Luka Kacjan

Luka Kacjan is a Young Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law and a PhD candidate in Criminology at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Law. As part of his undergraduate thesis at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Social Work, he examined the process of deinstitutionalisation in social care institutions. His master’s thesis focused on the everyday lives of migrants in immigration detention centres. His research interests lie at the intersection of criminology and social work, with a particular focus on intersectionality and systemic discrimination. His research is informed by radical and critical social work approaches, as well as abolitionist theories.