News
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We are concluding another successful project in Rwanda
The Peace Institute has also been operating in Rwanda since 2007. With our support a group of women established a local NGO - the Nyamirambo Women's Center (NWC).
Symposium of the research program of the PI
Epistemological and methodological frameworks of our research in the fields of equality and human rights were the main focus of the discussions at the first symposium of the PI...
The Identity of Europe seminar
A large part of the research team of the project 'The Break in Tradition' attended the Identity of Europe seminar for the second year in a row at the...
The influence of Covid-19 pandemic and preventive measures on lives of refugees in Slovenia
In June and July 2020 we have conducted 45 interviews with refugees and asylum seekers, asking them about how these measures have influenced their lives.
Analyses of the international project Political and Media Populism: “Refugee Crisis” in Slovenia and Austria from the (dis)comfort of the living room
The 14th General Conference of the European Consortium has moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
(Political) responsibility in the age of organised lying
Vlasta Jalušič, PhD, will present a paper on the creation of political truth based on the concept of organized lying (Hannah Arendt) at the Grounded festival.
Projects
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Statelessness Index
Statelessness Index will primarily serve as an advocacy tool for members of the European Network on Statelessness, wider civil society, government, researchers, and media.
Equality and human rights in times of global governance
The research programme addresses the position of the concepts of human rights, equality, diversity and non-discrimination that found themselves at a historical crossroads.
The Break in Tradition: Hannah Arendt and Conceptual Change
This project uses Hannah Arendt’s thesis of the “break of tradition” and the consequences of this break for political theory.
BEHAVE – SEE Beyond Hate: Learning and Acting to Counter Hate Speech Online in South East Europe
The project aims at mutual learning on countering hate speech online and at responding to hate narratives in Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, countries on the Balkan migration route.
Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe (MICREATE)
The overall objective of the project is to stimulate inclusion of diverse groups of migrant children by adopting child-centered approach to migrant children integration on educational and policy level.
VICATIS – Victim-centered Approach to Improving Support Services
Project is dedicated to improved implementation of the Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (Victims' Directive).
Publications
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Dimensions of Care Work
The book 'Dimensions of Care Work' reflects on the concept of care, its social conditions and consequences in an integral and complex manner.
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).
Razor-Wired. Reflections on Migrant Movements through Slovenia in 2015
The goal is to present facts, explain changes in state policies and procedures used to “process” the refugees, and to analyse state, media and the general public’s responses.
Feminism and Islam. Turkish Women between the Orient and the West
The author presents the critical views of women themselves, thereby unveiling the critical potential of plural life in Turkey.
Imagination Castrated: Critical Rethinking of the Civil Society (Organisation) in Contemporary Society
The publication brings together texts – the products of the debate on the civil society condition today.
War and Peace. Reflections of the Last Twenty Years
The critical views on the functioning of the Institute, questions of war and peace in the former Yugoslavia and contemporary problems intermingling of peace and war.