EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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....

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....

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....

November 21, 2025, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana You are cordially invited to a lecture by Beti Hohler, LL.M., a Slovenian judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC), entitled “The International...

We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Brian Barry entitled “AI for assisting judicial decision-making: challenges and opportunities”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, at 15.00 pm in the library of the Institute of...

We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Javier Velásquez entitled “Pre-trial detention in Chile: Between Time Management and Standardisation”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Monday, 10 November 2025, at 11.00 a.m. in the library of the Institute...

Renata Salecl was in discussion with a Spanish philosopher Juan Evaristo Valls on the theme of her book Maleducados which was just published by Editiones Godot. The discussion, which took place as part of an event at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque in...

Today, the National Criminology Conference 2025 took place in the library of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, successfully bringing together academics, researchers, lawyers, prosecutors and students. Through thematically diverse...

20. 10. 2025 1st program of Television Slovenia – MarcelToday, we live in a time when surveillance is intertwined with all aspects of our lives – from education to banks and insurance companies. Did you know that there are already almost 2000 public cameras in...

Between October 15 and 18, the International Leadership Association's global conference was held in Prague, where researcher Dr. Renata Salecl gave a keynote lecture entitled Human Wisdom in the Age of AI: Navigating New Frontiers of Leadership. As artificial...

On Friday, October 3, 2025, the Julija Betetta Hall at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana hosted Architects' Day, a central professional and public event organized by the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia (ZAPS). This year's...

Yesterday, we held a consultation at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana as part of the targeted research project Challenges in Prosecution of Human Trafficking in Slovenia, with the aim of formulating more comprehensive proposals for...

We kindly invite you to a lecture by a PhD researcher, Alena McClure, entitled “Negotiating Authority: Prosecutors’ Perceptions of the Supervisory Role in Sentencing”, which will take place as part of Tuesday Meetings on Tuesday, 7 October 2025, at 11.00 am in the...

How does law adapt to rapid technological development? How does artificial intelligence shape and dictate the development of military technologies? Where to draw the line between technological progress and digital violence? We will seek answers to these and many other...

Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl, participated in the Bled Strategic Forum, which this year is taking place under the title A Runaway World. This year, the Strategic Forum focuses on the future and...

At the largest book fair for independent publishers, Feria de Editores, which took place in Buenos Aires between August 7 and 10, the Spanish translation of the book Čas grobosti by renowned Slovenian philosopher and sociologist Dr. Renata Salecl, entitled...

20 November 2025 Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana How does the law respond to rapid technological development? What do artificial intelligence, justice and military technologies have in common? Who sets the...

On Wednesday, 9 July, the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, hosted an expert discussion titled Slovenia and the Responsibility for Prosecuting Israeli Atrocities. The...

Today marked the beginning of second annual conference "Law, Politics and Social Movements in Illiberal Times: Resistance, Reaction and Oppression". The conference is organised by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, and the University of...

Fundamental research is the foundation of any progressive and just society. We therefore support the statement of the AERG (The Association of ERC Grantees), which calls on European leaders to increase the autonomy of the ERC with its own legal and institutional...

23 June 2025, at 11 am YOU ARE WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Marko Andrejevic, Professor at the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, entitled "Granular Biopolitics: Biometrics, Surveillance and Automated Governance", which...

The first Congress of Criminal Law and Criminology, organized by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Faculty of Law UL, took place today in the Golden Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event, which...

31. 3. 2025 Tednik on RTV SLOThe construction of a state-of-the-art high-security prison in Dobrunje is nearing completion – completion is scheduled for the middle of the year. The new facility, worth 86.5 million euros, will have a significant impact on the situation...

We kindly invite you to a lecture by Matej Igličar entitled "Defendants in European Union Law: Between Shield and Sword of Criminal Procedure Law", which will take place as part of the Tuesday Meetings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 11 a.m. in the library of the...