLOTINI

Multilingual books for children & bilingual personalized book about HAPPYNESS

RESEARCH PROJECTS *

PhD thesis: DECISION SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS, REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ECOTOURISM

Mojca Stubelj Ars received YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2014 for PhD thesis – awarded by Alpine Convention

GRANTS *

P2 Small Business Grant – 54.000,00 EUR for developing the prototype and testing the market with MVP. Funding body: The Slovene Enterprise Fund – period 2017 – 2020

USA Embassy Slovenia Small Grant – 5.000,00 $ for creating a free educational mobile application on nature conservation for children. Funding body: American Embassy Ljubljana – period 2016 – 2017

Innovative New Businesses Award – 13.300,00 EUR for start-up innovation development. Funding body: Municipality of Nova Gorica – period 2014 – 2015

Small Business Award – 3.500,00 EUR for 1 year of start-up existence on the market. Funding body: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology – period year 2015

Fulbright Research Scholarship – 22.000,00 $ for 9 months Fellowship. Funding body: Institute for International Education USA – period 2011-2012

Young Researcher – 100.000,00 EUR for 4.5 years to conduct research at Slovenian University. Funding body: Slovenian Research Agency – period 2007 – 2013