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  • Join our Team: 3-year Post-doc Position Available

    October 19th, 2021IResearchI

    We are looking for a colleague to join our dynamic team. Ideally, the post-holder will be a proficient analytical chemist with excellent experience particularly of separation techniques and with a passion for cultural heritage. The following text is a translation [...]

  • Effects of lignin degradation on paper-based materials in extreme conditions

    October 4th, 2021IOlder projects, ProjectsI

    • Effects of lignin degradation on paper-based materials in extreme conditions
    • Vplivi razgradnje lignina na materiale na papirni osnovi v skrajnih pogojih

    Role in the project: Project Coordinator
    Funding: J4-3085 Slovenian Research Agency (€300k)

    Duration: 1. 10. 2021 – 30. 9. 2024

  • Welcome Emma Paolin, our new PhD student!

    September 29th, 2021IResearchI

    Emma studies towards PhD at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology at University of Ljubljana. Her work focuses on the Odotheka project, specifically the development of an international archive of olfactory heritage, using the heritage science approach, in a [...]

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    Degradation studies of lignin-rich paper-based materials

    September 24th, 2021IPublicationI

    The Slovenian Research Agency approved funding for a 3-year research project titled "Effects of lignin degradation on paper-based materials in extreme conditions". The project will explore the effect of lignin degradation on cellulose-based materials in two “extreme” contexts: during composting [...]

  • ODOTHEKA – Exploring and Archiving Heritage Smells

    September 24th, 2021IOlder projects, ProjectsI

    • International archive of smells of heritage objects
    • Mednarodni arhiv vonjav predmetov kulturne dediščine

    Role in the project: Project Coordinator
    Funding: N1-0228, CEUS scheme in collaboration between NCN (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) and ARRS (Slovenian Research Agency) – €800k

    Duration: 1. 12. 2021 – 1. 12. 2024

  • SMACH – Climate Change and Cultural Heritage in the Western Balkans

    July 15th, 2021IOlder projects, ProjectsI

    • Sustainable Management of Cultural Heritage in the Balkans in Response to Climate Change
    • Trajnostno upravljanje kulturne dediščine na Balkanu kot odziv na podnebne spremembe

    Role in the project: Partner
    Funding: CEI Know-how Exchange Programme supported by the CEI Fund at the EBRD

    Duration: 15. 3. 2021 – 28. 2. 2022

  • HSLL awarded a 2-year development grant

    July 13th, 2021IImpact, ResearchI

    The Development Committee of the University of Ljubljana awarded the HSLL-led a proposal to develop an Interdisciplinary Network on the topic of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change, starting on 1 Oct 2021. The network consists of 11 Faculties and 16 [...]

  • #HSAcademy

    April 29th, 2021IImpactI

    Within the project IPERION HS and the European Infrastructure for Heritage Science, the HSLL coordinates an important outreach and training activity, the #HSAcademy. The Academy will bring together events and activities such as webinars, online presentations and videos, online training [...]

  • Pentachlorophenol pesticide in wooden museum objects

    April 20th, 2021IPublicationI

    Researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Ljubljana and the National Museum of Slovenia recently published the paper Non-Destructive Detection of Pentachlorophenol Residues in Historical Wooden Objects. As a natural material wood is important [...]