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Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar is a Full Professor of Information Systems at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor. Her research focuses on decision support systems, data mining, and digital transformation. In recent years, she has devoted particular attention to measuring the digital and data maturity of enterprises and assessing the impacts of open data.
She has authored and co-authored numerous research papers published in leading international journals, including Expert Systems with Applications, Group Decision and Negotiation, System Dynamics Review, and Industrial Management & Data Systems. She has led numerous national and international research and development projects. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Uporabna informatika, Vice-President of the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA, and Co-Chair of the programme committees of the international Bled eConference and the Slovenian Symposium on Operational Research. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the AI4Slovenia initiative.
Among her numerous invited lectures at international scientific conferences, a particular highlight was her lecture entitled “Enhancing Organizational Learning with AI”, delivered in 2021 at the prestigious EURO conference, the principal conference of the Association of European Operational Research Societies.
- Ferencek, A., & Kljajić Borštnar, M. (2025). Open government data topic modeling and taxonomy development. Systems, 13(4), Article 242, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13040242
- Kljajić Borštnar, M., & Pucihar, A. (2021). Multi-attribute assessment of digital maturity of SMEs. Electronics, 10(8), Article 885, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10080885
- Kragelj, M., & Kljajić Borštnar, M. (2020). Automatic classification of older electronic texts into the Universal Decimal Classification—UDC. Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2020-0092
- Jere Jakulin, T., Rozman, Č., Pažek, K., Kljajić Borštnar, M., Škraba, A., Kofjač, D., & Jakulin, V. (2020). Systems Approach Concepts in Contemporary Society: Systems Thinking, Modelling and Simulation in Science and Practice. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač.
- Petković, J., Petrović, N., Dragović, I., Stanojević, K., Radaković, J. A., Borojević, T., & Kljajić Borštnar, M. (2019). Youth and forecasting of sustainable development pillars: An adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system approach. PLOS ONE, 14(6), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218855
- Bohanec, M., Robnik Šikonja, M., & Kljajić Borštnar, M. (2017). Decision-making framework with double-loop learning through interpretable black-box machine learning models. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 117(7).
- Bohanec, M., Kljajić Borštnar, M., & Robnik Šikonja, M. (2017). Explaining machine learning models in sales predictions. Expert Systems with Applications, 71.
- Korelič, I., Mirchevska, V., Rajkovič, V., Kljajić Borštnar, M., & Gams, M. (2015). Multiple-criteria approach to optimisation of multidimensional data models. Informatica.
- Kljajić Borštnar, M., Kljajić, M., Škraba, A., Kofjač, D., & Rajkovič, V. (2011). The relevance of facilitation in group decision making supported by a simulation model. System Dynamics Review.
- Škraba, A., Kljajić, M., & Kljajić Borštnar, M. (2007). The role of information feedback in the management group decision-making process applying system dynamics models. Group Decision and Negotiation.
- Research Programme: Decision Support Systems in Digital Business (P5-0018)
- Development of an Indicator Model for Measuring the Effectiveness of the Implementation of the Data Act in Data Spaces, Target Research Programme ARIS–MDP V2-24066 (2024–2026)
- Development of a Methodology and Web-Based Solution for Assessing Maturity and Promoting the Use of Open Data in the Slovenian Economy, Target Research Programme ARIS–MDP V5-2356 (2023–2025)
- EnvisionAlliances, Erasmus+ (2022–2025)
- BIPER: Business Informatics Programme Reengineering, Erasmus+ (2021–2022)
- Digital Maturity Assessment Model for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia (2020–2021)
- ENVISION: Empowering European SME Business Model Innovation, Horizon 2020 (2015–2017)
- CoEfficient: Collaborative Framework for Energy-Efficient SME Systems, MED Programme (2014–2015)
- APOLLON: Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks, Seventh Framework Programme, FP7 (2009–2012)
- University of Maribor Award for Scientific Research, Artistic, and Educational Achievements (2026)
- Silver Honorary Badge of the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA (2025)
- Best Paper Award for “Analiza stanja digitalne zrelosti slovenskih malih in srednje velikih podjetij”, International Conference on Organizational Science Development, Portorož (2023)
- Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, IIAS – The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Baden-Baden, Germany (2012)
- Bronze Plaque of the University of Maribor (2011)
- Best Paper Award, CSEDU, Valencia, Spain, for “Simulation Based Learning about Complex Management Systems: A Simulation Experiment” (2010)
- Best Paper Award, CASYS, Liège, Belgium, for “The Anticipative Value of the Individual and Group Information Feedback on Decision Process During the Simulations Experiment” (2003)