The three-day Sentrix Workshop on Sentencing Architecture, held from 12 to 14 November, concluded today in Bled, Slovenia, bringing together scholars and researchers to rethink how sentencing is understood. Set against the calm backdrop of Lake Bled, the workshop encouraged participants to move beyond traditional legal analyses and explore sentencing as a “living environment” shaped by institutions, norms, cognition, and human experience.
The workshop began with the Research Refinery, a dedicated session for early-career researchers and PhD candidates. Subsequent sessions moved through a series of interconnected themes, pairing short presentations with longer debates, while interactive elements and informal breaks encouraged participants to shift pace, step outside the working space, and examine sentencing from different perspectives.
By listening to these insights, the Sentrix Project aims to build a more textured understanding of sentencing—one that reflects not only legal frameworks but also the psychology of judicial reasoning, structural inequalities, institutional dynamics, and the emerging influence of artificial intelligence. Participants left with new questions, connections, and perspectives—echoing the workshop’s central call to engage with curiosity, generosity, and openness.
