Renata Salecl
researcher
Renata Salecl is a philosopher and sociologist. She is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and a Professor at the School of Law, Birkbeck College, London, United Kingdom. Since 2017, she has also been an Associate Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Salecl has held numerous Visiting Professorships at Cardozo School of Law, New York, Humboldt University, Berlin, and Duke University, Durham, among other institutions. Her work is very interdisciplinary and focuses on bringing together law, criminology, the study of political ideologies, and psychoanalysis.
Fields of research
Criminology, law and psychoanalysis, philosophy, sociology of culture, political culture.
2024
- Salecl, R. (2024). Examples of sublimation in the face of the anxiety of the end of the world. Savoirs et clinique: journal of psychoanalysis, 31, 99–104, 176.
- Salecl, R. (2024/2025). Medical ethics in the time of political correctness and media lynching. SNG Drama Theatre Programme, 104(8), 15–18.
2023
- Salecl, R. (2023). The desire for art. Savoirs et clinique: journal of psychoanalysis, 30, 58–68, 159.
- Salecl, R. (2023). Artists before the mirror: From self-portrait to selfie. Texte zur Theorie und Praxis der Psychoanalyse, 43(3), [77]–99.
- Salecl, R. (2023). Art, human rights, and threats from above. Digital War, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42984-023-00077-6
2022
- Salecl, R. (2022). Apathy, trauma, and war. Savoirs et clinique: journal of psychoanalysis, 29, 123–130, 220.
- Salecl, R., & Skočir, M. (2022). Tragic triage and its philosophical foundation. FNM: philosophical journal for philosophy teachers, students, and pupils, 29(1/4), 57–65.
- Salecl, R. (2022). The American summer of rage. Pravna praksa: Legal Practice, 41(26), 3.
2020
- Briški, L., Ambrož, M., & Salecl, R. (2020). Who to save during a pandemic? Ethical and criminal law aspects of triage. Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology, 71(3), 183–193.
- Salecl, R. (2020). Envy in the time of coronavirus. In Alternative: New World Order (pp. 34–39). Ljubljana: Mladina Publishing House.
- Salecl, R. (2020, March 14). The anxiety of ignorance. Delo.si. https://www.delo.si/sobotna-priloga/tesnoba-nevednosti-287772.html
Current projects:
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SOS4Democracy: Social sciences for democracy: A training program for improving research on illiberal systems and finding ways to build more robust democracies (1. 9. 2023 – 31. 8. 2027) – Project leader: Dr. Vasja Badalič
- Overcoming the nuclear threats and anxiety (1. 4. 2025 – 31. 3. 2027) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
Social and public health dimensions of cannabis regulation and use (1. 10. 2024 – 30. 9. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Kristina Čufar - The Rise of Illiberal Democracies: A Criminological and Socio-legal Analysis (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Vasja Badalič
- Unofficial psychedelic-assisted therapy in Slovenian legal framework (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Miha Hafner
- Proposal for a new human right to protect people from threats from above (airspace and outer-space) (1. 7. 2024 – 30. 6. 2026) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Alternatives to conventional punishment of drug offenders: the case of cannabis (1. 10. 2023 – 30. 9. 2025) – Project leader: Dr. Kristina Čufar
- The analysis of emergency measures: Protecting human rights and preventing social harms in the era of perpetual crises (1. 10. 2022 – 30. 9. 2025) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Social control, criminal justice system, violence and the prevention of victimizations in the context of high technology market society (1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2027) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
Past projects:
- Permanent emergency situations and human rights (1. 7. 2022 – 30. 6. 2024) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- PREVENTIVE (IN)JUSTICE: THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND SOCIAL HARMS (1. 9. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023) – Project leader: Dr. Vasja Badalič
- Institutional, legislative and awareness-raising solutions and activities in addressing sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in higher education and research organisantion in Slovenia (1. 9. 2021 – 28. 2. 2023) – Project leader: Dr. Milica Antić-Gaber
- Ethical and legal aspects of triage in times of COVID-19 epidemic (1. 10. 2020 – 30. 9. 2022) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Psychological mechanisms in criminal justice: Deconstructing objectivity (1. 7. 2019 – 30. 6. 2022) – Project leader: Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesničar
- Human Rights and Regulation of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (1. 11. 2019 – 30. 6. 2021) – Project leader: Dr. Aleš Završnik
- AUTOMATED JUSTICE: SOCIAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS (1. 7. 2018 – 30. 6. 2021) – Project leader: Dr. Aleš Završnik
- Shifting Boundaries in Criminology and Crime Policy (1. 5. 2017 – 30. 4. 2020) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Social control, criminal justice system, violence and the prevention of victimizations in the context of high technology market society (1. 1. 2015 – 31. 12. 2021) – Project leader: Dr. Renata Salecl
