izr. prof. dr. Boštjan Kerbler Visokošolski učitelj

Boštjan Kerbler je redno zaposlen na Urbanističnem inštitutu Republike Slovenije. Poleg svojega raziskovalnega dela opravlja funkcijo urednika mednarodne indeksirane znanstvene revije Urbani izziv. V času njegovega urednikovanja je bila revija Urbani izziv na podlagi evalvacij znanstvene kakovosti sprejeta v številne mednarodne znanstvene baze, med drugim tudi prestižno bazo SCOPUS Elsevier, ki je indeksirana. Revija je bila v času njegovega urednikovanja pridobila oceno A črtica (A’), kar pomeni, da se objave v reviji štejejo kot zelo kakovostni dosežki. Za svojo uredniško delo je prejel številne pohvale priznanih svetovnih raziskovalcev in piscev znanstvenih člankov ter članov mednarodnega uredniškega odbora znanstvene revije Urbani izziv. Ima številne znanstvene objave, med drugim tudi v indeksiranih revijah (npr. SSCI, AHCI, SCOPUS Elsevier). V sistemu COBISS ima vpisanih več kot 170 bibliografskih enot. Vse njegove reference so navedene in javno dostopne v sistemih SICRIS, LinkedIn in ResearchGate. Kot raziskovalec se ukvarja s problematiko bivalnih okolij za starejše ljudi ter z drugimi demografskimi in stanovanjskimi študijami, predvsem z vidika staranja prebivalstva ter z dostopnostjo grajenega okolja, informacij in komunikacij za invalide in druge funkcionalno ovirane osebe. Sodeluje pri slovenskih in tujih znanstvenih projektih, že več kot desetletje pa predava tudi na Univerzi za tretje življenjsko obdobje.

Boštjan Kerbler is a full-time employee at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. In addition to his work as a researcher, he is the editor of the internationally indexed research journal Urbani izziv (Urban Challenge). Under his editorship, the journal has been included in a number of international research databases based on evaluations of its research quality, including the prestigious SCOPUS Elsevier indexing database. While serving as its editor, the journal was classified as A’ which means that the articles published in this journal are deemed outstanding achievements. He has received many commendations for his editorial work from internationally acclaimed researchers and research article authors, and members of the international editorial board of the journal Urbani izziv. He has published extensively in various research journals, including those indexed in SSCI, AHCI, and SCOPUS Elsevier. The bibliographical COBISS database includes more than 170 of his publications. All of his references are listed and publically available in the SICRIS, LinkedIn, and ResearchGate systems. His research focuses on living environments for the elderly and on other demographic and housing studies, especially from the viewpoint of population aging and the accessibility of the built environment, information, and communications to the disabled and other functionally impaired persons. He takes part in Slovenian and international research projects and has been teaching at the University of the Third Age for more than a decade.