EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
“A time of roughness, a time of gardens, a time of crises” – a conversation with dr. Renata Salecl and dr. Ana Kučan
On Monday, 5 June 2023, at 6 pm, a talk with our researcher prof. dr. Renata Salecl and dr. Ana Kučan will take place in the Konzorcij bookstore under the title "A time of roughness, a time of gardens, a time of crises". On the occasion of the publication of her new...
A discussion with dr. Renata Salecl at the NaMestoKnjige festival
Our researcher Prof. Renata Salecl will be a guest at the NaMestoKnjige festival in Nova Gorica on Thursday, 1 June 2023. She will talk about her new book, Time of Roughness.
dr. Renata Salecl was a guest on Radio Slovenia’s First Programme
Our researcher prof. dr. Renata Salecl was a guest on the Champions of the Week ("Prvaki tedna") show on Radio Slovenia's First Programme. She spoke about the many visible and invisible mechanisms of roughness, about the hostility that is spread even from the top...
Dr Renata Salecl at the symposium Carnival without Borders
Our researcher Dr Renata Salecl participated in the symposium Carnival without Borders, which took place last weekend in Umag, Croatia, as part of the Forum Tomizza 2023.
Our researchers prof. dr. Aleš Završnik and Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič attended a conference at the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo
On Thursday, 18. 5. 2023, the Director of the Institute, prof. dr. Aleš Završnik, and our junior researcher Iva Ramus Cvetkovič attended the conference "Digitalization u pravu, zaštita privatnosti i automatizacija - DPZPA" at the Faculty of Law of the University of...
Researcher Eva Bertok at the ERFCON conference in Zagreb
At the beginning of May, Institute researcher Eva Bertok attended the ERFCON conference in Zagreb where she gave two presentations on the topic of domestic violence and restraining orders. The theme of this international conference, which was held for the tenth time,...
Renata Salecl will take part in a discussion on refugeeism
On Wednesday, 10 May, our researcher dr. Renata Salecl will take part in a discussion at the Konzorcij bookstore on the different reception of refugeeism, refugeeism and the polarisation of all participants in these stories. The discussion will be moderated by dr....
Our Research Associate Jasmina Arnež will be a Visiting Professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
Between April and June 2023, our Research Associate Jasmina Arnež will be a Visiting Professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. At the Department of Law, she will teach Spanish and Erasmus students as part of the Crime Policy module.
Time of roughness – new book by Renata Salecl
Mladinska knjiga has published a new book by our researcher dr. Renata Salecl - Time of Roughness. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the visible and invisible mechanisms of roughness to which we are exposed in today's world of accentuated individualism and the...
The monograph Law and Artificial Intelligence is published in Bosnian translation
A scientific monograph Law and Artificial Intelligence: questions of ethics, human rights and social harm (Pravo i umjetna inteligencija: pitanja etike, prava čovjeka i društvene štete), edited by our researcher prof. dr Aleš Završnik and dr. Katja Simončič, has been...
Mojca Plesničar and Lora Briški take part in the annual conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Our researchers Mojca Plesničar and Lora Briški attended the annual conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association in Derry-Londonderry (Northern Ireland), where they presented the findings of the research project entitled Sentencing policy for sexual crimes.
Aleš Završnik guest on the show Panoptikum about hate speech
Our researcher prof. dr. Aleš Završnik was a guest on the show Panoptikum on TV Slovenia, whose topic was hate speech. The guests of the programme reflected on what hate speech is; how and why it is created; what is the role of social media; where is the line between...
Renata Salecl was a guest speaker at The Sky Assemble conference: Towards a new human right
On Thursday, 23 March 2023, our researcher Dr Renata Salecl was a speaker at The Sky Assembly: towards a new human right conference, held in Toulouse, France, as part of Shona Illingworth's exhibition Topologies of Air.
The Visit of Delegates from Enforcement Academy in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
The Institute of Criminology welcomed a delegation from the Law Enforcement Academy in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and legal advisor mag. Goran Klemenčič with the prospect of future cooperation.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar is the recipient of an award for exceptional achievements in the field of criminology
For her commitment in applying for and managing numerous projects and for her successful cooperation with stakeholders in criminal justice, the Institute of Criminology awarded Dr Mojca Mihelj Plesničar with the Award for outstanding achievements in criminology.
Handbook on Sexual violence in higher education and research organisations is published
Between 2021 and 2023, the Institute of Criminology participated as a partner organisation in the research project Institutional, Legislative and Awareness Raising Solutions and Activities to Address Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Sexual Violence in Higher...
Renata Salecl was a guest at the conference Women’s weekend
Our researcher Dr Renata Salecl was a guest speaker in Rijeka last weekend. She gave a lecture on the tyranny of choice at the Women's Weekend conference, which brings together the most important names from the regional and world scene with the aim of networking and...
Tuesday Meeting: Decolonising Artificial Intelligence: Visual Strategies and Digital Methodologies in a Post-Digital Age
In the framework of the Tuesday Meetings, a lecture by Professor Anthony Downey, entitled 'Decolonising Artificial Intelligence: Visual Strategies and Digital Methodologies in a Post-Digital Age' will take place on Tuesday, 7.3.2023, at 11:00, in the library of the...
Renata Salecl was a guest on the Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour podcast
Our researcher dr. Renata Salecl was a guest on the Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour podcast, where she talked about philosophy, anxiety, her book A Passion for Ignorance and her other research interests. You can listen to the podcast at the link below:...
Renata Salecl bo gostovala na Münchenski varnostni konferenciRenata Salecl will be a guest speaker at the Munich Security Conference
Our researcher dr. Renata Salecl will be a guest speaker at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday, 17 February 2023. She will participate in the MSC Security and Literature Series, which this year focuses particularly on the Republic of Slovenia. The...
Article written by Vasja Badalič published in Critical Military Studies
Naslov: Article written by Vasja Badalič published in Critical Military Studies Vsebina: The journal Critical Military Studies published a peer-reviewed article written by Vasja Badalič. The article, titled The metadata-driven killing apparatus: big data analytics,...
New article by Vasja Badalič
Vsebina novice: A new article, written by Vasja Badalič, was published in the Third World Quarterly journal. By combining theories on informal work with data collected through interviews with 39 Syrian refugees, the article, titled Trapped in the Underground Economy:...
Dr. Renata Salecl – on choice, the individualistic society, attitudes towards knowledge and the challenges ahead
Our researcher dr. Renata Salecl was a guest on the podcast “Lovim ravnotežje”, where she spoke about her research on choice, conscious and unconscious ignorance, and the issue of angry men and the frustrations in society that lead to various forms of violence and...
30 Years, 30 Stories
As part of the 30 Years, 30 Stories project, which is taking place to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Slovenia and the United Kingdom and the 30th anniversary of the British Council in Slovenia, 30 Slovenian writers and journalists have...
Passion for Ignorance is published by Paidós
The Spanish publishing house Paidós has published a translation of Passion for Ignorance: What We Choose Not to Know and Why by our researcher Dr Renata Salecl. https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-pasion-por-la-ignorancia/364108
Publication of the monograph Artificial Intelligence, Social Harms and Human Rights
Palgrave Macmillan has published a monograph entitled Artificial Intelligence, Social Harms and Human Rights, edited by our researcher Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik and Dr. Katja Simončič. The chapters in the monograph explore the rapidly evolving field of artificial...
Our researchers participated in a panel discussion at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb
In the framework of the bilateral project "Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law and Procedure in a Transnational Environment", co-financed by the Slovenian Research Agency (BI-HR/20-21-013), the researchers of the Institute of Criminology - Prof. Dr. Matjaž Jager,...
Renata Salecl on truth, ignorance and apathy in today’s times
On 9 December 2022, our researcher Dr Renata Salecl gave a lecture on truth, ignorance and apathy in today's times as part of Vadim Fishkin's exhibition "The Island of the Day Before" at the eSeL REZEPTION museum in Vienna.
Dr. Renata Salecl’s new book is published by Editions Stilus
The French publishing house Éditions Stilus has published the book Running on the Spot - The Subject as Hostage of Neoliberalism by our researcher Dr Renata Salecl in the Résonances collection.
Our researchers participated in the 14th Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology
On Wednesday, 30 November 2022, our researchers, Dr Matjaž Jager, Dr Matjaž Ambrož, Lora Briški and Marko Drobnjak attended the 14th Criminal Law and Criminology Conference. In the session Medical triage between ethics and law, chaired by Dr Jager, they gave lectures...
The Passion for Ignorance by Dr. Renata Salecl is published in a paperback edition by Princeton University Press
A paperback edition of The Passion to Ignorance: What We Choose Not to Know and Why, by our researcher Dr. Renata Salecl, has just been published by Princeton University Press. The book is enriched with a new introduction by the author, which addresses the issue of...
Cyberspace 2022
CYBERSPACE 2022 Our researchers Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik, Aleksej Jankovič and Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič attended the international conference CYBERSPACE 2022 in Brno. The now traditional conference, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, covers a wide range of...
How to be anti-colonial?
On Sunday, 4 December 2022, our researcher Dr. Renata Salecl will participate in a debate entitled 'How to be anti-colonial?'. The debate will take place within the framework of The Radio Disaster Series: Colonialism in Camouflage, organised by the Mudam - The...
Tuesday Meeting: The peculiarities of Japanese society and culture through the eyes of a European observer
In the scope of the Tuesday meetings, this time exceptionally on Thursday, 1 December 2022, at 11:00, the Institute of Criminology will host a lecture by Aleš Bučar Ručman entitled "The peculiarities of Japanese society and culture through the eyes of a European...
Lecture by Dr. Ales Završnik at the Digital Age Research Center (D!ARC), University of Klagenfurt
Our researcher Dr. Aleš Završnik will give a lecture on automating criminal justice tomorrow, 24 November 2022 at 4 pm. You are invited to follow the lecture, which will take place at the Digital Age Research Center (D!ARC), University of Klagenfurt, live:...
Portraits of Science
The University of Ljubljana has organised the exhibition Portraits of Science, which brings together innovative portraits of eighteen leading researchers at UL, including our researcher Dr Renata Salecl. The exhibition will be opened on Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at...
Publication of the monograph IEL Privacy and Technolgy Law
A new monograph entitled IEL Privacy and Technology Law has been published by Wolters Kluwe. The co-authors of the monograph are our researchers, Dr Aleš Završnik and Dr Pika Šarf, as well as Assoc. Prof. Dr Karmen Lutman and Assoc. Prof. Dr Primož Gorkič. More...
Negotiating Youth Justice and Class: Professional Practice and Interactions
On 13 December, 12.30-14.00 CET, our Research Associate Jasmina Arnež will present her book 'Negotiating Youth Justice and Class: Professional Practice and Interactions', published by Routledge, at an online event. She will discuss the book with Professor Mark Halsey...
Visit of researchers from University of Zagreb
On Friday, 18 November, the Institute of Criminology hosted Croatian researchers from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb: Prof. Dr. Zlata Đurđević (group leader), Prof. Dr. Elizabeta Ivičević Karas, Assoc. Prof. Zoran Burić, and assistants Darija Željko, Master...
Tuesday meeting: The discussion on the topic ‘Can a suspended prison sentence ever be just? A discussion about hard treatment’
On Thursday, 17.11.2022, at 11:00 , the Institute of Criminology Library will host a Tuesday meeting of guest lecturer Jakub Drapal and our researcher Mojca M. Plesničar entitled 'Can a suspended prison sentence ever be just? A discussion about hard treatment'. This...
Tuesday Meeting: Memory Recycling as a Counter-Crisis Measure
In the framework of the Tuesday Meetings, a lecture by Prof. Dr. Luli van der Does, entitled 'Memory Recycling as a Counter-Crisis Measure' will take place on Tuesday, 15.11.2022, at 11:00, in the library of the Institute of Criminology. The lecture will be held in...
Our young researcher speaks at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Space Law
On Tuesday 26 April 2022 at 16:00, a round table titled Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Space Law was organised at the Faculty of Law of Ljubljana, where, in addition to Prof. Rebecca Bresnik from the University of Houston, who also serves as International...
dr. Renata Salecl bo imela osrednji nagovor na konferenci Øredev v Malomöu
Our researcher dr. Renata Salecl will be a keynote speaker at the Øredev international conference for software developers, which takes place in Malmö, Sweden, from 8 to 11 November 2022. The lecture will look at the question of how technology is contributing to the...
Absence from school and absence of data: The punitiveness of ignoring school absenteeism in ‘penal exceptionalism’
Our Research Associate Jasmina Arnež wrote a blog for the Excluded Lives website. Excluded Lives is a multi-disciplinary project across the four jurisdictions of the UK based in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with the London School of...
The Director of the Institute of Criminology, Prof. Aleš Završnik, is the recipient of the ESC European Journal of Criminology Best 2021 Article award
The Director of the Institute of Criminology, Prof. Aleš Završnik, is the recipient of the ESC European Journal of Criminology Best 2021 Article award in recognition of his article“Algorithmic justice: Algorithms and big data in criminal justice settings”, published...
Vasja Badalič talked on Radio Študent about the current situation in Afghanistan
Vasja Badalič appeared on Radio Študent to talk about the current socio-political situation in Afghanistan. You can listen the entire radio show on this link: https://radiostudent.si/politika/kultivator/afganistan-300-dni-po-odhodu-ameriske-vojske
Vasja Badalič spoke on TV Slovenia about the humanitarian action taking place after the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan
Vasja Badalič spoke on TV Slovenia about the humanitarian action taking place after the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. He also briefly commented the current socio-political situation in the country. You can watch him at this link:...
Vpliv dizajna tehnologije na uporabnike: od prepričevalnega računalništva do temnih vzorcev
Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik lead a panel at the 3rd Information Security Law Conference, the 3rd May 2022, Portorož, and gave a talk on the ethical design of information technologies: an example of dark patterns. Presenters discussed possible legal remedies for cases of...
International conference »Psychological mechanisms in criminal justice: Deconstructing objectivity«
On 16 and 17 June, the Institute of Criminology and the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana are organising an international conference titled "Psychological mechanisms in criminal justice: deconstructing objectivity". Objectivity is one of the fundamental...
The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Societies : the case of Algorithmic Criminal Justice
Prof. Aleš Završnik contributed a speech at the INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL SECURITY FORUM VIENNA, social track »The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Societies«. In his talk he tackled the question How does the justice sector reflect the trend of the...
Gender Equality Action Plan
The Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana (the Institute) strives for a gender-balanced structure of its management, researchers and other employees. Therefore the Director of the Institute (hereinafter: the Director) is hereby adopting the...
Conflicts as property
We are publishing a translation of the workConflicts as property (Konflikti kot lastnina), prepared by Timotej Obreza. The author of the original text is Nils Christie, the late professor of criminology at the University of Oslo.
Translating Law: An introduction – an OE4BW open educational resource
As part of the Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) initiative, Prof. Ada Gruntar from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and our researcher, Assoc. Prof. Mojca M. Plesničar, have prepared a module for educators in the field of legal...
Institute of Criminology welcomes Lior Volinz as visiting researcher
Dr. Lior Volinz is a post-doctoral researcher at the Crime and Society (CRiS) research group of the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Belgium). His research interest includes surveillance and policing technologies, digital governance,...
Institute of Criminology welcomes Jakub Drápal as visiting researcher
Jakub Drápal is a sentencing scholar from the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Prague. He is currently visiting the Institute of Criminology, working together with Mojca Plesničar on defining measures most suitable to structure sentencing discretion...
Empirical research on sentencing (ERoS) annual conference – reminder
At ERoS we are excited to start our summer gathering, which will, hopefully, still allow plenty of opportunities to share experience, opinions, and knowledge on sentencing research and foster informal relationships among researchers interested in the topic. The frist...
Turning the lens: Researching sentencers
Empirical research on sentencing (ERoS) annual conference Ljubljana, August & September 2020 Taking into account the circumstances surrounding travel and gatherings, the third annual conference of the ERoS community of researchers will take place in a...
The second international competition for young criminologists
The editorial board of the Archives of Criminology is pleased to announce the second international competition for young criminologists for an outstanding academic article in the field of criminology. The competition is open to all young researchers from Central and...
Criminal justice, artificial intelligence systems, and human rights
Latest research from Aleš Završnik just published with SpringerNature in ERA Forum. Read here: https://rdcu.be/b10rZ
Turning the lens: Researching sentencers
Turning the lens: Researching sentencers Empirical research on sentencing (ERoS) annual conference series of online seminars, August & September 2020 On the account of the circumstances surrounding travel and gatherings, the third annual conference of the...
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