EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
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...
Negotiated Justice in Europe: Myths, Reality and New Perspectives
Serija predavanj "Negotiated Justice in Europe: Myths, Reality and New Perspectives" bo potekala 2., 9., 16., 18. in 19. decembra 2019 ob 15h v Knjižnici Inštituta za kriminologijo. Predavanja bo izvajal dr. Jacopo Della Torre, podoktorski raziskovalec na Univerzi v...
European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control: 46th Annual Conference, Ljubljana 2018. Programme booklet
Updated programme for Friday 24 August 2018
Renata Salecl: A Tale of Love and Hate
Debates & Talks: A Tale of Love and Hate Robert Rowland Smith, Renata Salecl, Rowan Williams. Michael Crick hosts. We think love an indisputable force for good. Yet from Jihadi John to Anders Breivik, extremists often cite love of creed or country to justify...
Understanding Causes and Consequences of the Criminalisation of Migration
“Understanding Causes and Consequences of Criminalization of Migration” International conference, 17-18 May 2018, City Hotel, Ljubljana, Slovenia Organized by: Peace Institute, Ljubljana; Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana; International Law...
Towards “Automated Justice” – Aleš Završnik
Our world runs on the application of big data, algorithms, and artificial intelligence (AI) in many areas of our lives; social networks suggest whom to befriend, algorithms trade our stocks, and even romance is no longer a statistics-free zone. Big data coupled with...
Anxiety and Ignorance in Neo-liberal Times
PSYCHOANALYTICAL SPRING 2018: THE PLAYS OF SENSES Anxiety and Ignorance in Neo-liberal Times Lecture by Renata Salecl The lecture will examine anxieties that are on the raise in today's times, especially those that are related to people's questioning direction of...
Podcast: Renata Salecl – The Tyranny of Choice
In this mini-episode, I chat with Renata Salecl, a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist, and author of the excellent book The Tyranny of Choice — a slim volume that completely changed the way I think about decision-making. We talk about how our focus on individualism...
Renata Salecl: Ignorance in Times of Post-Truth
Renata Salecl (University of Ljubljana/Birkbeck College) Ignorance in Times of Post-Truth Comment: Roland Breeur (KU Leuven) November 16, 2017 Thursday Lectures – Institute of Philosophy KU LEUVEN
Working meeting of Trans-making project partners
On September 13, 2017, a working meeting of the Trans-making project partners took place at the Institute of Criminology. Trans-making – Art/culture/economy to democratize society is a four year Marie Curie project (Horizon 2020), which brings together a global...
46th annual European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control conference
In August 2018 Institute of Criminology at the Law faculty in Ljubljana will host the 46th annual European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control conference, where criminologists, critical criminologists and zemiologists will discuss social harm that...
Renata Salecl: Subjectivity in Time of Big Data and New Forms of Social Control
Renata Salecl: Subjectivity in Time of Big Data and New Forms of Social Control. Lecture on May 31, 2017, at Freud Dream Museum in St. Petersburg.
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