EMPLOYEES

MANAGEMENT

Aleš Završnik

director and researcher

Fields of research: criminology, criminal law, philosophy of law, psychology and law, law and psychoanalysis, post-structural analysis of law, crime and technology, cybercrime.

Mojca M. Plesničar

deputy director and researcher

Areas of research: sentencing, punishment and decision-making processes in criminal justice, new technologies and criminal justice, marginalised groups (youth, women, foreigners) in criminology and criminal justice, violent crime, sexual crime.

RESEARCHERS

Matjaž Jager

researcher

Fields of research: Crimes of the powerful, ethics and (criminal) law, philosophy of deviance, criminology of the state of exception.

Zoran Kanduč

researcher

Fields of research: theoretical criminology structural violence.

Renata Salecl

researcher

Fields of research: criminology and psychoanalysis, law and psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology of culture, political culture, culture and violence.

Katja Filipčič

researcher

Matjaž Ambrož

researcher

Vasja Badalič

researcher

Fields of research: critical criminology; theoretical criminology; military, political, and economic aspects of contemporary armed conflicts; modern technology in armed conflicts, international humanitarian law, human rights law, migration.

Jasmina Arnež

researcher

Fields of research: juvenile delinquency, crime and the family, discrimination based on personal circumstances and protected characteristics (social class, gender, nationality and ethnicity, disabilities, etc.), theories of punishment, politics of crime control, parole and conditional release, alternative responses to offending.

Lora Briški

researcher

Fields of research: the role of the victim of crime in the modern criminal justice system, psychological mechanisms influencing judicial and legal decision-making in criminal justice system, sexual crime, modifications of the dispute parameters in criminal procedure.

Kristina Čufar

researcher

Fields of research: philosophy of law, socio-legal theory, critical legal theory, feminist legal theory, law and the humanities, law and technology, social inequalities, controlled substances.

Miha Hafner

researcher

Fields of research: criminal procedural law, forensic science in criminal law, neuroscience and criminal law, cognitive sciences and criminal law, and neurocriminology.

Dean Lipovac

researcher

Fields of research: criminology, sentencing, recidivism, illegal substances.

Darja Tadič

researcher

Fields of research: penology, prisons, punishment, youth.

Eva Bertok

researcher

Fields of research: criminology, victimology.

Nežka Sajinčič

researcher

Fields of research: Intimate partner violence, peer violence, illegal substances.

Miha Marčenko

researcher

Fields of research: decision-making in the criminal process, the politics of sentencing, institutional practices and discourses, socio-legal approaches to legal institutions, critical theory.

Hana Hawlina

researcher

Fields of research: social and cultural psychology, psychological perspectives on social change, theoretical psychology, social representations and imaginaries, illiberalisation, collective imagination.

Nina Žnidaršič

researcher

Fields of research: history of political ideas, social/political philosophy and theory, scientific epistemology.

Andraž Stariha

researcher

Fields of research: regulation of artificial intelligence, personal data protection, technology and law, criminology, judiciary.

Kristina Lazarevič Padar

researcher

Fields of research: regulatory compliance, sustainability, personal data protection, restrictive measures and the prevention of money laundering.

Lior Volinz

researcher

Fields of research: surveillance and policing technologies, digital governance, and the privatization and pluralization of security provision.

Lovrena Jeromelj

researcher

Fields of research: social dynamics within legal professions, feminist legal theory, and the role of law in addressing social inequalities.

Helena Smrekar

researcher

Fields of research: criminology, penology, enforcement of criminal sanctions, elderly convicts, human rights in criminal justice, individualisation of punishment, right to defence with a lawyer, vulnerable groups in criminal proceedings, and comparative criminal law.

Marko Balažic

researcher

Fields of research: substantive criminal law and criminal procedural law, criminal sanctions, the relationship between criminal law doctrine and criminal policy, criminology, criminal law and criminal justice.

Saša Krajnc

researcher

Fields of research: internet law, the enforcement of intellectual property rights online, the regulation of artificial intelligence, and the protection of personal data.

Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič

researcher

Fields of research: criminology and law in times of disruptive technologies, war technologies and hybrid weapons, astro-green criminology, space law, space technology and artificial intelligence, theories on evil and violence, genocide and holocaust studies, international crimes.

YOUNG RESEARCHERS

Luka Gal Prestor

young researcher

Fields of research: psychopathology of offenders, the assessment of criminal responsibility, the intersection of law, psychology and mental disorders, and broader issues related to punishment and organized crime.

Manja Skočir

young researcher

Fields of research: criminology, philosophy (of law), maschine ethics, criminology and literature.

Alina Bezlaj

young researcher

Fields of reserach: criminology, prisons, anthropology of space, urban anthropology.

Živa Šketa

young researcher

Fields of research: criminology, migration, labour studies, sociology of law.

SUPPORT STAFF

Tina Anžič

Project Office

Simona Dekalan

Office Management

Neža Markelj Bogataj

Public Relations and Marketing

Nuša Plankar

Library

Professional staff of Institute of Criminology is led by the director. It consists of senior researchers, part-time researches, external collaborates, junior researchers. Researchers hold a Ph.D with various internal titles such as senior scientific counselor, senior scientific fellows and scientific fellows. Junior researchers hold bachelor’s degree or master’s degree are part of the institute wihile pursuing a Ph.D. The rest of the staff consists of library and administration staff.

Visiting scholars

  • Alena McClure (2025), PhD researcher at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague
  • Jean-Pierre Roux (2024), doctoral researcher, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh
  • Matija Žgur (2024, 2025), postdoctoral researcher, Roma Tre University
  • Asst. prof. Maša Galič (2022), privacy and criminal (procedure) law at the Criminal law and Criminology Department, Vrije Universiteit (VU)
  • Dr. Lior Volinz (2021), postdoctoral researcher (Crime and Society – CRiS), Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Jakub Drapal (2022, 2021, 2020), Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Prague
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maja Brkan (2020), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of law, Maastricht University

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