Peace Institute Newsletter, January 2018

Za novice v slovenskem jeziku obiščite spletno mesto Mirovni inštitut - Novice.

PI researcher Vlasta Jalušič held a Laudation for the 2017 Hannah Arendt Prize to Étienne Balibar

The French philosopher Étienne Balibar received the Hannah-Arendt Prize in Political Thinking 2017, awarded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the City of Bremen (Germany), on December 1, 2017. "There are not many people in the world who I would like to shake their hands publicly and literally touch them. Étienne Balibar, you are undoubtedly one of them" wrote Vlasta jalušič.

10 years of Peace Institute's cooperation with Nyamirambo Women's Center in Rwanda

A group of women, with our support, established a local non-governmental organization – NWC. We carried out six projects together, and we are just starting our seventh one.

Maximizing Dignity through Social and Solidarity Economy

On Tuesday, January 23rd the policy paper “Maximizing Dignity through social and solidarity economy”, promoted by the SUSY consortium (26 partners from 23 European countries), was presented at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Precarious Situations of Care Workers in Home-Based Elder Care in Slovenia

Majda Hrženjak published article 'Precarious Situations of Care Workers in Home-Based Elder Care in Slovenia' in 'New Solutions: Journal for Environmental and Occupational Health Policy'. The article argues that employment and quasi-employment positions which coexist in home-based care can be sorted along two continuums: between public and market service; between formal and informal work.

The book 'Prostitution in Croatia and Slovenia: Sex Workers’ Experiences'

The book was edited by Ivana Radačić & Mojca Pajnik and has recently been published by Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar and the Peace Institute. The book thematizes the similarities and differences in prostitution regimes in two post-socialist countries in which prostitution is a tabooized and marginalized topic, both in public debate and in research.

Call for papers:

• Understanding causes and consequences of criminalization of migration, International Conference, Ljubljana, May 17-18, 2018, co-organized by The Peace Institute, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana, International Law Association for Slovenia, CINETS – Crimmigration Control – International Net of Studies. Deadline for abstracts until January 31. Read more.

• Gender Differentiation in Media Industries, International Conference, Ljubljana, June 14-15, 2018, co-organized by The Peace Institute and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Call for Papers with confirmed keynote speakers and extended deadline for abstracts until February 5. Read more.

The Principle of Solidarity in Asylum and Migration within the Context of the European Union Accession Process

Paper by Neža Kogovšek Šalamon published in Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative law addresses the question of the principle of solidarity in the fields of asylum and migration within the context of accession negotiations between the European Union and the candidate countries for EU membership.

In memoriam: Peter Preston

A former editor of the Guardian and co-director of the Guardian Foundation made numerous contributions, spanning two decades, which helped raise awareness of the significance of free and professional journalism in Slovenia and other countries of our region.

In memoriam: Predrag Lucić embodied the answer to the question whether journalists can be free

Anyone who understands and supports journalism as freedom of thought and criticism, as a non-compromising and as a public service, should feel compelled to pay respects to Predrag Lucić.

About the Peace Institute

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