News
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Thinking Peace 7: Dr. Jelena Juvan: The Slovenian Defence Budget
Jelena Juvan emphasised that Slovenia has strong mechanisms for civilian control over the military.
Thinking Peace 7: Dr. Nan Tian: Do High Military Expenditures Really Make Us Safer?
Nan Tian emphasized that the link between conflicts and military spending is complex and not straightforward.
Thinking Peace 7: The Necessity of Armament? Between Security, Profit, and the Illusion of Peace
The discussion addressed the rapidly growing militarization of Slovenia, Europe, and the world, and the question of whether there is still room for peace policy in such an atmosphere...
Collective knowledge production: collaboration of activists, artists and researchers
Presentation of the Transurban Solidarity handbook.
E-book / Letters on War and Peace
The e-book Letters on War and Peace contains 24 letters from people whose lives have been marked by war and armed conflict.
Grassroots Community Kitchens as Practices of Collective Care
Article published in the journal Urban Planning, titled “Cooking, Caring, and Commoning: Grassroots Community Kitchens Across Five European Cities” explores collective cooking initiatives in Florence, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Berlin, and...
Projects
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Citizens’ Action for Democracy – CitiDem
CitiDem’s strategic objective is to promote and enhance citizen engagement and participation.
Unforgotten: Advocating for the Rights of the Erased
The purpose of the project is to strengthen advocacy for the adoption of the already drafted law to regularize the status of the erased, provide legal and psychosocial support,...
Peace Research Community Europe (PEACE)
The main challenge for the PEACE Action is to improve our understanding of contemporary challenges concerning peace and security on the European continent and beyond.
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.
Working conditions and job quality in hospitality and tourism: A comparative analysis with recommendations
The project provides new knowledge on the working conditions and quality of jobs in the hospitality and tourism sector in Slovenia and proposes solutions to the shortage of staff...
Policy coherence for (sustainable) development – assesment of the effects of Slovenian national policies on developing countries and on the sustainable development of the Republic of Slovenia
The purpose of the research project, which is carried out in partnership with the Faculty of Social Sciences, is the preparation of systemic solutions for enforcing the principle of...
Publications
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Handbook / We Care, We Move, We Stay,
The Handbook is a cross-border, multilingual, multiperspective, and multimedia work on sharing and co-producing knowledge among activists, artists, and researchers involved in the ECS-Euro project.
E-book / Letters on War and Peace
The e-book Letters on War and Peace contains 24 letters from people whose lives have been marked by war and armed conflict.
Article / Cooking, Caring, and Commoning: Grassroots Community Kitchens Across Five European Cities
An article, published in the journal Urban Planning, is co-authored by Sandi Abram, Franz Bernhardt, Natascha Flückiger, Joana Lilli Hofstetter and Mouna Maaroufi.
Article / Media Instrumentalization from Transition to Authoritarian Populism
The study explores media instrumentalization in Central and Eastern Europe through the perceptions of journalists in Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia. Authors: Fanni Toth, Mojca Pajnik and Lana Zdravković.
Article / Emotional solidarity: social movements’ framing of migration
The journal Social Movement Studies has published an article by Mojca Pajnik and Marko Ribać on emotional solidarity within social movements in the field of migration.
Article / Authoritarian populism and structural limitations on journalism in selected European countries
A comparative article on the structural limitations of authoritarian populism on journalistic practices in Eastern and Central Europe.