Leja Markelj
Assistant
Leja Markelj, master of social pedagogy, is a research assistant at the Peace Institute. She is a PhD student in gender studies at Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She obtained her master’s degree at Faculty of Education in Ljubljana with thesis Motherhood and intimate relationships of female sex workers in Slovenia (2018) awarded by the University Prešeren Award. She is particularly interested in topics at the intersection of sociology of gender and work/labour. At the Peace institute she participates in projects focusing on gender equality, gender-based violence, masculinity studies, social movements, sex work, and care work. She is a member of the Slovenian Sexological Association.
Featured project
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Target research project Stimulating and inhibiting factors of international students studying in Slovenia
This project is based on a systematic research approach focusing on a specific student group—international students who come to Slovenia for their studies.
Projects
- Target research project Stimulating and inhibiting factors of international students studying in Slovenia
- Gender, democracy and neoconservative anti-gender movement
- FIERCE – Feminist movements revitalizing democracy in Europe
- Caring Masculinities in Action (Carmia)
- Transnationalisation of eldercare – diversities, recruitments, inequalities (TE-DRI)
- Occupational risks in sex work at the intersections of policy framework and social stigma (ORIS)
Featured publication
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Article / The Web of Stigmas: A Systematic Literature Review of the Impact of Different Types of Stigma on Occupational Risks in Sex Work
The authors examine how different forms of stigma affect the working conditions and private lives of sex workers.
