About
Ana Hafner is a researcher in the field of innovation and intellectual property. She is employed as a scientific associate at the Rudolfovo – Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto and at the Faculty of Information Studies, where she completed her three-year postdoctoral research and development project “Innovation Potential of the Slovenian Automotive Industry” in 2020. She is also a trademark and design attorney at the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, head of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Office at Rudolfovo and leader of the “CRP – IP Support” project: Analysis of the supportive environment for effective management and exploitation of intellectual property in Slovenia (https://www.rudolfovo.eu/en/nacionalni-projekti/crp-il%3A-)