Mojca Kovačič is an ethnomusicologist who, through research on folk singing, folk instrumental music, and contemporary popular music practices and sound phenomena, examines both their fundamental principles and highlights their social and political relationships.

The main topics she has addressed in her work include music and gender, nationalism and music, cultural policies, music in migration contexts, language choice in popular music, the affective aspects of music, heritage processes, the evaluation of musics.

Since 2014, she has also been teaching the course Introduction to Music Folkloristics, specifically the module Slovenian Folk Music Heritage, at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana.

Reseach and pedagogical activites abroad:

• Research work in Germany, Italy, Croatia (2006, 2007),
• Research and invited lectures at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2009),
• Research in Cleveland, USA (2013),
• Research and invited lectures at Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik, Austria (2022).

Membership and functions in societies:

• from 2005: member of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance - ICTMD);
• from 2005: member of the ICTMD Study Group on Musical Instruments;
• from 2006: Professional Assistant at the Public Fund of the Republic of Slovenia for Cultural Activities in the field of folklore activities ;
• from 2007: member of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Minorities;
• from 2008: member of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe;
• from 2011: national representative at ICTMD;
• from 2011: Vice-President and member of the Board of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological association Folk Slovenia ;
• from 2012: member of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology;
• from 2013: member of the Slovenian Ethnological Society;
• from 2016: member of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance of the Slavic World.
• from 2019: member of ICTMD Study group for Multipart Music.