Mateja Kurir

I am a philosopher, author, editor and researcher from Slovenia, working mainly in the area of architecture, spatial practices and the arts. I obtained my BA (2003) and PhD (2014) in philosophy from the University of Ljubljana. I am an Associate Professor since 2024 and a Researcher at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia since 2025.

I published Arhitektura moderne in das Unheimliche: Heidegger, Freud in Le Corbusier (2018) and two edited collections. I received the Plečnik’s Medal in 2022 for my contributions to architectural theory, criticism, and publication as the editor of O oblasti v arhitekturi (On Power in Architecture). In 2024, I was honored with the same award as the co-editor of Garden and Metaphor: Essays on the Essence of the Garden. My latest publication is the edited volume On Power in Architecture, published by Routledge in 2024.

I collaborate with various academic, research, and art institutions. In the past, I served as a researcher of the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana (2020-2025), visiting researcher at the Department of Architecture at KU Leuven (2015) and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rijeka (2017). I also prepared several radio broadcast on art and architecture for Radio Student in Slovenia.

I have been a guest lecturer at the AA London (2023, 2025), Piran Days of Architecture (2023), and the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Ljubljana (2017, 2019), among other occasions. Additionally, I have actively participated as a speaker at several conferences in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Portugal.

I serve as a reviewer for several academic journals and am a member of professional organizations in philosophy.