Matej Vodopivec is a junior researcher at the France Stele Institute of Art History, ZRC SAZU. In his doctoral dissertation, supervised by Helena Seražin, PhD and Prof. Polona Vidmar, he researches the transfer of knowledge among Jesuit colleges in the early modern period, with a particular focus on colleges in the present-day Slovenia and its neighbouring regions (Ljubljana, Maribor, Gorizia, Trieste, Klagenfurt, Graz, Rijeka, Kastav).

He received his BA in History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, in 2024, and his MA in 2026 with the thesis A diocese for eternity: the diocese of Wiener Neustadt as emperor Frederick III's tomb diocese (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Sašo Jerše). He completed part of his studies at the University of Vienna through two Erasmus exchanges. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Art History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.