Together with Alenka Puhar, she is considered a pioneer in the history of family relations in the Slovene Lands.

In 1984, she graduated from history at the University of Trieste under the supervision of the renowned social anthropologist and feminist historian Luisa Accati.

In 1995, she obtained her PhD at the University of Ljubljana under the supervision of Peter Vodopivec, with a thesis on the changing attitudes towards death in the 19th century rural peripheries of Trieste.

In the last decade, she has also written extensively on history of intellectuals in the border area between Slovenia and Italy.

Her essay about the issue, entitled The Border of the Others ("Il confine degli altri") became a best-seller in Italy in 2008.