“Youth crime often reflects deeper distress and harmful environments”
29. 1. 2026 Odmevi (TV SLO 1)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar spoke on the TV programme Odmevi about the rise in peer violence and the ways in...
Slovenia Introduces a Systemic Juvenile Criminal Justice Framework
29. 1. 2026 Ljubljana - Radio Prvi (RTV SLO)In the latest episode of Ob osmih Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar discusses why swift intervention in cases...
Sentencing Forum, a new meeting point that strengthens connections across the sentencing research community
The Sentencing Forum is a new online meeting space designed to complement the existing academic structures in the sentencing field. We have...
Tuesday Meeting: »Kálmán Kulcsár and the Making of Hungarian Legal Sociology: Power, Compromise, and International Networks«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Márton Matyasovszky‑Németh entitled “Kálmán Kulcsár and the Making of Hungarian Legal Sociology: Power,...
Strengthening knowledge and skills for the protection of children in the justice system
Today, we successfully concluded a series of training sessions aimed at strengthening the knowledke and skills of legal professionals and other...
Launch of the European CRIDE Project: Strengthening the Right to Defence and the Role of Defence Counsel in Criminal Proceedings
At the Institute of Criminology, we have started a new European project CRIDE – The effectiveness of the suspected or accused of a crime persons...
Renata Salecl presents her book in Buenos Aires
Renata Salecl presented her book Maleducados (Godot Publishing House) in Buenos Aires. Representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in...
Musk promised freedom, but gave tools for child abuse. Who will be held accountable?
10. 1. 2026 Svet24.siDirector of the Institute of Criminology prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik warned of the serious risks posed by the launch of generative...
Renata Salecl keynote speaker at the largest science festival in South America
Our researcher Renata Salecl took part as a keynote speaker at the Congreso Futuro festival in Santiago, Chile—the largest scientific event in South...
Tuesday meeting: »Imperialist Sanctions, the Law of the Jungle, and Quasi-Mafia Governance of International Relations«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by our researcher Dr. Zoran Kanduč entitled “Imperialist Sanctions, the Law of the Jungle, and Quasi-Mafia...
Open call for abstracts for the upcoming criminology conference
9. and 10. April 2026, Faculty of Law UL Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana Avenue: Faculty of Law, University of LjubljanaDates: 9.–10. April 2026....
Presentation of challenges of prosecuting human trafficking in Slovenia
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...
FRA report: violence against people with disabilities in institutions is a systemic problem
The FRA report on 'Places of care = places of safety? Violence against persons with disabilities in institutions” has been released: Neglect, abuse...
Social Trends and Nostalgia: Understanding Violence Against Women
The fourth National Conference marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women took place at Brdo pri Kranju, where our...
»Hague Tribunal: discussion on the detention and sentencing of Bilijana Plavšić«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by dr. Olivera Simić entitled »Hague Tribunal: discussion on the detention and sentencing of Bilijana Plavšić«,...
Highlights from the 2025 Autumn School
This year’s Autumn School once again attracted great interest. With over 60 participants from academia, legal practice and related professional...
Participation in the 80th Conference of the American Society of Criminology (ASC)
The Director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik, and researcher Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl...
The Sentrix workshop on sentencing architecture successfully concluded
The three-day Sentrix Workshop on Sentencing Architecture, held from 12 to 14 November, concluded today in Bled, Slovenia, bringing together...
Invitation: »Madam War Criminal: 30 Years of Dayton and the Legacy of Biljana Plavšić«
2. December 2025, City Museum of Ljubljana, Gosposka ulica 15, 1000 Ljubljana You are cordially invited to the event Madam War Criminal: 30 Years of...
Tuesday Meeting: »(In)visible costs of domestic violence in CEEC- a case of countries with low data availability«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr Izabela Grabowska and Dr Magdalena Kocejko, entitled “(In)visible costs of domestic violence in CEEC- a case...
Tuesday Meeting: »Digitalized Descriptions of Criminal Behaviours Contained in Court Verdicts and Their Use in Sentencing Research: Vast Opportunities (and some dangers)«
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Jakub Drapal entitled “Digitalized Descriptions of Criminal Behaviours Contained in Court Verdicts and...
Invitation to a Lecture by Slovenian Judge at the International Criminal Court, Beti Hohler, LL.M.
November 21, 2025, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana You are cordially invited to a...
Tuesday Meeting: »AI for assisting judicial decision-making: challenges and opportunities«
November 11 at 15.00 WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Brian Barry entitled “AI for assisting judicial decision-making: challenges...
Completed CRP 2024 Project – Validation of a Screening Tool for Risk Assessment in Prisons
On Thursday, 23 October 2025, an extended meeting of the Director General of the Prison Administration took place at the Ministry of Justice. The...
Together against human trafficking
On Friday, 10 October 2025, the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia organized the conference “Together Against Human Trafficking,” which...
Tuesday Meeting: »Pre-trial detention in Chile: Between Time Management and Standardisation«
10. November at 11 a.m. WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Javier Velásquez entitled “Pre-trial detention in Chile: Between Time...
When freedom becomes a burden: Renata Salecl’s conversation with the Spanish philosopher Juan Evaristo Valls
Renata Salecl was in discussion with a Spanish philosopher Juan Evaristo Valls on the theme of her book Maleducados which was just published by...
National Criminology Conference 2025: from the psychology of evil to understanding current dilemmas raised by war and genocide
Today, the National Criminology Conference 2025 took place in the library of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana,...
Domen Savič, Aleš Završnik, Simon Delakorda on digital surveillance
20. 10. 2025 1st program of Television Slovenia – MarcelToday, we live in a time when surveillance is intertwined with all aspects of our lives –...
Human Wisdom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the New Leadership Frontier
Between October 15 and 18, the International Leadership Association's global conference was held in Prague, where researcher Dr. Renata Salecl gave...
Tuesaday Meeting: Negotiating Authority: Prosecutors’ Perceptions of the Supervisory Role in Sentencing
22. October at 2 p.m. WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Tomonori Ishioka, entitled “Interpretive labor: a sociological concept to...
Hana Hawlina on imagination and the spaces of the future
On Friday, October 3, 2025, the Julija Betetta Hall at the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana hosted Architects' Day, a central...
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl at the Indigo Festival
This upcoming weekend, Cukrarna will once again host the Indigo Festival, bringing together philosophy, art, contemporary culture, and design. The...
First Sentrix Workshop
As part of the ERC Sentrix project, a workshop dedicated to the decision-making architecture in sentencing will be held in Bled from November 12 to...
Consultation within the framework of the targeted research project The Challenges of Processing Human Trafficking in Slovenia
Yesterday, we held a consultation at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana as part of the targeted research project...
Tuesday Meeting: »Negotiating Authority: Prosecutors’ Perceptions of the Supervisory Role in Sentencing«
7. October, at 11.00 am. WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by a PhD researcher, Alena McClure, entitled “Negotiating Authority:...
Panels of This Year’s Autumn School Revealed
How does law adapt to rapid technological development? How does artificial intelligence shape and dictate the development of military technologies?...
Tuesday Meeting: »Volatile Boundaries: Legal Inclusion and Exclusion of the Indigenous Sámi People«
16 September at 10.00 am. WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Daniela Alaattinoğlu entitled “Volatile Boundaries: Legal Inclusion and...
Renata Salecl participated in the discussion at the Bled Strategic Forum: »The Demise of Democracy – Are We There Yet or Just Well on Our Way?«
Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Prof. Dr. Renata Salecl, participated in the Bled Strategic Forum,...
Tuesday Meeting: »The regulation of sex robots: Gender and sexuality in the era of artificial intelligence«
9 September at 11 am WELCOME! We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Carlotta Rigotti entitled »The regulation of sex robots: Gender and sexuality...
Presentation of the book by Dr. Renate Salecl at the Buenos Aires Book Fair
At the largest book fair for independent publishers, Feria de Editores, which took place in Buenos Aires between August 7 and 10, the Spanish...
You are invited to the Autumn School: Law and challenges of the digital (r)evolution
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...
Presentation of the Sentrix project at the ESELS conference in Toulouse
At the annual conference of the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies (ESELS), held in Toulouse in June 2025, Dr. Mojca Plesničar and Dr....
Emotions as the Foundation of Legal Objectivity: A New Issue of Frontiers in Sociology Co-Edited by Dr. Mojca Plesničar
A special issue of the international academic journal Frontiers in Sociology, titled Constructing Objectivity: Emotions in Legal Decision-Making,...
Expert Discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on the Legal Responsibility to Prosecute Israeli Atrocities
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...
Opening of the Second SOS4Democracy Conference at the University of Sarajevo
Today marked the beginning of second annual conference "Law, Politics and Social Movements in Illiberal Times: Resistance, Reaction and Oppression"....
Our researchers participated in the seminar The Role of Culture in Sentencing & Penal Decision-Making
In early June, researchers from the Institute of Criminology, Dr. Miha Marčenko, Lovrena Jeromelj and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar attended...
“Genuine breakthroughs require space for ideas to develop independently and unexpectedly”
Fundamental research is the foundation of any progressive and just society. We therefore support the statement of the AERG (The Association of ERC...
Tuesday Meeting: Granular Biopolitics: Biometrics, Surveillance, and Automated Governance
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...
Second Annual Conference of SOS4Democracy Project: “Law, Politics and Social Movements in Illiberal Times: Resistance, Reaction and Oppression”
Following last year's conference in Rome, this year second annual conference within the Social Sciences for Democracy – SOS4democracy project will...
Tuesday Meetings: Emotional Work in Criminal Justice
We invite you to the lecture by our researcher Lovrena Jeromelj entitled "Emotional Work in Criminal Justice", which will be held as part of the...
Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar appointed ERC ambassador: “Sometimes, the most important step is simply allowing ourselves to believe – and to try.”
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced its ambassadors, among which Assoc. Prof. and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of...
Researcher Lovrena Jeromelj receives the prize for outstanding Master’s thesis
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the prizes for the best students and special awards from the Faculty of Law were awarded as a part of the...
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar receives award for exceptional achievements in the field of criminology
The Institute of Criminology awarded Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar the award for exceptional achievements in the field of criminology for...
Tuesday Meetings: The Dissenting Hegemon and the Authoritarian Militarization of Europe
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Zoran Kanduč entitled "The Dissenting Hegemon and the Authoritarian Militarization of Europe", which will...
Conference “Law in the Information Society”
At the event, our researchers led a roundtable discussion on the contradictions of content moderation on online platforms. Manja Skočir presented...
Legal Challenges of Space Pollution: A New Monograph by Researcher Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič
Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič, a researcher at the Institute of Criminology, together with co-authors Matthew Gillett and Katja Grunfeld, has published a...
Opposition to the opening of another honorary Israeli consulate in Slovenia
Last Wednesday, 12 March, a press conference was held in Maribor at which the Movement for Palestinian Rights and the Organization for a...
Conference AYASU? Opened Key Questions on Digital Realities and War Technology
On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the full-day conference AYASU? - Are You a Program Update? took place at Šiška Cinema, organized by the Aksioma...
Tuesday Meeting: Unlimited Use of Low Earth Orbit – Monopolizing the Orbital Space Environment?
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Annie Kazarjan entitled "Unlimited Use of Low Earth Orbit – Monopolizing the Orbital Space Environment?", which...
Tuesday’s meeting: Milgram’s ideal subject
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Bojan Volf entitled "Milgram's ideal subject", which will take place as part of the Tuesday Meeting on...
70th anniversary of the Institute of Criminology: Special edition of the Journal of Criminalistics and Criminology
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, we are pleased to present a special...
Badalič on the radio show Frekvenca X at Val 202
Vasja Badalič appeared on the radio show Frekvenca X at Val 202. In the show, entitled "Wars 20.24: When Algorithms Kill," he spoke about the use of...
New Monograph: Legal, Ethical, and Medical Aspects of Triage
A new monograph titled Legal, Ethical, and Medical Aspects of Triage, edited by Renata Salecl, has been published by Springer Nature. The book...
DATA AS THE NEW OIL? CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING DATA
AUTUMN SCHOOL ‘LAW AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL (R)EVOLUTION’ DATA AS THE NEW OIL? CHALLENGES IN ACCESSING DATA 10:00–17:30 / 22. NOVEMBER 2024 In the...
Dr. Lior Volinz was awarded a MSCA – ERA project on Welfare Surveillance at the Institute of Criminology
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lior Volinz’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral project was funded by a generous ERA (European Research Area)...
New Academic Monograph by Vasja Badalič Published by Palgrave MacMillan
A new book written by Vasja Badalič was published by Palgrave MacMillan. The book, titled Preventive Warfare: Hegemony, Power, and the...
Vasja Badalič presented at the conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control
Vasja Badalič presented a paper at the annual conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, held in Vilnius,...
Researcher Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič participated at Grounded Festival in Ljubljana
Between 22 and 24 August, Festival Grounded took place in Ljubljana. This year, the topic of the festival concerned racism, and amongst the speakers...
Dr. Renata Salecl guest in N1 podcast
In an interview with journalist Suzana Lovec (N1), dr. Renata Salecl talks about choice, anxiety, love, hate, rudeness, neoliberalism and ignorance....
Tuesday meeting “Implementing body camera technology: Lessons and practical considerations”
You are cordially invited to a lecture entitled "Implementing body camera technology: lessons and practical considerations" by our guest researcher...
The Congress of the Centenary of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP)
Under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of France, a congress titled "Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Law" was held in Paris...
FOSTER Project Kick-off Meeting in Athens
On 5 July, our colleague Miha Hafner attended the kick-off meeting of the new EU project FOSTER (Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through...
Conference “Democratic backsliding in the era of permanent crises” in Rome
Between 26 and 28 June 2024, an international conference entitled “Democratic backsliding in the era of permanent crises” took place in Rome, Italy....
Tuesday’s meeting, entitled Artificial Humanities: Artificial Intelligence, Fiction, Ethics
We kindly invite you to a lecture by Dr. Nina Beguš entitled "Artificial Humanities: Artificial Intelligence, Fiction, Ethics", which will be...
Surveillance Studies Network Conference
From 29 to 31 May, the Faculty of Law hosted the Tenth International Conference of the Surveillance Studies Network, hosted locally by the Institute...
Tuesday’s meeting: The war psychosis of liberal democracies and other geopolitical crime stories
We invite you to a lecture which will be held by Dr Zoran Kanduč entitled "The war psychosis of liberal democracies and other geopolitical crime...
Interview of Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič on the genocide in Gaza for Radio Študent and column in Delo newspaper
Our young researcher Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič spoke about the genocide in Gaza in an interview for Radio Študent and in a column in Delo. Both can be...
International symposium entitled Who Cares for the People: from socialism to post-socialism
The Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana co-organises an international symposium entitled Who Cares for the People: from...
Lecture by Dr Renata Salecl at Hiroshima University
Dr Renata Salecl will be a guest lecturer at Hiroshima University on 22.5.2024. She will give a lecture entitled "Trauma and Ignorance: How people...
Marko Bošnjak, former associate of the Institute of Criminology, elected as President of the ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has elected Dr. Marko Bošnjak as its president. Dr. Bošnjak began his academic career as a junior researcher at...
Statement by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana on the situation in Gaza and other Occupied Palestinian Territories and the related violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms within the European Union
The statement of the collective of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana is available here. The statement was summarised...
Invitation to Tuesday’s meeting: A Curveball and a Glimmer of Hope? Reflecting on 2024 Local Elections and Democratic Resilience in Turkey
We kindly invite you to a Tuesday Meeting lecture by dr. Deniz Erkmen, titled »A Curveball and a Glimmer of Hope? Reflecting on 2024 Local Elections...
Registration for the conference “Democratic backsliding in the era of permanent crises”
Registrations are now open for conference “Democratic backsliding in the era of permanent crises”, which we are organizing together with our...
Dr. Aleš Završnik’s interview on Voice of Slovenian Australians Sydney
Dr Aleš Završnik was a guest on the Voice of Slovenian Australians Sydney on 13 April 2024. You can listen to the interview with Prof. Aleš Završnik...
Dr. Renata Salecl’s talk at the Institute for Global Prosperity
Renata Salecl will be a special guest at a talk entitled Apathy, Politics and Anxiety on 30 May 2024. The talk is organised by the Institute for...
Visit of Dr Renata Salecl to the Bitef Theatre
Renata Salecl attended a talk at the Bitef Theatre in Belgrade on 23.4.2024. The topic of the talk was Ignorance, Denial and Forgetting. The talk...
Discussion of the book “Strast za neznanjem” in Novi Sad
On Monday, 22.4.2024, Dr Renata Salecl will take part in a discussion about her book "Strast za neznanjem". The talk will take place at Zenit Books,...
Professor Aleš Završnik in Canberra at the Australian Judges’ Training Days
Professor Aleš Završnik in Canberra at the Australian Judges' Training Days organised by the National Judicial College of Australia, 7 April 2024...
Tuesday Meeting with the recipients of the prizes for outstanding and above-average master’s theses in criminology and criminal law
We are happy to invite you to a Tuesday Meeting with the recipients of the prizes for outstanding and above-average master's theses in the field of...
Tuesday’s meeting: ‘The horrifying circus of Western liberal democracies’
You are cordially invited to the Tuesday Lecture by Dr. Zoran Kanduč entitled "The Horrifying Circus of Western Liberal Democracies", which will...
Dr Vasja Badalič receives the award for outstanding achievements in the field of criminology
The Institute of Criminology awarded Dr Vasja Badalič the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Criminology Award for both his outstanding success in...
Jasmine Arnež guest lecture at the University of Edinburgh
Our researcher dr. Jasmina Arnež gave a guest lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland on Wednesday, 28 February 2024 as part of The...
A roundtable discussion: Israel-Palestine conflict: Challenging democracy and human rights in Europe
Registration opens soon.
Tuesday Meeting: Application of infra-law at the frontlines of emergencies
We kindly invite you to a Tuesday Meeting titled »Application of infra-law at the frontlines of emergencies / Uporaba infra-prava v kontekstu...
Review of the book Negotiating Class in Youth Justice by our researcher Jasmina Arnež published in Theoretical Criminology
Professor Sveinung Sandberg from the University of Oslo has written a review of the book Negotiating Class in Youth Justice by our researcher...
Our researcher on a study visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Our researcher Dr. Kristina Čufar paid a study visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg at the invitation of Slovenian...
Our researchers attended a colloquium organised by the International Association of Criminal Law (AIDP)
Our researchers Miha Hafner and Manja Skočir participated as national rapporteurs in a colloquium organised by the International Association for...
Renata Salecl presents her book in Paris
Renata Salecl presented a French translation of her book A Passion for Ignorance in Paris. Les Éditions Stilus organized a debate between Renata...
Tuesday Meeting: Resistance under Mobile Emergency Rule: Repression and Transformation of the Protest Scene in Authoritarian Turkey
In the framework of the Tuesday meetings, a lecture by Dr. T. Deniz Erkmen entitled "Resistance under Mobile Emergency Rule: Repression and...
