Tjaša Turnšek

Tjaša Turnšek holds a master’s degree in cultural studies and is a research assistant at the Peace Institute. She completed her studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, with a master’s thesis entitled Critical Discourse Analysis: Media Representation of the Refugee (2020), for which she received the “Klinarjev sklad” Award.

Her research focuses on media ownership, the democratic roles of the media, the journalism profession and working conditions in the media sector, with particular emphasis on the position of women, discrimination and gender-based violence.

She participates in national and international research and action-oriented projects. As part of the Women in the Media project, conducted in cooperation with the Slovene Association of Journalists, she researched violence, harassment and discrimination against women journalists and media workers in Slovenia. She coordinates and contributes to the annual monitoring of the rule of law in Slovenia within the Civil Liberties Union for Europe network (Liberties), focusing primarily on media freedom and media pluralism. In addition to her research work, she contributes to the organisation and coordination of participatory processes, such as citizens’ assemblies.

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