Edisa Lozić, PhD
Research Associate, Assistant Professor
+386 1 47 06 392
elozic@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Digital archaeologist focusing on LiDAR/GIS and low-code tools for cultural-heritage data (ARKAS, EOLITH), involved in GENNI, AI4Europe, TETRACHs and the Europeana Network Association.
Profile
Dr Edisa Lozić is an archaeologist and assistant professor at the Institute of Archaeology, ZRC SAZU (Ljubljana), working at the intersection of digital humanities, data infrastructures and tool development. She uses low-code platforms to build custom applications and research databases (e.g., ARKAS, EOLITH) that support the growing data and interoperability needs of the humanities in the context of cultural-heritage digitisation. Her research focuses on GIS- and LiDAR-based landscape analysis and Roman stone monuments. She leads the national project GENNI, contributes to AI4Europe and TETRACHs, and is an active member of the Europeana Network Association.
Education
- PhD in Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia, 2013
Doctoral thesis in classical archaeology (Roman provincial funerary monuments; awarded top grade and supported by a Zois doctoral scholarship) - BA in Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia, 2008
Long-term research stays
- 2019–2021 – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Graz, Austria
Institute for Ancient History and Archaeology (Institut für Antike), postdoctoral research in classical and digital archaeolog. - 2010–2011 – Charles Nodier Grant Holder, MSHE C. N. Ledoux, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Postgraduate specialisation in archaeological approaches and spatial analysis
Short-term training and research visits
- 2016 – Maison de l’Archéologie, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
- 2013 – Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2012 – Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249 CNRS-UFC), Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- 2010 – Fornleifastofnun Íslands (Archaeological Institute of Iceland), Reykjavik, Iceland
- 2009 – Visual and Spatial Technology Centre (VISTA), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Research Areas
- Classical and Roman archaeology
- Funerary monuments and funerary landscapes in the interior of the Roman province of Dalmatia
- Roman stone production, quarrying and workshop organisation
- Digital archaeology and spatial analysis
- Application of GIS and airborne LiDAR to model settlement patterns and archaeological landscapes
- Development of multiproxy dating and “executable map paper” approaches for archaeological LiDAR data
- Digital heritage and AI in the humanities
- Critical analysis and use of AI and chatbots (large language models) in scientific writing and humanities research
- Participation in European AI initiatives for cultural heritage (AI4Europe, AI-on-Demand platform)
- Cultural heritage infrastructures and data spaces
- Integration of stone-provenance and monument data into open, interoperable research infrastructures
- Engagement with the European data space for cultural heritage through the Europeana Network Association
Teaching
- Course “Digital Archaeology”, Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana
- Teaching digital methods in archaeology, including GIS, LiDAR and data management
- International field school “The Wolves and the Caesars: Digital Landscape Archaeology in Slovenia”
- Co-director and instructor (2019–ongoing)
- Field school for US and European students focusing on survey, excavation, LiDAR, and photogrammetry
- Guest teaching and lectures
- Guest lecture “LiDAR data in archaeology”, Institute of Archaeology, University of Graz
- Supervision of student projects in digital archaeology and landscape analysis
- Supervision
- Currently supervising a student at a University in South Africa, working on topics related to digital archaeology
Organisation of scientific events and exhibitions
- TRAIL – International conference/workshop on digital archaeology and LiDAR (Slovenia)
Co-organiser and member of the scientific and organising committees (various editions) - Organisation of the international event Data Conversations Made Eas. AI-on-Demand Showcase for Cultural Heritage” (Atrij ZRC, Ljubljana & Zoom, 27 May 2024)
Awards and Prizes
- 2025 – ZRC “Horizon Star” Award for outstanding achievements in acquiring and implementing international research projects (AI4Europe, GENNI, TETRACHs, ARTEMIS, Horizon Europe proposals)
- 2023 – “Excellent in Science” Award (ARIS) for achievements in 2022 – article Migration of Alpine Slavs and machine learning (PLOS ONE, 17(9), 2022)
https://www.arrs.si/sl/promocija/odlicni/inc/23/Odlicni-23.pdf - 2022 – “Excellent in Science” Award (ARIS) for achievements in 2021 – open-access LiDAR processing tool OLiT (Remote Sensing, 13(16), 2021)
https://www.arrs.si/sl/promocija/odlicni/inc/22/odlicni-22-3.pdf - 2021 – “Excellent in Science” Award (ARIS) for achievements in 2020 – archaeological digital elevation model derived from airborne LiDAR (Remote Sensing, 13(9), 2021). http://www.arrs.si/sl/promocija/odlicni/inc/21/20211224_tabela_izbor.pdf
International Cooperation, Networks and Memberships
- Europeana Network Association (WeAreEuropeana)
- Active member, contributing to the common European data space for cultural heritage and to discussions on digital transformation in the heritage sector
- Collaboration with international partners through conferences, field schools and research networks (including COST and other European initiatives on AI in archaeology and digital heritage)
Editorial and reviewing activities
- 2021–2022 – Special Guest Editor (with B. Štular and G. Verhoeven) of the Special Issue “Geocomputation Using Remote Sensing Data for Landscape Archaeology” in the peer-reviewed open-access journal Remote Sensing (MDPI)
- Peer reviewer for international journals in archaeology, remote sensing and digital heritage
Exhibitions
- 2015–2016 – Co-author and co-organiser of the archaeological exhibition “Window into the Prehistoric Landscape of Knežak and Ilirska Bistrica” (Okno v prazgodovinsko krajino Knežaka in Ilirske Bistrice), National Museum of Slovenia – Prešernova, Ljubljana (29 Oct 2015 – 8 Feb 2016)
Selected publications
Scientific monographs
- LOZIĆ, Edisa, Funerary Monuments in the Interior of the Roman Province of Dalmatia. – E-monographiae Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 11, 2021. 978-961-05-0097-1. ISBN 978-961-05-0541-9. https://zalozba.zrc-sazu.si/p/V116.
- LOZIĆ, Edisa, Proizvodnja nagrobnih spomenikov v notranjosti rimske province Dalmacije. – E-monographiae Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 9, 2018. 978-961-05-0097-1. ISSN 2335-2930. https://zalozba.zrc-sazu.si/p/1524.
Selected aricles
2025
- LOZIĆ, E. 2025, GENII project (J6-4609) : revolutionizing Roman stoneresearch through EOLITH database integration. Prispevek na konferenci. − ASMOSIA XIV: 14th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, 15−20 September 2025, Ljubljana, book of abstracts. (str. 73) [COBISS-ID: 253949443].
- Lozić, E. (2025). Dataset for GENNI project PROJECT (J6-4609) (1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17289465 [COBISS-ID: 253951491].
2024
- LOZIĆ, E., Methodology: Archaeological LiDAR and GIS Analysis of the Early Medieval Settlements. − In: B. Štular, M. Lehner, M. Belak (ur.), Settlement of the Eastern Alps in the Early Middle Ages. − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48, 2024, 19−24. doi: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508786_02
- LOZIĆ, E., KOCH, I., Soil, Water, and Topography: Decoding Settlement Location Preferences in Early Medieval Leibnitzer Feld (Austria). In: B. Štular, M. Lehner, M. Belak (ur.), Settlement of the Eastern Alps in the Early Middle Ages. − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48, 2024, 25−52. doi: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508786_03
- LOZIĆ, E., Agricultural Dynamics of Bled Microregion (Slovenia). − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48, 2024, 53−72. doi: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508786_04
- ŠTULAR, B., LOZIĆ, E., Becoming Slav (Archaeological Evidence): Agricultural Anti-Revolution and Acculturation in the Eastern Alps. − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48, 2024, 85−100. doi: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508786_06
- LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Airborne LiDAR in Mountain Archaeology. − In: F. Carrer, M. Callanen, P. D. Casa, F. Fontana, S. Reinhold, H. Saul (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Mountain Archaeology, Oxford, 2024. DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197608005.013.18 (https://hal.science/hal-04440479)
- LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Low-code and ai-augmented Code for an Archaeological Database: Arkas 2.0. − Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences (published online ahead of print 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10037
- LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Archaeological LiDAR in Mediterranean Karst Landscapes. A Multiproxy Dating Method for Archaeological Landscape and a Case Study From Prehistoric Kras Plateau (Slovenia). − Archaeological Prospection, 2024, Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue, 1−19.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1954
2021−2023
- LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Fluent but Not Factual: A Comparative Analysis of ChatGPT and Other AI Chatbots' Proficiency and Originality in Scientific Writing for Humanities. − Future Internet 15, 336.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15100336.
- ŠTULAR, B., LOZIĆ, E. 2023. Executable Map Paper (EMaP) for Archaeological LiDAR. − Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 6(1): 79–95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.106
- LOZIĆ, Edisa, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, GONZÁLEZ-CASTAÑÉ, Gabriel, AI-on-Demand (AIOD) platform and its uses for cultural heritage. CAA2023 [Elektronski vir] : 50 years of synergy: Amsterdam, 3-6 April 2023 : abstract book (Str. 161-162). COBISS.SI-ID - 150659331 https://2023.caaconference.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2023/04/abstract_book_v13.p
- ŠTULAR, B., LOZIĆ E., EICHERT S. 2023, Interpolation of airborne LiDAR data for archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 48, p.p. 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103840
- Štular, B., Lozić, E., Belak, M., Rihter, J., Koch, I., Modrijan, Z., Magdič, A., Karl, S., Lehner, M., Gutjahr, Ch. 2022, Migration of Alpine Slavs and machine learning: Space-time pattern mining of an archaeological data set, Plos One, September 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274687
- ŠTULAR, Benjamin, LOZIĆ Edisa, Airborne LiDAR data in landscape archaeology. An introduction for non-archaeologists. – Journal it - Information Technology, july 2022.
- ŠTULAR, B., EICHERT S, LOZIĆ E., Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud Processing for Archaeology. Pipeline and QGIS Toolbox, Remote Sensing 2021, 13, no. 16: 3225. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163225
- LOZIĆ Edisa, Application of Airborne LiDAR Data to the Archaeology of Agrarian Land Use. The Case Study of the Early Medieval Microregion of Bled (Slovenia). − Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 3228. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163228.
- ŠTULAR Benjamin, LOZIĆ Edisa, EICHERT Stefan, Airborne LiDAR-Derived Digital Elevation Model for Archaeology, Remote Sens. 2021, 13(9), 1855; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13091855.
- LOZIĆ, E., ŠTULAR, B. 2021, Documentation of Archaeology-Specific Workflow for Airborne LiDAR Data Processing, Geosciences 2021, 11(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11010026
2019–2020
- ŠTULAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2020, Comparison of Filters for Archaeology-Specific Ground Extraction from Airborne LiDAR Point Clouds. – Remote Sensing 2020 (12), DOI: 10.3390/rs12183025.
- LAHARNAR, B., E. LOZIĆ, A. MIŠKEC 2020, Gradišče nad Knežakom. – In: J. Horvat, I. Lazar, A. Gaspari (eds.), Manjša rimska naselja na slovenskem prostoru / Minor Roman settlements in Slovenia, Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 40, 2020, 123–140.
- LAHARNAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2019, Ulaka and Nadleški hrib (Slovenia) : sites of military conflict from the last decades BC. – In: E. Strigberger (ed.), Fachgespräch "Schlachtfelder: Fundstellen und Denkmale" am 23. August 2018, Mauerbach (Niederösterreich), Fundberichte aus Österreich, Bd. 56 (2017), 62–66. [COBISS.SI-ID - 10197088].
- LAHARNAR, B., E. LOZIĆ, B. ŠTULAR 2019, A structured Iron Age landscape in the hinterland of Knežak, Slovenia. – In: D. C. Cowley, M. Fernández-Götz, T. Romankiewicz & H. Wendling (eds.). Rural Settlement. Relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age (Leiden 2019: Sidestone Press), 263–272. [COBISS.SI-ID - 9811040].
2015−2018
- LOZIĆ, E., I. RIŽNAR 2018, The use of limestone in the Roman province of Dalmatia. – In: D. MATETIĆ POLJAK, K. MARASOVIĆ, Katja (eds.), ASMOSIA XI : interdisciplinary studies of ancient stone : Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of ASMOSIA, Split, 18-22 May 2015. Split: Arts Academy: University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, 915-923, ilustr., zvd. [COBISS.SI-ID 46022189].
- ŠTULAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2016, Primernost podatkov projekta lasersko skeniranje Slovenije za arheološko interpretacijo: metoda in študijski primeri. – In: GERŠIČ, Matjaž (ed.), GIS v Sloveniji 13: Digitalni podatki, 157–166, Ljubljana.
- LAHARNAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2016, Roman battlefield archaeology: case study Grad near Šmihel pod Nanosom and Nadleški hrib (SW Slovenia). – Schield von Steier 27, 60–71. [COBISS.SI-ID 9393248].
- DJURIĆ, B., L. GALE, E. LOZIĆ, I. RIŽNAR 2015, On the edge of the known : the quarry landscape at Podpeč = Na robu znanega : kamnolomska krajina v Podpeči. – In: JANEŽIČ et al (eds.), Nova odkritja med Alpami in Črnim morjem = New discoveries between the Alps and the Black Sea : rezultati raziskav rimskodobnih najdišč v obdobju med leti 2005 in 2015 = results from the Roman sites in the period between 2005 and 2015 : zbornik 1. Mednarodnega arheološkega simpozija, Ptuj, 8. in 9. oktober 2015 = proceedings of the 1st International Archaeological Conference, Ptuj, 8th and 9th October 2015 : in memoriam Iva Mikl Curk. Spletna izd. Ljubljana: Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije, 2018. Str. 77-87, ilustr., zvd. Monografije CPA, 6. ISBN 978-961-6990-37-0. ISSN 2630-208X. http://www.zvkds.si/sl/kategorija-publikacije/e-knjige. [COBISS.SI-ID
Before 2010
- LOZIĆ, E. 2009, Roman stonemasonry workshops in the Ig area / Rimske klesarske delavnice na Ižanskem. – Arheološki vestnik 60, 207–221[COBISS.SI-ID 30736685].
- LOZIĆ, E., B. ŠTULAR 2007, Od arheologije grobišč proti arheologiji o smrti. Analiza arheoloških raziskav grobišč v Arheološkem vesniku. – Arheo 24, 2007, 69–79. [COBISS.SI-ID 27609901]
Undergraduate degree
LOZIĆ, Edisa 2008. Rimski lapidarij v Iški vasi v kontekstu krajinskega parka Barje (Roman lapidarium in the Iška vas in the context of landscape of the Ljubljansko barje Nature Park) : Diplomsko delo. Ljubljana: 2008. 193.
Doctoral dissertation
LOZIĆ, Edisa 2013. Arheološka analiza rimskodobne kamnoseške produkcije v notranjosti rimske province Dalmacije (Archaeological analysis of stonemasonry production in the Roman Province of Dalmatia ): doktorska disertacija. Ljubljana.
Lectures
Benjamin ŠTULAR & Edisa LOZIĆ, Data Conversations Made Easy: an overview for cultural heritage. − Data conversations made easy. On the event in the Atrij ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 27 May 2024.
Making Archaeological LiDAR More Accessible: Why and How (https://iza2.zrc-sazu.si/en/dogodki/making-archaeological-lidar-more-accessible-why-and-how-0). − 15 February 2023, on-line seminar, organiser Museum of London Archaeology as part of a research project TEtrARCHs, accessible at: https://www.tetrarchs.org/index.php/2023/01/28/february-2023-our-first-tetrarchs-seminar/.
Web article
E. Lozić 2020, Stone supply in the Interior of the Roman Province of Dalmatia: A methodological approach (Forum Archaeologiae - Zeitschrift für klassische Archäologie 94 / III / 2020).
Computer programmes/Tools
- BmyRAG. Data Conversations Made Easy
- ArkasAI Data Analyst. Analyse archaeological sites of Slovenia
- OLiT-T. Open LiDAR Toolbox Tutor
- EICHERT, Stefan, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, LOZIĆ, Edisa. Open LiDAR Toolbox. Version 2.0. Wien: NHM; [Ljubljana]: ZRC SAZU; Graz: University, [2021]. https://github.com/stefaneichert/OpenLidarToolbox. [COBISS.SI-ID 73783811] funded by: ARRS, Project, N6-0132, SI, Metodološka zrelost zračnega laserskega skeniranja v arheologiji - pilotni projekt (Methodological Maturity of Airborne LiDAR in Archaeology - Pilot Project (MALiAp))
Archeological Exhibition
LOZIĆ, Edisa, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, LAHARNAR, Boštjan. Okno v prazgodovinsko krajino Knežaka in Ilirske Bistrice : Archeological Exhibition National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 29. 10. 2015 – 8. 2. 2016. [COBISS.SI-ID 9162336].
Selected projects
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2022−2027) (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA) (September 20, 2024 - September 19, 2028)
Geospatial information technologies for resilient and sustainable society (GeoAI) (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028)
AI4Europe (July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025)
Identifying quarries in the Roman Pannonia (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
TETRACHs (September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025)
Digital Archaeology of a Slovenian Hillfort Landscape (bilateral project • July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024)
Geospatial Information Technologies for Resilient and Sustainable Society (fundamental project • July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028)
Religiopolitics - the Imperium Christianum and its Commoners (REPLICO) (international research project • May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2026)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
SEADDA - Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age (March 4, 2019 - March 3, 2023)
Methodological Maturity of Airborne LiDAR in Archaeology - Pilot Project (MALiAp) (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2022)
Settlement of the south-eastern Alpine region in the Early Middle Ages (November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2022)
Artefacts and landscapes. Structured Iron Age communities in the Notranjska region (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020)
Promoting research for sustainable use of cultural heritage resources in mountainous areas. Consolidation of databases for archaeology of South-Eastern Alpine region (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019)
Between the Sava and the Drava Rivers, the lands of tradition and the lands of transition (January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015)
Managing Artificial Intelligence in Archaeology (MAIA) (September 20, 2024 - September 19, 2028)
Geospatial information technologies for resilient and sustainable society (GeoAI) (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028)
AI4Europe (July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025)
Identifying quarries in the Roman Pannonia (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
TETRACHs (September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025)
Digital Archaeology of a Slovenian Hillfort Landscape (bilateral project • July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024)
Geospatial Information Technologies for Resilient and Sustainable Society (fundamental project • July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028)
Religiopolitics - the Imperium Christianum and its Commoners (REPLICO) (international research project • May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2026)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
SEADDA - Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age (March 4, 2019 - March 3, 2023)
Methodological Maturity of Airborne LiDAR in Archaeology - Pilot Project (MALiAp) (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2022)
Settlement of the south-eastern Alpine region in the Early Middle Ages (November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2022)
Artefacts and landscapes. Structured Iron Age communities in the Notranjska region (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020)
Promoting research for sustainable use of cultural heritage resources in mountainous areas. Consolidation of databases for archaeology of South-Eastern Alpine region (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019)
Between the Sava and the Drava Rivers, the lands of tradition and the lands of transition (January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015)