Peace Institute Newsletter, February 2017

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Populism in Historical Perspectives

Routledge has released a new book »Understanding the Populist Shift«. The book aims to contribute to it with some original ideas, by throwing a critical glance at the political discourse of the far and extreme right populist movements.In one of the book chapters Giovanna Campani and Mojca Pajnik, our Peace institute colleague, address the nonlinear historical development of the concept of populism in a variety of national and local contexts.

Director of the Peace Institute nominated to European Young Leaders Class 2017

Top politicians and figures from the worlds of business, culture and NGOs complete the line-up of 40 European Young Leaders in the Class of 2017. This year director of Peace insitute Neža Kogovšek Šalamon is nominated for European Young Leaders 2017.

Paid Domestic Work in Postsocialist Contexts

Laboratorium – Russian Review of Social Research publised a thematic issue »Paid Domestic Work in Postsocialist Contexts« (8 (3) 2016) with an Introduction written by guest editors Olga Tkach and Majda Hrženjak (Peace Institute). The Issue also includes contributions by Živa Humer and Veronika Bajt from the Peace insitute.

Regional overview of Public Service Media models in South East Europe

Within a regional project South East European Media Observatory, the Peace Institute, in cooperation with partner organisations, produced a regional comparative overview of funding and governing models of the public service media in nine countries of South East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

Making the Invisible Visible: Transforming Social Norms among Boys and Men for Gender Justice in Practice

The Nordice MenEngage conference 2017 in Oslo is focusing on masculinities, violence, care, migration and gender equality in the Nordic countries, across Europe and globally.

Upcoming:

ProsPol conference

To mark the end of it four-year activities, COST Action ProsPol, Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance will host an international conference Displacing Sex for Sale in Copenhagen, 29-31 March. ProsPol includes management committee members Mojca Pajnik and Iztok Šori from the Peace Institute.

More is available here.

About the Peace Institute

The Peace Institute is a private independent non-profit research institution founded in 1991 by individuals who believed in peaceful conflict resolution, equality and respect for human rights standards. The institute develops interdisciplinary research, educational and advocacy activities aimed at creating and preserving open society capable of critical thought and based on the principles of equality, responsibility, solidarity, human rights and the rule of law. The Institute operates in areas of social sciences, humanities and law, in five thematic fields: human rights and minorities, politics, media, gender and cultural policies. It acts as an ally of vulnerable groups and acts against discrimination in partnership with them.