Dr. Ana Slavec, Dr. Lea Primožič and doctoral student Una Vuletić from InnoRenew CoE, UP IAM, hosted Anna Buxhofer from the Department of Environmental Systems Science at the University of Graz from 4 to 6 November 2026.

During her visit, Anna Buxhofer met with her collaborators from Work Package 2 of the SLOTH project. Together, they contributed to two presentations for the InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2026 (IRIC2026), both co-authored with Dr. Slavec, Dr. Primožič in Una Vuletić. The presentations were titled “Learning from positive deviance: What private forest owners reveal about long-term decision making”, with Anna Buxhofer as the lead author and “Understanding Long-term Housing Decisions: Homeowners’ Values and Climate Choices in Austria and Slovenia”, with Romana Schweiger, from University of Graz as the lead author. The presentations focused on long-term decision-making by forest owners and understanding long-term housing decisions.