Highlights from the Consultation “Together for Ethical Research and Careful, Responsible Professional Work with the Vulnerable.” According to research presented by Peace Institute researchers at the Naprej/Forward journalism festival in Maribor, Slovenian media are becoming increasingly uniform. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Tjaša Turnšek, in cooperation with the Slovene Association of Journalists, presented the first results of the Women... The project aims to strengthen ethical research practices and advocacy for vulnerable individuals with irregular status who have no, or only very limited, access to legal and psychosocial support. CitiDem’s strategic objective is to promote and enhance citizen engagement and participation. By focusing on gender backlashes and their links to the decline of democratic structures, the project addresses the underlying societal challenges that threaten peace, justice and equality. The project focuses on the rights outlined in Directive 2012/13/EU, Directive 2013/48/EU, and Directive 2016/1919/EU. The project addresses immigrant integration, welfare state policies, and media reporting, while also positioning itself within the concepts of nationalism and social inclusion/exclusion.
The purpose of the project is to strengthen advocacy for the adoption of the already drafted law to regularize the status of the erased, provide legal and psychosocial support,... The Handbook is a cross-border, multilingual, multiperspective, and multimedia work on sharing and co-producing knowledge among activists, artists, and researchers involved in the ECS-Euro project. The e-book Letters on War and Peace contains 24 letters from people whose lives have been marked by war and armed conflict. An article, published in the journal Urban Planning, is co-authored by Sandi Abram, Franz Bernhardt, Natascha Flückiger, Joana Lilli Hofstetter and Mouna Maaroufi. The Sociology journal has published an article by Leja Markelj and Majda Hrženjak in which they analyze the transformations of the sex industry through the lens of shifting structures... The study explores media instrumentalization in Central and Eastern Europe through the perceptions of journalists in Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia. Authors: Fanni Toth, Mojca Pajnik and Lana Zdravković.
The journal Social Movement Studies has published an article by Mojca Pajnik and Marko Ribać on emotional solidarity within social movements in the field of migration.
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Challenges of Ethical Research and Support for Vulnerable Groups
Uniform Media, Diverse Publics – How do we move “Forward”?
Sexual harassment in Slovenian newsrooms is common and increasingly normalised
Public statements | 21/09/2025
Letter to the public on International Peace Day: We are peace
The strength of a society is not measured by its weapons, but by its ability to build and maintain peace, by its economy, political reputation, science, art, justice, and social cohesion.
Featured projects
Amplifying Voices: Advocacy & Strategic Communication for Impact (AVASCI)
Citizens’ Action for Democracy – CitiDem
Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries
FULL-PROOF – Ensuring the due course of criminal proceedings by strengthening respect for the procedural rights of suspects and the accused
The Integration of Immigrants into the Social Security System in Slovenia: Analysis of Statistical Indicators, Policies, Public Opinion, and Media Reporting
Unforgotten: Advocating for the Rights of the Erased
The 30th Anniversary of Peace Institute online exhibitionThe thirtieth anniversary of the Peace Institute (PI) coincides with the 30th anniversary of the state of Slovenia. The online exhibition presents the achievements and summarizes the activities that PI has carried out in all these years in the local and international space.
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Featured publications
Handbook / We Care, We Move, We Stay,
E-book / Letters on War and Peace
Article / Cooking, Caring, and Commoning: Grassroots Community Kitchens Across Five European Cities
Article / Affective Sex Work in a Post-Socialist Context
Article / Media Instrumentalization from Transition to Authoritarian Populism
Article / Emotional solidarity: social movements’ framing of migration