As an Assistant Professor in Land and Urban Economics at the University of Twente, ITC Faculty, Marija focuses on urban environment. She brings an economic expertise to the understanding of urban and land development processes, considering their social and ecological values and impacts.

Marija has a track record in the field of economic valuation, as well as in multidisciplinary research on modelling choice behaviour and choice motivation. Application areas are sustainable transportation, urban nature-based solutions, resilience and climate adaptation. In particular, her expertise stretches through a broad variety of topics such as environmental economics, the major natural disasters and their impact on modern economies, sustainable transportation, urban nature-based solutions, urban inequalities, economic value and valuation of environmental goods and services, resilience and climate adaptation. 

The core mission of Marija is to initiate, acquire and implement new research, education and consulting projects, adding an economic perspective that will contribute to a broader and more successful project portfolio at ITC.

PARATUS  Horizon Europe project (2022-2026) https://www.paratus-project.eu/

RiskPACC Horizon Europe project (2023-2024) https://www.riskpacc.eu/

WISER Horizon Europe project (2023-2026)  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101094546