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Boštjan Brezovnik is an Associate Professor. After successfully finishing Higher Administrative School at the University of Ljubljana in 1996, he continued his studies at the Maribor Faculty of Law, where he graduated in 2000 and obtained his title master of science in 2003. Later, in 2008, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the Ljubljana Faculty of Law. His scientific research activity deals mainly with the topics of public administration, administrative law, local self-government, finance law, public finances, public services and systems of fiscal decentralization with regional development. He published his work in different publications and is an author of plenty of scientific books in the field of public administration, local self-government, public services, and fiscal decentralization.

He cooperated in international research projects, mainly in the field of public administration, conducted by the UN, EU, OSCE, Council of Europe, Open Society Institute Budapest, KIPRED, USAID, and others. He is an alternate member of the Group of independent experts on the European Charter of local self-government (Council of Europe). He is head of numerous projects in the field of local self-government and regional development worldwide.

He participated in panels and conferences in USA, England, France, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Kosovo, and China. He lectured at Masaryk Faculty of Law (Brno, Czech Republic), Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique (Porto, Portugal) and Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University Leicester (Leicester, Great Britain), Faculty of Law, University of Maribor (Slovenia) and Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). He actively participates in developing scientific publishing field as the editor-in-chief  of Lex localis - Jornal of Local Self-Government, editor of the catalog ‘Competences of the Slovenian municipalities' and editor of ‘Official Gazette of Slovenian Municipalities'. 

Personal bibliography for the period 2001 – 2020

Articles and other component parts 

Original scientific articles

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, OPLOTNIK, Žan, MLINARIČ, Franjo, PADOVNIK, Srečko Aleksander, FINŽGAR, Mateja. Financing municipal tasks in Slovenia. Croatian and Comparative Public Administration. 2019, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 173-206. ISSN 1848-0357. DOI: 10.31297/hkju.19.2.1. [COBISS.SI-ID 5755691] 

2. TOPLAK, Jurij, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Information delayed is justice denied: lengthy procedures deny the right to access information. Informatologia. 2019, vol. 52, no. 1/2, pp. 1-8. ISSN 1330-0067. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=325240, DOI: 10.32914/i.52.1-2.1. [COBISS.SI-ID 5760555], [SNIP]

3. KRIŽANIČ, France, OPLOTNIK, Žan, MENCINGER, Jože, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. The influence of ecological taxes on the exposure on waste and CO2 emissions in a selected group of EU countries. Journal of comparative politics. [Online ed.]. Jul. 2019, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 38-48. ISSN 1338-1385. http://www.jofcp.org/assets/jcp/JCP-July-2019.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5738795], [SNIP, WoS up to 27. 7. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 27. 7. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0] 

4. FINŽGAR, Mateja, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Direct international comparison of EU member states fiscal decentralization systems with the conceptual index of fiscal decentralization (CIFD) in the context of European Charter of Local Self-Government (ECLSG). Transylvanian review of administrative sciences. 2019, no. 56 e, pp. 41-59. ISSN 1842-2845. http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/587, DOI: 10.24193/tras.56E.3. [COBISS.SI-ID 5701419], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 10. 4. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 10. 4. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0]

5. MLINARIČ, Franjo, OPLOTNIK, Žan, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Economic limits of (de)regulation in legal services market. Inžinerinąe ekonomika. 2018, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 291-301. ISSN 1392-2785. http://inzeko.ktu.lt/index.php/EE/article/view/19826, DOI: 10.5755/j01.ee.29.3.19826. [COBISS.SI-ID 5594155], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 14. 7. 2018: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 14. 7. 2018: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0]

6. BESSA VILELA, Noemia, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Europe: hell or paradise? : an overview of European law and case law. Journal of comparative politics. [Online ed.]. Jul. 2018, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 65-82. ISSN 1338-1385. http://www.jofcp.org/assets/jcp/JCP-July-2018.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 5600555], [SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 2, without self-citations (CI): 2, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 2, without self-citations (CI): 2]

7. VOJINOVIĆ, Borut, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, OPLOTNIK, Žan. Measuring services and tourism convergence among five old and five new EU member states. Inžinerinąe ekonomika. 2016, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 285-293. ISSN 1392-2785. http://www.inzeko.ktu.lt/index.php/EE/article/view/11145, DOI: 10.5755/j01.ee.27.3.11145. [COBISS.SI-ID 5121323], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 2, without self-citations (CI): 2, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 2, without self-citations (CI): 2]

8. DRNOVŠEK, Katja, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Public services concession in Slovenian legislation. In: Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government Annual Conference 2016 - Porto/Portugal (June 16 - June 17, 2016) : special issue. Maribor: Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement, 2016. Vol. 14, no. 3, str. 671-694. Lex localis, Vol. 14, no. 3, July 2016. ISSN 1581-5374. DOI: 10.4335/14.3.671-694(2016). [COBISS.SI-ID 5147947], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 4, without self-citations (CI): 4, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 4, without self-citations (CI): 4]
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9. MLINARIČ, Franjo, OPLOTNIK, Žan, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Key economic parameters for an optimal pharmacy network in a regulated environment. Transylvanian review of administrative sciences. 2016, no. 49 e, pp. 60-77. ISSN 1842-2845. http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/494, https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=66878. [COBISS.SI-ID 5190955], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 25. 10. 2016: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 25. 10. 2016: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0]

10. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, OPLOTNIK, Žan, VOJINOVIĆ, Borut. (De)centralization of public procurement at the local level in the EU. Transylvanian review of administrative sciences. Oct. 2015, no. 46 e, pp. 37-52. ISSN 1842-2845. http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/450. [COBISS.SI-ID 4967979], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 26, without self-citations (CI): 26, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 26, without self-citations (CI): 26] 

11. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Contradictions in the concept of public institutes in Slovenian legislation. Lex localis : Journal of Local Self-Government. [Tiskana izd.]. Apr. 2014, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 311-327. ISSN 1581-5374. DOI: 10.4335/12.2.311-327(2014). [COBISS.SI-ID 4648491], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 7, without self-citations (CI): 7, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 7, without self-citations (CI): 7]

12. ROGELJ, Aljaž, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Universal health services. Lex localis : Journal of Local Self-Government. Jul. 2013, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 687-708. ISSN 1581-5374. [COBISS.SI-ID 4537643], [JCR, SNIP, WoSup to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 6, without self-citations (CI): 4, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 6, without self-citations (CI): 4]

13. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, OPLOTNIK, Žan. An analysis of the applicable system of financing the municipalities in Slovenia. Lex localis : Journal of Local Self-Government. Jul. 2012, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 277-295, ISSN 1581-5374. [COBISS.SI-ID 12630353], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 31, without self-citations (CI): 31, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 31, without self-citations (CI): 31]

14. OPLOTNIK, Žan, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Financing local government in Slovenia. Post-communist economies. Dec. 2004, vol. 16, no. 4, str. 483-496, tabele. ISSN 1463-1377. DOI: 10.1080/1463137042000309575. [COBISS.SI-ID 15186406], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 26, without self-citations (CI): 20, Scopus up to 3. 12. 2019: no. of citations (TC): 26, without self-citations (CI): 20]

15. OPLOTNIK, Žan, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Financing local government in theory and practice: short lessons from Slovenia. Zagreb international review of economics & business. nov. 2004, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 75-93. ISSN 1331-5609. [COBISS.SI-ID 23020333]

Published scientific conference contribution (invited lecture)

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Local Self-Government and Decentralization Process in Slovenia. In: Kosovo Agenda Deliberation Conferences, 12-14 June 2003, Pristina, Kosovo : Conference Series on Institutional and Governance Reform : Local Government Reform.Session 3. http://www.kipred.org/pdf/presentationlgg.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 2539819]

Published scientific conference contribution

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. The provision of services of general interest in Slovenia. In: SKULOVÁ, Soňa (ed.). Dny práva 2015 = Days of law 2015.Část 9, Veřejná služba ve veřejné správě (a to i jako služba veřejnosti). IX. International Conference Days of Law 2015, 18th-19th November 2015 in Brno, Czech Republic. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, cop. 2016. Str. 46-60. Acta Universitatis Brunensis iuridica, vol. 553, = č. 553. ISBN 978-80-210-8200-7. http://www.law.muni.cz/dokumenty/34702. [COBISS.SI-ID 5060395]

2. OPLOTNIK, Žan, BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, VOJINOVIĆ, Borut. System of local self-government financing and costs of municipality in Slovenia. In: MIN, Zhu (ed.). 2012, 2nd International Conference on Economic [!], Education and Management, June 1-2, Shanghai, China : ICEEM 2012. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Education Society, 2012. Str. 128-138, tabele. ISBN 978-988-19750-3-4. [COBISS.SI-ID 518667033]

Independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, FINŽGAR, Mateja, OPLOTNIK, Žan. Slovenia : vertical imbalance in local government financing. In: BARTLETT, William (ed.), KMEZIĆ, Sanja (ed.), ĐULIĆ, Katarina (ed.). Fiscal decentralisation, local government and policy reversals in Southeastern Europe. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, cop. 2018. Str. 21-52. ISBN 978-3-319-96091-3, ISBN 978-3-319-96092-0. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96092-0_2. [COBISS.SI-ID 5659947]

2. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, TOPLAK, Jurij. Administrative law in Slovenia. In: SCARCIGLIA, Roberto (ed.). Administrative law in the Balkans: case studies of comparative administrative law in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. [Padova]: Cedam, 2012. Str. [155]-185. Quaderni giuridici del Dipartimento di scienze politiche e sociali dell'Università di Trieste, 7. ISBN 978-88-13-29540-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 4424747]

Scientific monograph

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, OPLOTNIK, Žan, MLINARIČ, Franjo. Attorneys and attorney tariff in Slovenia. Rijeka: InTech, 2018. 119 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-1-78923-097-0. http://mts.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/attorneys-and-attorney-tariff-in-slovenia, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.75422. [COBISS.SI-ID 13007132]

2. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, FINŽGAR, Mateja, OPLOTNIK, Žan. Fiscal decentralisation in Slovenia. Maribor: Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement, 2016. Lex localis, Book series Intergovernmental fiscal relations. ISBN 978-961-6842-64-8. http://www.lex-localis.info/ebook/2016/fiscaldecentralisation. [COBISS.SI-ID 284626432]

Invited lecture at foreign university 

1. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Local government; Public administration; Research methodology; Scientific writing: 4x10 hours of guest lectures within Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility for academic year 2015/2016, Portucalense University lnfante D. Henrique, 10.6.2016-10.7.2016. [COBISS.SI-ID 5127979]

2. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Fiscal Decentralisation in EU: 10 hours of lectures, 0/1. 5 credit(s), Masaryk University Information System, Brno, 16.-20.11.2015. [COBISS.SI-ID 4980267]

3. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Local self-government in Slovenia and Europe more generally: lecture and workshop to undergraduate students, Faculty of Business and Law, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University Leicester, UK, England, on 8th December 2015. [COBISS.SI-ID 5065771]

Reviewer

1. Central European public administration review. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan (reviewer 2019). [Tiskana izd.]. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za upravo, 2018-. ISSN 2591-2240. http://www.fu.uni-lj.si/en/central-european-public-administration-review/cepar-journal-10-recommended-top-cited-and-the-most-up-to-date-articles/, http://www.cepar.si/. [COBISS.SI-ID 293849600]

2. Inžinerinąe ekonomika. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan (reviewer 2019). Kaunas: Technologija. ISSN 1392-2785. [COBISS.SI-ID 513315097]

3. Applied economics. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan (reviewer 2014, 2015). London: Chapman and Hall, 1969-. ISSN 0003-6846. [COBISS.SI-ID 305689]

4. Applied economics letters. BREZOVNIK, Boštjan (reviewer 2015). London: Chapman & Hall. ISSN 1350-4851. [COBISS.SI-ID 934165]

Planned publications in 2020:

Original scientific articles:

BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Public Interest Economics.

BREZOVNIK, Boštjan, HOLCMAN, Borut, DROBNE, Samo. Regionalisation in Slovenia.

Independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph

BREZOVNIK, Boštjan. Local Self-Government in Slovenia,in: BREZOVNIK, Boštjan (ed.) Handbook of Local Self-Government in Europe (Maribor: Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor).

Dear Students

I encourage all students of law, legal-administrative courses and internal security ones to register for my lectures (MTeams) in the autumn (winter) semester of the academic year 2021/2022.

Registration for the following subjects will open soon in the USOS system:

1) Comparative Public Administration Systems (15 hours)
2) Local Self-Government in Europe (15 hours)
3) Legal Entities under Public Law in European Union (15 hours)
4) Fiscal Decentralisation in Europe (15 hours)