Šivic’s research focuses on various critical perspectives on Slovenian folk singing, such as the theoretical structures of folk singing styles (petje na tretko/singing on the third, two-part singing in Prekmurje and Porabje, the baritone voice in folk singing, the singing of funeral songs in Prekmurje and Porabje etc.). She has also dedicated her work to observing the influence of institutional criteria on the transformation of folk singing, processes of folklorization, and the phenomenon of Dalmatian klapa groups and Serbian brass bands in Slovenia. Her work is significantly marked by field research, particularly the observation of music-related caroling traditions, such as New Year’s, Epiphany, St. George’s Day, St. Florian’s Day, and Midsummer caroling, as well as carnival processions. Since 2022, she has led the applied research project, “Digitization of France Marolt’s Legacy and Understanding of His Scientific and Artistic Work,” and coordinates the process of digitizing and documenting the legacy as well as the applied and research project outcomes. One of the most notable project outcomes was the exhibition “The Legacy of France Marolt.”

Urša Šivic has edited numerous monographs and served on editorial boards; for several years, she collaborated with the Public Fund of the Republic of Slovenia for Cultural Activities as an evaluator of folk singers’ and musicians’ gatherings and as a lecturer at seminars and workshops; she also worked as a critic in various media, such as Delo, Naši zbori, Muska, Odzven, Radio Slovenia – Program Ars, and Folklornik; between 2010 and 2020, she hosted the Folk Union event, where she welcomed groups of folk singers and musicians and presented musical and other folklore material with expert commentary.

• ŠIVIC, Urša. History of public call for funding in the field of the cultural activities of ethnic minority communities and immigrants. Muzikološki zbornik, 2019, 55/2: 133–153. doi: 10.4312/mz.55.2.133-153.
• ŠIVIC, Urša. Mrtveče pesmi v porabsko-prekmurskem prostoru. Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, 2019, 59/1: 59–69.
• ŠIVIC, Urša. Glasbenoteoretske možnosti petja na tretko. Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva, 2017, 57, 3–4: 43–54.
• ŠIVIC, Urša (urednik, avtor dodatnega besedila). Haloško petje na tretko. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC; Javni sklad Republike Slovenije za kulturne dejavnosti, 2017.
• ŠIVIC, Urša. The influence of institutionalized standards on the transformation of traditional singing. Translingual discourse in ethnomusicology vol. 2, 2016: 63–81, https://www.tde-journal.org/index.php/tde/article/download/1886/1710, doi: 10.17440/tde011.
• ŠIVIC, Urša. Serbian brass bands in Slovenia as an example of "our" and "their" music. V: Drago Kunej in Urša Šivic (ur.). Trapped in folklore? Studies in music and dance tradition and their contemporary transformations (Musikethnologie, Bd. 7, vol. 7). Zürich; Berlin: LIT. 2013, str. 63–79.
• ŠIVIC, Urša. Glasba kot integralni del sodobnih koledniških šeg. Etnolog 24, 2014: 43–58.

• Space, place and identity in the areas of mass population replacement through the prism of folklore and toponyms (March 1, 2026 - February 28, 2029)
• France Marolt: Digitization of his Legacy and Understanding of his Scholarly and Art Work (applied research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
• Research on Slovenian Folk Culture in Folklore Studies and Ethnology (research programme • January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2027)
• Song Reflections on Intercultural Coexistence (target research project • July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021)

• Member of the following study groups: Music and Minorities; Music of the Slavic-Speaking World at the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance; European Seminar in Ethnomusicology; Slovenian Musicological Society; Slovenian Ethnological Society.
• Member of the editorial boards of the journals “Etnolog” and special issues of “Muzikološki zbornik” and “Traditiones”.