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The Institute of Criminology has been providing innovations in the fields of criminology and law for more than half a century.
In the frame of the EU co-funded project FOSTER – Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through Collaborative Approaches, the Centre for Europea
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Poljanski nasip 2
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