Mojca Pajnik, PhD
Researcher
The reasons for the expansion of anti-political and anti-media sentiment can be explained by the reflection of “post-democracy”, the current situation in which democratic structures are becoming more and more empty, when classic party politics is transformed into a spectacle, and when the argumentative debate leading to rational decisions on matters of public relevance is replaced with one-line tweets.
– Mojca Pajnik, Mladina
Mojca Pajnik is research counsellor at the Peace Institute. She earned her PhD from communications in 2005 at the University of Ljubljana. Her recent books include Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe (ed. with B. Sauer, Routledge, 2018), Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration: Theory and Practice (ed. with F. Anthias, Palgrave, 2014) and Racism: Cut Up World (ed. with E. Valenčič, Journal for the Critique of Science, 2015).
She is author of several articles and chapters on citizenship, migration regimes, racism, gender (in)equality and media. She is active as editorial board member of Migration and Ethnic Themes, Global Media and Communication, Journal of Alternative and Community Media and Družboslovne razprave. She has been a guest lecturer and researcher at the University of Florence, the Central European University in Budapest, the University of Helsinki and Loughborough University.
She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana where she teaches at the study programs on communications and media.
Bibliography
Books
- Pajnik, Mojca, Birgit Sauer (eds.). 2018. Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe. Abingdon, New York, Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Erik Valenčič (eds.). 2015. Racism: Cut-up World. Ljubljana, Beletrina, Journal for the Critique of Science.
- Anthias, Floya, Mojca Pajnik (eds.). 2014. Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration: Theory and Practice. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Floya Anthias (eds.) 2014. Work and the Challenges of Belonging: Migrants in Globalizing Economies. Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishers.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Giovanna Campani (eds.). 2011. Precarious Migrant Labour Across Europe. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Pajnik, Mojca and John D. H. Downing (eds.). 2008. Alternative Media and the Politics of Resistance: Perspective and Challenges. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2008. Prostitution and Human Trafficking: Gender, Labour and Migration Aspects. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Tonči Kuzmanić (eds.). 2005. Nation-States and Xenophobias: In the Ruins of Former Yugoslavia. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Simona Zavratnik Zimic. 2003. Foreword: Contemporary Migration Between the Global and the Local. In: Migration, Globalization, European Union, Pajnik, Mojca, Simona Zavratnik Zimic (eds.), 171–180. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Zavratnik Zimic, Simona, Urša Kavčič, Mojca Pajnik, Petra Lesjak-Tušek. 2003. Where in the Puzzle: Trafficking from, to and through Slovenia: Assessment Study. Ljubljana: International Organization for Migration.
- Pajnik, Mojca (ed.). 2002. Xenophobia and Post-socialism.Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Petra Lesjak-Tušek, Marta Gregorčič. 2001. Immigrants who are you? Research on Immigrants in Slovenia. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
Scientific Articles
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2017. Media-political Parallelism: Legitimization of Migration Policy on the Example of Commentary in Daily Newspaper “Delo”. Dve domovini / Two Homelands 45, 169-184.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2017. Feminization for Reproduction of Cognitive Capitalism: Illusion of Degendered Work in the Media. Javnost – The Public 24, 33-46.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2016. ‘Wasted Precariat’: Migrant Work in European Societies. Progress in Development Studies16(2): 159-172.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2015. V imenu ljudstva: sodobni procesi rasizacije (In Behalf of the People: Contemporary Processes of Racialisation). Časopis za kritiko znanosti260: 7-15.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2015. Merchandizing Sex on the Web: Gender Bias in Profiling Actors and Services. Gender, Technology and Development19(2): 181-203.
- Pajnik, Mojca and Iztok Šori. 2015. Sex Industry in Slovenia on the Web: Between Oligopoles of Organizeres and Powerlesness of Sex Workers. Annales, Series historia et sociologia 24(1): 143-156
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2014. Multiculturalism pro and Con: A criticism of the Liberal Perspective and Populist-Demagogical Denunciation. Dve domovini/Twop Homelands, 39: 19-30.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2011. Marshall in državljanstvo: (ne)moč neke teorije (Marshall and Citizenship: The Strength (or lack Thereof) of a theory). Časopis za kritiko znanosti 39(246): 169–181.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2011.Narrating Belonging in the post-Yugoslav Context. Dve domovini / Two Homelands, 34, 111–125.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2010. Media Framing of Trafficking. International Feminist Journal of Politics 12(1): 45‒64.
- Pajnik, Mojca and Veronika Bajt. 2010. Migrant Women’s Transnational Experiences: Family Patterns and Policies, International Migration 48(3).
- Pajnik, Mojca, Bajt, Veronika. 2009. Biografski narativni intervju: aplikacija na študije migracij (Biographical Narrative Interview: Application to Studies of Migration). Dve domovini (Two Homelands)30: 69‒89.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2008. The Utopia of Mass Media: Towards Public-generated Media. Sociol., Mintis veiksmas 3: 99‒114.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2007. Integration Policies in Migration Between Nationalizing States and Transnational Citizenship.doc, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33(5): 349-365.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2006. The Puzzle of Feminist Reflections on Habermas’s Communicative Action: The Need for an Inclusive Political Theory. European Journal of Social Theory 9(3): 385–404. Abstract
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2007. Medijske podobe o beguncih (Media Images of Refugees). Socialno delo 46(1–2): 1–11. Abstract
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2005. Citizenship and Mediated Society. Citizenship Studies, 9(4): 349–367. Abstract
Book Chapters
- Pajnik, Mojca, Susi Meret. 2018. Populist Political Communication in Mediatized Society. In: Pajnik, M. (ed.), Sauer, B. (ed.). Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe, 36-54. Abingdon, New York: Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Giovanna Campani. 2017. Populism in Historical Perspectives. In: Lazaridis, G. (ed.), Campani, G. (ed). Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis, 13-30. Abingdon, New York: Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Giovanna Campani. 2017. Democracy, Post-democracy and the Populist Challenge. In: Lazaridis, G. (ed.), Campani, G. (ed). Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis, 179-196. Abingdon, New York: Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2016. Nationalizing Citizenship: The Case of Unrecognized Ethnic Minorities in Slovenia. In: Ramet, Sabrina P. (ed.), Valenta, Marko (ed.). Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Socialist Southastern Europe, 232-245. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Roman Kuhar, Iztok Šori. 2016. Populism in Slovenian Context between Ethno-nationalism and Re-traditionalization. In: Lazaridis, Gabriella (ed.), Campani, Giovanna (ed.), Benveniste, Annie (ed.). The Rise of the far Right in Europe: Populist Shifts and ‘Othering’, 137-160. Palgrave.
- Pajnik, Mojca, Francesco Fabbro, Denitza Kamenova. 2016. Ethno-nationalism and Racial Capitalism in Populist Framing of Migrants as a Threat. In: Ranieri, Maria (ed.), Populism, Media and Education: Challenging Discrimination in Contemporary Digital Societies, 67-83. London: Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2015. Changing Citizenship, Practising (Alternative) Politics. In: Atton, Chris (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media, 113-122. London: Routledge.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2014. Reconstructing Citizenship for the Future of Polity. In: Anthias, Floya (ed.), Pajnik, Mojca (ed.). Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration: Theory and Practice, 102-121. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Pajnik, Mojca and Veronika Bajt. 2013. Civic Participation of Migrant Women: Employing Strategies of Active Citizenship. In: Anthias, Floya (ed.), Kontos, Marija (ed.), Morokvacis-Müller, Mirjana (ed.). Paradoxes of Integration: Female Migrants in Europe, 97-116. London: Springer.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2014. Reconstructing Citizenship for the Future of Polity. In: Anthias, Floya (ed.), Pajnik, Mojca (ed.). Contesting Integration, Engendering Migration: Theory and Practice, 102-121. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2012. Gender (in)equity in Post-socialist Media. In: Downey, John (ed.), Mihelj, Sabina (ed.). Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective: Politics, Economy and Culture, 89–111. Surrey, Burlington: Ashgate.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2011. Impossibilities of Social Citizenship: On Statelessness of Migrants. In: Lazaridis, Gabriella (ed.). Security, Insecurity and Migration in Europe, 239-257. Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate.
- Pajnik, Mojca and Veronika Bajt. 2011. Migrant Women and Their Labour: What Prospects for Social Citizenship? In: Jäppinen, M. (ed.), Kulmala, M. (ed.), Saarinen, A. (ed.). Gazing at Welfare, Gender and Agency in Post-socialist Countries, 320-337. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2009. Migracijska politika (Migration Politics). In: Kajnč, Sabina (ed.), Lajh, Damjan (ed.). Evropska unija od A do Ž, 237‒241. Ljubljana: Uradni list Republike Slovenije.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2009. Mobilno komuniciranje protijavnosti (Mobile Communication of Counterpublics). In: Oblak, Tanja (ed.), Luthar, Breda (ed.). Mobilni telefon in transformacija vsakdana, 115‒130. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
- Pajnik, Mojca. 2004. Trafficked Women in Media Representations. In: Women and Trafficking, Zavratnik Zimic, Simona (ed.), 63–72. Ljubljana: Mirovni inštitut.
Whole bibliography (Cobiss)
Featured project
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Political and Media Populism: “Refugee crisis” in Slovenia and Austria
This research investigates the nexus between political parties, media and populism with regard to the so-called “refugee crisis” (2015-2016 until today) in. Slovenia and Austria.
Projects
- Voices of immigrant women
- Occupational risks in sex work at the intersections of policy framework and social stigma (ORIS)
- Equality and human rights in times of global governance
- Political and Media Populism: “Refugee crisis” in Slovenia and Austria
- Workshops on hate speech, media and migration
- Comparing Croatian and Slovenian Prostitution Regimes
- MEET, Media Education for Equity and Tolerance
- Crimmigration between Human Rights and Surveillance
- eMORE: MOnitoring and REporting online hate speech in Europe
- Gender differentiation in media industry
- Communication Practices in the Context of Social Uprising and Requests for Public Accountability
- Mediatisation of Public Life: Controversies in the Sphere of Politics and Everyday Life
- Digital Citizenship (DIG-CIT)
- Hate Speech and Populist Othering in Europe Through the Racism, Age, Gender Looking Glass – RAGE
- LIGHT ON – Cross-community actions for combating the modern symbolism and languages of racism and discrimination
- E-Engagement Against Violence
- The Power of Alternative Media: Experiences from South-Eastern Europe
- Integration of Migrants in Finland and Slovenia: Comparing Northern and Southern Models of Migration Management
- Mig@net: Transnational Digital Networks, Migration and Gender
- The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations and Volunteers in Protection of Children’s Rights and Human Rights
- PRIMTS – Prospects for Integration of Migrants from »Third Countries« and their Labour Market Situations: Towards Policies and Action
- Migrant labour: Contested integration, prospects for citizenship
- Informal Reproductive Work: Trends in Slovenia and EU
- Establishment and Monitoring of Internationally Comparable Indicators on Trafficking in Human Beings
- Active Citizenship: Towards Politics of Equality (Postdoctoral Research Project)
- FEMIPOL – Integration of Female Immigrants in Labour Market and Society
- Politics and Power in Times of Terror: Thinking with Hannah Arendt
- IOM – The Demand Side of Sex: Perspectives on Trafficking and Prostitution (The Case of Slovenia)
- FeMiPol: Integration of Female Immigrants in Labour Market and Society: Policy Assessment and Policy Recommendations
- Gendered Migration, Sex Work and Exploitation: Trafficking in Women and Prostitution
- Alternative Media and New Public Settings
- Nations – States and Xenophobias: In the Ruins of ex-Yugoslavia
- Nation-State and Xenophobia
- The Inclusion of the ‘New’ Immigrants on the Basis of Ethic of Care
- Immigrants, Who are You?
- The Slovene Model of Migration Policy: Perspectives and Potentials for a Country on the Schengen Periphery
- Strengthening Non-Governmental Social Security Services
Featured publication
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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).
Publications
- Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe
- Precarious Migrant Labour Across Europe
- Alternative Media and the Politics of Resistance. Perspectives and Challenges
- Prostitution And Human Trafficking. Gender, Labor And Migration Aspects
- Nation-States and Xenophobias. In The Ruins of Former Yugoslavia
- Where in the Puzzle: Trafficking from, to and Through Slovenia (Assessment Study)
- Migration – Globalization – European Union
- Xenophobia And Post-Socialism
- Immigrants, Who are You? Research on Immigrants in Slovenia