A guest lecture by Majda Hrženjak on the concept of "care extractivism"—a political-economic logic whereby care systems extract value from feminized and racialized labor. A response to the proposed amendment to the Referendum and Popular Initiative Act. On World day of Romani language, we highlight the poetry of Roman Hudorovac and his collection Odzval se bom tvojemu klicu / Šunavava pe klicoske treske (eng. I will... Using the methodology of citizens’ assemblies, the project enables a structured dialogue between Roma and majority communities and supports the joint development of recommendations for improving coexistence. The project is based on the recognition that many people are not sufficiently aware of their rights or do not know how to effectively exercise them. It therefore seeks... The project develops a participatory sound walk as an innovative arts-based research approach to fostering understanding of migration experiences, reducing the stigmatization of migrants, and strengthening social dialogue. It is […] The project encourages Roma community members to participate in research on issues affecting their everyday lives actively and to contribute to developing recommendations to improve public policies and practices. The project's long-term goal is to develop a sustainable model of peace education. The project investigates political discourses on migration produced by European Right-Wing Populist (RWP) parties within cross-border regions of Europe. The journal Intersections published Maja Breznik's article which examines the development dynamics of elderly care in countries along the core–semi-periphery–periphery axis. In her article for Revija za sociologiju (Journal for Sociology), Maja Breznik examines the class composition of the workforce, co-exploitation, super-exploitation, and unfree wage labour. The authors examine how different forms of stigma affect the working conditions and private lives of sex workers. Majda Hrženjak’s article, published in Journalism, focuses on three analytically selected cases of women journalists who co-founded nonprofit digital media outlets. Drawing on ethnographic research in eleven European cities, the book explores how local initiatives and activist organising create new forms of solidarity and enact citizenship through everyday practices. A new article by Majda Hrženjak on the mobility of care work has been published in the international journal Social Inclusion.
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Majda Hrženjak’s Visiting Professorship at the University of Helsinki
Restricting civil society is not the protection of democracy
World day of Romani language: preserving language, culture and identity
Public statements | 21/09/2025
Letter to the public on International Peace Day: We are peace
The strength of a society is not measured by its weapons, but by its ability to build and maintain peace, by its economy, political reputation, science, art, justice, and social cohesion.
Featured projects
Facilitated Citizens’ Dialogue between Roma and Majority Communities in Southeast Slovenia
CharterNet – European Network for Fundamental Rights
Sound Walk as a Model for the Destigmatization of Migrants and the Strengthening of Social Dialogue
Voices to Action: Participatory Research and Advocacy for Roma Rights in Slovenia
Will There Ever Be Peace?!
Populism in the European Cross-Border Space: Discourses of Right-Wing Populists on Migration in Regional Europe (PECS)
The 30th Anniversary of Peace Institute online exhibitionThe thirtieth anniversary of the Peace Institute (PI) coincides with the 30th anniversary of the state of Slovenia. The online exhibition presents the achievements and summarizes the activities that PI has carried out in all these years in the local and international space.
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Featured publications
Article / The Uneven and Combined Development of Care for Older People in Central and South-Eastern Europe
Article / Četiri koncepta za teoriju nadničarskog rada
Article / The Web of Stigmas: A Systematic Literature Review of the Impact of Different Types of Stigma on Occupational Risks in Sex Work
Aricle / Feeling the crisis, building the alternative: Women journalists in nonprofit digital media through the lens of feminist epistemology and the affective turn
Book / Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity: Urban Struggles on Migration, Housing and Care in Europe
Article / Care Extractivism Beyond Households: Migration and Care for Older People in the Post‐Yugoslav Semi‐Periphery