Urška is the Innovation Coordinator (Projects and Relationships) at Edinburgh Futures Institute. In her role, Urška enhances EFI’s capacity to deliver challenge-led research and engagement projects in partnership with external bodies in the public, private and third sectors. Urška directly supports EFI’s target sectors (financial services and fintech, creative industries, public services, tourism, travel and festivals).
Urška has worked and volunteered in the violence against women and girls and migrant and refugee rights spaces for over a decade. Urška’s academic background is in Language and Literature, with a specific focus on short story and minimalism. She is particularly interested in community development and broadening access to social justice through creative approaches, collaborative projects and systemic change.