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Our researcher, Assoc. Prof. Dr Mojca M. Plesničar took part in the international workshop Building ERC-Competitive Research: Lessons from Croatia, he
The role of artificial intelligence in the operation of key state systems
At the 42nd Annual Meeting of SIKOM – the Slovenian Electronic Communications Society, held on 29 May 2026 as part of the 41st Workshop on Telecommunications VITEL, Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik,...
SOS4democracy conference: »Resilience, Resistance, Renewal: Rethinking Democratic Politics in Times of War and Emergency«
24 - 26 June 2026 Boğaziçi University, Istanbul At a time when democratic systems around the world are increasingly marked by political crises, states of emergency, and shifts towards illiberal...
Tuesday Meeting: »Between Humans and Machines«
Date: 16 June 2026
Time: 11.00 am
Location: Library of the Institute of Criminology
Institute of Criminology Researchers Participate in the 2026 Stockholm Criminology Symposium
This week, researchers from the Institute of Criminology – Marko Balažic, Dr Eva Bertok, Dr Lora Briški, Lovrena Jeromelj and Dr Mojca Plesničar – participated in the 2026 Stockholm Criminology...
How data from a phone become a death sentence?
4. 5. 2026 Los Angeles Times - article: In the Los Angeles Times article "Inside Israel’s AI Targeting System: How Data From a Phone Become a Death Sentence", which examines the consequences of...
Tuesday Meeting: »The Limits of ‘Peaceful Uses’: Against Security Narratives as Drivers of Militarization in Outer Space«
Date: 12 June 2026
Time: 11.00 am
Location: Library of the Institute of Criminology
FOSTER Project Concludes with a Strengthened Network of Professionals Supporting Child Victims of Crime
On 21 May 2026, the Centre for European Constitutional Law, in Greece, in collaboration with all partners of the EU-funded project FOSTER Project: Society of Social Psychiatry P. Sakellaropoulos, in...
Renata Salecl Honorary Speaker at the Plečnik Awards Ceremony
On 25 May, our researcher prof. dr. Renata Salecl was the honorary speaker at the Plečnik Awards ceremony, the most prominent and prestigious event in the field of architecture in Slovenia. In her...
Tuesday Meeting: »The Silence of Saying No: (Un)Remembering Deserters from the Yugoslav Wars«
Date: 9 June 2026
Time: 11.00 am
Location: Library of the Institute of Criminology
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...
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...
Tuesday Meeting: »Rethinking Criminal Justice in the Crypto-Asset Era«
Date: 24 April 2026
Time: 10.00 am
Location: Library of the Institute of Criminology
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...
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«
Date: 19. 5. 2026
Time: 11.00
Location: Institute of criminology
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