Sandi Abram

Sandi Abram is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She also serves as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Peace Institute, Slovenia (2021–2025), and previously worked as an Assistant at her department (2021–2023).

• Doctoral degree from University of Eastern Finland (2017–2021)
• Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from University of Ljubljana

Her research explores sensory-affective transformations in urban contexts, focusing on urban cultures, atmospheres, memory, and non-institutional creative practices (street art, graffiti, craft, tattoos). Methodologies include sensory anthropology, walking ethnography, and digital/collaborative/multimodal approaches. Recent work spans heritage studies, environmental anthropology, and multispecies ethnography.

Current projects include:

• DigiFREN – Digital aestheticization of fragile environments (CHANSE-funded)
• ECSEuro – Citizenship and solidarity in Europe (VolkswagenStiftung-funded)
• HAPPY – Sustainability teaching in Bhutan (Erasmus+-funded)
• HEI-TRANSFORM – Inclusive heritage transformation (ARIS-funded)

Her publications examine themes like sensory gentrification, urban commoning, and visual culture politics, appearing in journals such as Urban Planning, Ethnologia Fennica, and Street Art and Urban Creativity Journal. Fieldwork locations include Barcelona, Ljubljana, Solčavsko, and the Western Balkans.