News
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Open Call for a Cultural Mediator
The Peace Institute announces an open call for employment of a cultural mediator within the project 'RefugeeAction III'.
Autonomy of Migration and the Governmentality of Plastic Borders
Mojca Pajnik, inspired by the autonomy of migration approach, analyzes borders as sites of control and violence but also as migrant praxis, as strategies of escape and rupture.
Criminalizing “Pro-Immigrant” Initiatives: Reducing the Space of Human Action
Vlasta Jalušič addresses the problem of the surveillance, disciplining and criminalization of practices of non-governmental initiatives which offer help to irregular migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
The Role of the Conditionality of EU Membership in Migrant Criminalization in the Western Balkans
Neža Kogovšek Šalamon analyzes how the transposition of the EU acquis also increases the criminalization of migrants, which highlights the problematic role of the EU and national legislators in...
Crimmigration in Slovenia
In the paper Veronika Bajt and Mojca Frelih conclude that migration policy in Slovenia is becoming stricter and progressively headed in the direction of increased criminalization of migration.
A new thematic issue of ‘Two Homelands’ Journal was released discussing criminalization of migration
A new thematic issue contains scientific paper written by all nine members of the research team of the project "Crimmigration between Human Rights and Surveillance".
Projects
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RefugeeAction III: mainstreaming inclusiveness of migrants in the society through their integration into labor market
Project’s goal is too contribute to a more open and just society in which refugees would feel welcome and accepted as equal.
Hate speech on online social networks in Slovenia
The occurrence of hate speech in the Slovene language in the corresponding parts of global online social networks (OSNs).
Building coalition of defenders of human rights, media freedom and independent journalism
Coalition building that brings together defenders of human rights, media freedom and independent journalism in Slovenia in mapping and countering threats to watchdog role of journalists and civil society.
Sustainable. Local. Global.
International development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and global learning, and increasing the visibility of global goals that the countries of the world adopted in September 2015.
WANNE – We all need new engagement
Participation and inclusion of TCNs in receiving societies and change the narrative on migration.
Education and economic empowerment of vulnerable groups of women in Rwanda
To increase literacy and economic independence of vulnerable groups of women/girls in selected four local environments in Rwanda and to contribute to reduction of differences between women and men.
Publications
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Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe
New book about the role of the Web for right-wing populist political parties and movements across Europe edited by Mojca Pajnik and Birgit Sauer (Routledge).
Razor-Wired. Reflections on Migrant Movements through Slovenia in 2015
The goal is to present facts, explain changes in state policies and procedures used to “process” the refugees, and to analyse state, media and the general public’s responses.
White paper: Rights on the Move – Rainbow Families in Europe
The White Paper, a document in five languages, contains an overview of all relevant fields of the EU law important for free movement of rainbow families.
Politics of Care
In this collection of papers authors from different European regions critically examine policy responses of different local, national or supranational, governmental or civil society, collective or individual policy actors...
Imagi_nation. Civil Identities and Rights in European Nation-States: Securing the Rights of Migrant Workers as a Contribution for Sustainable Peace-Building
This publication presents several insights into the mechanisms and procedures that form national identity and examines how they affect the broader political processes that shape democracy.
Doing Families: Gay and Lesbian Family Practices
The book is about specific frameworks within or without which family practices of gays and lesbians can be lived and interpreted in different countries.