Turning the lens: Researching sentencers Empirical research on sentencing (ERoS) annual conference Ljubljana, 3 & 4 September 2020 The third annual conference of the ERoS community of researchers will take place in Ljubljana on September 3 & 4th. The meeting will be an opportunity to share experience, opinions, and knowledge on sentencing research and foster informal [...]
Serija predavanj "Negotiated Justice in Europe: Myths, Reality and New Perspectives" bo potekala 2., 9., 16., 18. in 19. decembra 2019 ob 15h v Knjižnici Inštituta za kriminologijo. Predavanja bo izvajal dr. Jacopo Della Torre, podoktorski raziskovalec na Univerzi v Trstu, v diskusijah bosta sodelovala tudi prof. Primož Gorkič s Pravne fakultete in doc. Mojca M. [...]
Debates & Talks: A Tale of Love and Hate Robert Rowland Smith, Renata Salecl, Rowan Williams. Michael Crick hosts. We think love an indisputable force for good. Yet from Jihadi John to Anders Breivik, extremists often cite love of creed or country to justify atrocity. Might love of a person or group also be the origin of [...]
“Understanding Causes and Consequences of Criminalization of Migration” International conference, 17-18 May 2018, City Hotel, Ljubljana, Slovenia Organized by: Peace Institute, Ljubljana; Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana; International Law Association for Slovenia; CINETS – Crimmigration Control – International Net of Studies BACKGROUND │ The 2015-2016 ‘refugee crisis’ and the on-going arrivals of [...]
Our world runs on the application of big data, algorithms, and artificial intelligence (AI) in many areas of our lives; social networks suggest whom to befriend, algorithms trade our stocks, and even romance is no longer a statistics-free zone. Big data coupled with algorithms has become a central theme of intelligence, security, defence, antiterrorist, and crime [...]
PSYCHOANALYTICAL SPRING 2018: THE PLAYS OF SENSES Anxiety and Ignorance in Neo-liberal Times Lecture by Renata Salecl The lecture will examine anxieties that are on the raise in today's times, especially those that are related to people's questioning direction of their lives, their body image, happiness and success. In addition, the lecture will show how new [...]
In this mini-episode, I chat with Renata Salecl, a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist, and author of the excellent book The Tyranny of Choice — a slim volume that completely changed the way I think about decision-making. We talk about how our focus on individualism and consumerism drives us to obsess over every little decision we make. And how embracing the [...]
Renata Salecl (University of Ljubljana/Birkbeck College) Ignorance in Times of Post-Truth Comment: Roland Breeur (KU Leuven) November 16, 2017 Thursday Lectures – Institute of Philosophy KU LEUVEN
Edited by Aleš Završnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice Drawing on research from Europe and the US, this book identifies the various ways in which law and ethics intersect with the application of big data in social and crime control, considers potential challenges to human rights and democracy and recommends regulatory [...]
On September 13, 2017, a working meeting of the Trans-making project partners took place at the Institute of Criminology. Trans-making – Art/culture/economy to democratize society is a four year Marie Curie project (Horizon 2020), which brings together a global network of 30 partners, including the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, the Bunker, and [...]
