News
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The Peace Festival brought people together to envision a future beyond militarisation
The event in Ljubljana combined discussions, art and the Peace Assembly to create a space for exploring paths to peace based on dialogue, disarmament and solidarity.
Symposium of the Research Program Group: Work, Law, and Methods in Times of Social and Technological Change
At this year’s symposium of the Peace Institute’s research programme group, we examined how labour, legal practices, and research methods are shaped within the context of current social and...
Hannah Arendt Days: The relevance of Hannah Arendt’s thought today
A conference on the 50th anniversary of the author's death.
Participation in the seminar ‘Identities of Europe’ in Dubrovnik
Vlasta Jalušič and Lana Zdravković attended the Identity of Europe seminar, which takes place every September at the Inter University Centre Dubrovnik.
Social partners’ perspective on temporary migrant employment in Slovenia
The JUSTMIG project values the insights and contributions of the social partners. We here give space to their perspectives that can enrich the debate about temporary migrant employment in...
Expert panel on the state of civic space in Slovenia
Expert discussion on challenges and opportunities for civil society.
Projects
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Citizens’ Action for Democracy – CitiDem
CitiDem’s strategic objective is to promote and enhance citizen engagement and participation.
Unforgotten: Advocating for the Rights of the Erased
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,...
Peace Research Community Europe (PEACE)
The main challenge for the PEACE Action is to improve our understanding of contemporary challenges concerning peace and security on the European continent and beyond.
Target research project Stimulating and inhibiting factors of international students studying in Slovenia
This project is based on a systematic research approach focusing on a specific student group—international students who come to Slovenia for their studies.
Working conditions and job quality in hospitality and tourism: A comparative analysis with recommendations
The project provides new knowledge on the working conditions and quality of jobs in the hospitality and tourism sector in Slovenia and proposes solutions to the shortage of staff...
Policy coherence for (sustainable) development – assesment of the effects of Slovenian national policies on developing countries and on the sustainable development of the Republic of Slovenia
The purpose of the research project, which is carried out in partnership with the Faculty of Social Sciences, is the preparation of systemic solutions for enforcing the principle of...
Publications
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Article / Media Instrumentalization from Transition to Authoritarian Populism
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.
Article / Emotional solidarity: social movements’ framing of migration
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.
Article / Authoritarian populism and structural limitations on journalism in selected European countries
A comparative article on the structural limitations of authoritarian populism on journalistic practices in Eastern and Central Europe.
Book / What Kind of Government? Rethinking Contemporary Forms of Government after the Break in Tradition
Springer has published the book What kind of government? Rethinking Contemporary Forms of Government after the Break in Tradition, edited by Vlasta Jalušič and Wolfgang Heuer.
Book / (In)Equality and human rights in times of global governance
The book explores the deepening of inequality, the erosion of human rights, and the rise of undemocratic regimes in the modern world, which is characterized by multiple crises.
Chapter / Multiple interacting migration patterns in senior care on Europe’s semi-periphery
The authors argue that semi-peripheral countries act as complex nodes of care migration where emigration, transit and immigration interact.