EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Successful conclusion of the two-day Congress on Criminal Law and Criminology
Today, the Congress on Criminal Law and Criminology concluded in the Golden Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event was organized by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Faculty of Law UL. For the...
Final conference of the FOSTER project in Athens
This week, our researchers dr. Miha Hafner in dr. Lora Briški, together with Judge at the Ljubljana Court of Appeal Deja Kozjek and child clinical psychologist dr. Mateja Hudoklin, attended the final conference of the FOSTER – Enhancing Child-Friendly Justice System...
Tuesday Meeting: »Rethinking Criminal Justice in the Crypto-Asset Era«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Jacopo Della Torre entitled “Rethinking Criminal Justice in the Crypto-Asset Era”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Friday, 24 April 2026, at 11.00 am in the library of the Institute of Criminology at the...
Renata Salecl’s book inspires Oviedo’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2031
Our researcher Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl was a guest in the Spanish city of Oviedo, where the city presented its candidacy for the European Capital of Culture 2031 on 7 May. The organisers developed the central theme of the candidacy — Kindness (Amabilidá in the...
FOSTER Final Conference: Enhancing Child-Friendly Justice Systems for Victims of Crime
In the frame of the EU co-funded project FOSTER – Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through Collaborative Approaches, the Centre for European Constitutional Law, in collaboration with FOSTER project partners, invites you to the FOSTER Final Conference. The...
Out now: Research Handbook on Penal Policy
The Research Handbook on Penal Policy has been published, featuring a chapter on the influence of digital technologies on penal policy authored by Manja Skočir and Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik. In their contribution, titled Penal Policy and Technological Development, they...
Tuesday Meeting: »Legitimation through Condemnation: State Violence on Trial in Israeli Military Courts«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by dr. Revital Madar entitled »Legitimation through Condemnation: State Violence on Trial in Israeli Military Courts«, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 11.00 am in the library of the...
FRA Launches Consultation on Civic Space: Call for Contributions from Civil Society Organisations
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has launched a consultation aimed at identifying the key challenges faced by civil society organisations in their day-to-day work related to civic space in 2025, as well as gathering proposals for future action....
Recognition for exceptional achievements to young researcher Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič
The Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana has awarded our junior researcher, Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič, a recognition for exceptional achievements in the field of criminology for the year 2025. This recognition reflects not only her excellent...
Dr. Renata Salecl: What kind of world do we live in?
15. 4. 2026 First program of Radio Slovenia - Intervju: In an interview for the radio show Intervju, researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law jubljana, Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl spoke about the world we live in and how to understand the present,...
Tuesday Meeting: »Attacks on Political Education as Democratic Erosion: The Peršmanhof Case in Austria«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by dr. Judith Goetz entitled »Attacks on Political Education as Democratic Erosion: The Peršmanhof Case in Austria«, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Friday, 24 April 2026, at 11.00 am in the library of the...
Conclusion of the two-day international scientific conference “Criminological Perspectives on Palestine”
Today, we concluded the two-day international scientific conference entitled Criminological Perspectives on Palestine: Legal Responses and Academic Complicity in Times of Genocide, which took place on 9 and 10 April 2026 at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty...
FRA Report: “Civic Space Update: Enabling civil society to uphold EU values and strengthen democracy”
FRA’s report ‘Civic Space Update: Enabling civil society to uphold EU values and strengthen democracy’ shows that civil society organisations (CSOs) are facing growing challenges amid geopolitical instability, disinformation campaigns, and deepening social...
Researchers visiting Charles University in Prague: Addressing and sentencing white-collar crime
During thei visit to Charles University in Prague, Luka Gal Prestor, Dr Mojca M. Plesničar and Dr Dean Lipovac participated in a comparative international conference focusing on how different legal systems across Europe respond to and sentence white-collar crime....
March news from the Library of the Institute of Criminology
News about new printed books available on the shelves of our library.Punishment constitutes an interference with individual rights and, at the same time, a cost for society, which is why it requires strong justification. Debates on punishment often diverge between...
Successful Conclussion of Round Tables within the FOSTER Project
On Saturday, dr. Jasmina Arnež, dr. Miha Hafner in dr. Lora Briški successfully concluded a series of national round tables dedicated to child victims of criminal offences. As part of the FOSTER project, four round tables held in March brought together experts from...
Tuesday Meeting: »Public Rape and Survival Politics«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Tanya Serisier entitled “Public Rape and Survival Politics”, which will take place as part of the Tuesday Meetings series on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, at 11:00, in the library of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty...
Dr. Lora Briški: “The rules of criminal procedure are the foundation of a fair society”
10. 3. 2026 Beletrina Digital, Zavrti znanost!: In the Zavrti znanost podcast, Dr Lora Briški discusses why criminal procedure is a cornerstone of justice and fairness. She also shares insights into her research and her work at the Institute of Criminology. Listen to...
Tuesday Meeting: »Rethinking Responses to Children in Conflict with the Law in the Context of Structural Harm«
Across many countries, youth justice reforms increasingly promote child-friendly approaches, prevention, and diversion from punishment. But do these reforms adequately address the deeper structural conditions that shape young people’s lives? This public event,...
Criminological Perspectives on Palestine: Legal Responses and Academic Complicity in Times of Genocide
Criminological Perspectives on Palestine: Legal Responses and Academic Complicity in Times of Genocide9-10 April 2026 Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia: Faculty of Law, University of LjubljanaOrganisers Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and...
Tuesday Meeting: »Forced and Early Marriages of Roma Girls in Slovenia«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by prof. dr. Darja Zaviršek entitled “Forced and Early Marriages of Roma Girls in Slovenia”, which will take place as part of the Tuesday Meetings series on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, at 11:00, in the library of the Institute of...
Dr Renata Salecl Meets Students and Academics at Üsküdar University
Dr Renata Salecl, a senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and an internationally renowned sociologist and philosopher, recently met with students and academics at the Faculty of Communication of Üsküdar University in...
Chatting with artificial intelligence is changing the relationship between humans and machines
3. 3. 2026 RTV SLO, Intelekta: AI systems often know quite a lot about their users – where they live, what they do, and what they are interested in. Chatbots are most commonly used for education and work, but increasingly they are also used to pass the time and reduce...
International Conference: “Psychedelic-assisted therapy: social and legal challenges”
18 and 19 June 2026 Faculty of Law UL, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia We are pleased to announce the international conference "Psychedelic-assisted therapy: social and legal challenges", which will take place on June 18 and 19, 2026 at the Faculty of Law,...
Announcing the 2026 Congress of Criminal Law and Criminology
21. and 22. May 2026 Faculty of Law UL, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana We are pleased to announce the Congress of Criminal Law and Criminology 2026, which will take place on 21–22 May 2026. This year’s congress will span two days and will address several current...
February news from the Library of the Institute of Criminology
The Library brings you news about new printed books available on our shelves.In his book Games people play: the psychology of human relationship (Penguin Life, 2016), Eric Berne addresses both professionals and a wider audience who want to better understand themselves...
Little Free Library
A renovated Little Free Library awaits you at the entrance to the Library of the Institute of Criminology. With a selection that will be refreshed every month, it invites you to give some books a new home.
Qualitative Research with Vulnerable Populations: Working with Victims and Perpetrators of Crime
8. April 2026 Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana The workshop is intended for researchers, doctoral students in the fields of law, criminology, victimology and broader social sciences who engage in qualitative research, especially research on...
Tuesday Meeting: »Criminal Activities Related to the Presence of Children in the Virtual Environment – Virtual International Organized Groups and Child Sexual Abuse«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Robert Tekavec entitled “Criminal Activities Related to the Presence of Children in the Virtual Environment – Virtual International Organized Groups and Child Sexual Abuse”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on...
Open call for applications for the symposium in Dubrovnik: Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society
16. and 17. October 2026 Dubrovnik, Croatia The Dubrovnik Symposium on AI Law & Society brings together emerging researchers in law and artificial intelligence for two days of intensive workshops, mentoring, and cross-disciplinary exchange. Designed for PhD...
Lior Volinz co-organized an international academic workshop at Oslomet University in Norway
Social workers increasingly use automated digital tools to communicate with citizens, to assess their eligibility for social support and to pursue investigations of fraud. These tools are examined by our researcher dr. Lior Volinz, who co-organized, in the framework...
Tuesday Meeting: »The Complexity of the Bonfire at the Waterfront: Causes and Legacy of the Burning of the Narodni dom in Trieste«
You are cordially invited to attend a lecture by Dr Borut Klabjan and Dr Gorazd Bajc entitled “The Complexity of the Bonfire at the Waterfront: Causes and Legacy of the Burning of the Narodni dom in Trieste.” The lecture will take place as part of the Tuesday Meetings...
Istanbul Policy Center hosted Dr. Renata Salecl on the release of the Turkish translation of the book Running on the Spot – The Subject as a Hostage of Neoliberalism
The Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) organized a book talk to mark the Turkish edition of Renata Salecl's book, "Running on the Spot – The Subject as a Hostage of Neoliberalism" held at the IPC's headquarters in Karaköy. In her book, dr. Salecl describes how ordinary...
The Third SOS4Democracy Conference
As part of the SOS4Democracy project, an international conference titled Resilience, Resistance, Renewal: Rethinking Democratic Politics in Times of War and Emergency will take place from 24 to 26 June 2026 at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.The conference starts from...
Women researchers solve the dilemmas of the present and build the society of the future
Behind many research projects that make a substantial contribution to the advancement of the discipline, to legislative development and public policy design, and to a broader understanding of social inequalities, there are women. Women who collaborate. Who inspire and...
“We live in a time when the line between war and peace has blurred”
10. 2. 2026 Primorski dnevnik: “My proposal is very simple: we should stick to the rules we already have — the United Nations Charter, which says when the use of force is allowed. If these rules were followed, there would have been no preventive attack on Iran by the...
1on1: Renata Salecl
2. 2. 2026 1.program of TV Slovenia – Marcel: Why do so many people long for an authoritarian leader who would make decisions on their behalf? How is it that in today’s society rudeness has suddenly become the new normal? How does invisible rudeness transform society,...
Successfully Held Conference on School Violence: Research, Practical Insights, and Recommendations for the Future
In recent years, violence in the school environment has become an increasingly prominent social issue, while tolerance for such behaviour has been steadily declining in both professional circles and the wider public. The relevance of the topic is further underscored...
“Youth crime often reflects deeper distress and harmful environments”
29. 1. 2026 Odmevi (TV SLO 1)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar spoke on the TV programme Odmevi about the rise in peer violence and the ways in which the digital age and social media are creating new forms of violence and pressure on young people. She emphasized...
Slovenia Introduces a Systemic Juvenile Criminal Justice Framework
29. 1. 2026 Ljubljana - Radio Prvi (RTV SLO)In the latest episode of Ob osmih Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar discusses why swift intervention in cases involving juvenile offenders is crucial. She also examines how media coverage shapes perceptions of rising youth violence and...
Sentencing Forum, a new meeting point that strengthens connections across the sentencing research community
The Sentencing Forum is a new online meeting space designed to complement the existing academic structures in the sentencing field. We have conferences, workshops, working groups, and project-based collaborations, but we rarely have regular, lightweight meetings that...
Tuesday Meeting: »Kálmán Kulcsár and the Making of Hungarian Legal Sociology: Power, Compromise, and International Networks«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Márton Matyasovszky‑Németh entitled “Kálmán Kulcsár and the Making of Hungarian Legal Sociology: Power, Compromise, and International Networks”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Wednesday, 4 February 2026,...
Strengthening knowledge and skills for the protection of children in the justice system
Today, we successfully concluded a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the knowledke and skills of legal professionals and other experts for effective representation and work with children who are victims of criminal offences. The trainings, which took...
Launch of the European CRIDE Project: Strengthening the Right to Defence and the Role of Defence Counsel in Criminal Proceedings
At the Institute of Criminology, we have started a new European project CRIDE – The effectiveness of the suspected or accused of a crime persons right of defence (to be defended with the help of a professional lawyer). The project focuses on the right to have legal...
Renata Salecl presents her book in Buenos Aires
Renata Salecl presented her book Maleducados (Godot Publishing House) in Buenos Aires. Representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Argentina and the Slovenian community also attended the presentation. Renata Salecl also gave interviews to several...
Musk promised freedom, but gave tools for child abuse. Who will be held accountable?
10. 1. 2026 Svet24.siDirector of the Institute of Criminology prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik warned of the serious risks posed by the launch of generative artificial intelligence (Grok) without appropriate safeguards. In his opinion, this is not just about individual abuses,...
Renata Salecl keynote speaker at the largest science festival in South America
Our researcher Renata Salecl took part as a keynote speaker at the Congreso Futuro festival in Santiago, Chile—the largest scientific event in South America—which took place from January 12 to 17, 2026. Organized by the Chilean Senate in cooperation with all public...
Tuesday meeting: »Imperialist Sanctions, the Law of the Jungle, and Quasi-Mafia Governance of International Relations«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by our researcher Dr. Zoran Kanduč entitled “Imperialist Sanctions, the Law of the Jungle, and Quasi-Mafia Governance of International Relations.” The lecture will take place as part of the Tuesday Meetings series on Monday, 26...
Open call for abstracts for the upcoming criminology conference
9. and 10. April 2026, Faculty of Law UL Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana This conference seeks to explore the ways in which criminologists can—and should—address state criminality; to consider how criminological scholarship may contribute critical analyses of...
Presentation of challenges of prosecuting human trafficking in Slovenia
From 12 to 14 November 2025, a meeting of the Network of National Anti-Trafficking Coordinators of South-Eastern Europe (NATC-SEE) took place in Sarajevo. The meeting was also attended by our researcher, Marko Balažic. In the photo (from left to right): Tjaša Škreblin...
FRA report: violence against people with disabilities in institutions is a systemic problem
The FRA report on 'Places of care = places of safety? Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions” has been released: Neglect, abuse and violence against people with disabilities living in institutions are widespread across the EU. A new FRA report...
Social Trends and Nostalgia: Understanding Violence Against Women
The fourth National Conference marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women took place at Brdo pri Kranju, where our researcher Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar also participated with a lecture. In her lecture entitled Social Trends and Nostalgia:...
»Hague Tribunal: discussion on the detention and sentencing of Bilijana Plavšić«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by dr. Olivera Simić entitled »Hague Tribunal: discussion on the detention and sentencing of Bilijana Plavšić«, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, at 11.00 am in the library of the Institute...
Highlights from the 2025 Autumn School
This year’s Autumn School once again attracted great interest. With over 60 participants from academia, legal practice and related professional fields, the event provided a platform for discussing issues that are rapidly reshaping our legal and social landscape....
Participation in the 80th Conference of the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
The Director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik, and researcher Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl attended the 80th Conference of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Washington, D.C., from 12 to 15 November 2025....
The Sentrix workshop on sentencing architecture successfully concluded
The three-day Sentrix Workshop on Sentencing Architecture, held from 12 to 14 November, concluded today in Bled, Slovenia, bringing together scholars and researchers to rethink how sentencing is understood. Set against the calm backdrop of Lake Bled, the workshop...
Invitation: »Madam War Criminal: 30 Years of Dayton and the Legacy of Biljana Plavšić«
2. December 2025, City Museum of Ljubljana, Gosposka ulica 15, 1000 Ljubljana You are cordially invited to the event Madam War Criminal: 30 Years of Dayton and the Legacy of Biljana Plavšić, co-organized by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, which...
Tuesday Meeting: »(In)visible costs of domestic violence in CEEC- a case of countries with low data availability«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr Izabela Grabowska and Dr Magdalena Kocejko, entitled “(In)visible costs of domestic violence in CEEC- a case of countries with low data availability”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Wednesday, 26 November...
Statement by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law on the Proposal for “Šutar Law”
At the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, we express our sincere condolences to the family of the victim following the tragic event in Novo Mesto. At the same time, we acknowledge that the security situation in southeastern Slovenia has become untenable....
Tuesday Meeting: »Digitalized Descriptions of Criminal Behaviours Contained in Court Verdicts and Their Use in Sentencing Research: Vast Opportunities (and some dangers)«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Jakub Drapal entitled “Digitalized Descriptions of Criminal Behaviours Contained in Court Verdicts and Their Use in Sentencing Research: Vast Opportunities (and some dangers)”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings...
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