News
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Feminist Democratic Innovations as a Response to Anti-Abortion Attacks
Leja Markelj was a guest speaker at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) workshops at Charles University in Prague.
The FIERCE Project in Gdańsk: How to Bring the Feminist Agenda into Political Processes
On March 18 and 19, the sixth consortium meeting of the international research project FIERCE took place in Gdańsk, Poland. The meeting focused on discussing the dissemination of research...
Trans-thematic Action: Contemporary Feminist Mobilizations in Slovenia
The book Feminist Movements in Time and Space: A European Perspective, recently published by Palgrave Macmillan, includes a chapter by Leja Markelj and Mojca Pajnik on the trans-thematic action...
Platform care work: Between the formalization of work and the (re)production of inequalities
Leja Markelj contributed the chapter on the impact of platformization on home-based care work in the monograph The Digitisation of Work and Life (FDV Publishing House).
Gender, Democracy and Anti-gender Movement
Within the research project "Gender, Democracy, and the Neoconservative Anti-Gender Movement" we discussed the research plan for 2025 during a meeting held on January 14.
Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints
The article by Mojca Pajnik and Roman Kuhar entitled Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints has been published in the journal Information, Communication & Society.
Projects
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Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries
By focusing on gender backlashes and their links to the decline of democratic structures, the project addresses the underlying societal challenges that threaten peace, justice and equality.
Socioecological dynamic models of mental health: Pandemic crisis burden among professions of critical importance for the society
The project systematically analyses the social-ecological context of mental health of employees in critical professions (health care, military, police) in Slovenia and Austria.
Gender, democracy and neoconservative anti-gender movement
The project focuses focuses on the work of the anti-gender movement.
FemQueer: Common strategies for gender equality
Exchange of different theoretical and practical approaches and experiences on gender equality and an inclusive environment.
Equality of gender rules: Creating equal society for all
Forum performances on the topic of gender equality and the prevention of violence, performed in secondary schools in Slovenia.
FIERCE – Feminist movements revitalizing democracy in Europe
The project’s main goal is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and tools to revitalize alliance among feminist movement, civil society and political decision makers.
Publications
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Chapter / Trans-thematic Action: Contemporary Feminist Mobilizations in Slovenia
The book Feminist Movements in Time and Space: A European Perspective, recently published by Palgrave Macmillan, includes a chapter by Leja Markelj and Mojca Pajnik on the trans-thematic action...
Chapter / Platform care work: Between the formalization of work and the (re)production of inequalities
Leja Markelj contributed the chapter on the impact of platformization on home-based care work in the monograph The Digitisation of Work and Life (FDV Publishing House).
Article / Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints
The article by Mojca Pajnik and Roman Kuhar entitled Sex work online: professionalism between affordances and constraints has been published in the journal Information, Communication & Society.
Handbook / Handbook for planning and implementing peer projects for a critical understanding of masculinity and prevention of gender-based violence
The handbook contains recommendations and suggestions to help educational staff to plan and implement peer training on critical understanding of masculinity and prevention of gender-based violence.
Chapter / Changing and challenging work–life negotiations for men and organizations
The chapter examines the genealogy of the concept of work-life balance and its reception in critical studies of men and masculinity.
Book / Military Families’ Health and Well-Being. A Socioecological Model of Risks
The book Military provides insight into Slovenian military families. The book is authored by a multidisciplinary team of resdearchers: Živa Humer (Peace Institute) and Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan,...