Vasja Badalič

Researcher 

Vasja Badalič is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology. After finishing studying philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, he started conducting research on the military, political, and economic aspects of contemporary armed conflicts, in particular how armed conflicts affect civilians. He also conducts research on migration. Before joining the Institute of Criminology, he worked as a freelance journalist. He reported for the Slovenian news media on social, political, and military issues from Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.

Fields of Research

Critical criminology, theoretical criminology, military, political, and economic aspects of contemporary armed conflicts, modern technology in armed conflicts, international humanitarian law, human rights law, migration

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Scientific Monographs

  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Preventive Warfare: Hegemony, Power and the Reconceptualization of War. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 222 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68642-9.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. The War Against Civilians: Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. XII, 280 pp. Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12406-9.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja, OMLADIČ, Luka (ed.). Teror “trajne svobode”: vojna v Afganistanu in Pakistanu. Ljubljana: Krtina, 2013. 354 pp., ill. Zbirka Krt, 170.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Rdeča mašinerija: utrip Chávezove revolucije. Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2011. 371 pp.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Za 100 evrov na mesec: proizvodni sistem globalnega kapitalizma. Ljubljana: Krtina, 2010. 259 pp., ill. Zbirka Krt, 154.

Original Scientific Articles

  • BADALIČ, Vasja. The metadata-driven killing apparatus: big data analytics, the target selection process, and the threat to international humanitarian law. Critical Military Studies. 2023, vol. 19, iss. 4, pp. 619-639. DOI: 10.1080/23337486.2023.2170539.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Trapped in the underground economy: Syrian refugees in the informal labour market in Turkey. Third World Quarterly. 2023, vol. 44, iss. 5, pp. 967-984. ISSN 0143-6597. DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2170224.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. The war against vague threats: the redefinitions of imminent threat and anticipatory use of force. Security Dialogue. Apr. 2021, vol. 52, iss. 2, pp. 174-191. DOI: 10.1177/0967010620921006.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Rejected Syrians: violations of the principle of “non-refoulement” in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. Dve domovini: Razprave o izseljenstvu. [Printed ed.]. 2019, [no.] 49, pp. 87-104. ISSN 0353-6777. DOI: 10.3986/dd.v0i49.7255.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Tunisia’s role in the EU external migration policy: crimmigration law, illegal practices and their impact on human rights. Journal of International Migration and Integration. February 2019, vol. 20, iss. 1, pp. 85-100. ISSN 1488-3473. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-018-0596-7.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Tunisia’s role in the EU external migration policy: crimmigration law, illegal practices and their impact on human rights. Journal of International Migration and Integration. June 29, 2018, pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-018-0596-7.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Kdo je terorist? Problemi: Revija za kulturo in družbena vprašanja. 2015, vol. 53, no. 5/6, pp. 193-224.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Žrtve v svetu brez krivic. Problemi: Revija za kulturo in družbena vprašanja. 2012, vol. 50, no. 5/6, pp. 217-237. ISSN 0555-2419.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Na periferiji: nekaj predlogov k razumevanju politične vloge intelektualcev. Filozofski vestnik.[Printed ed.]. 2009, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 137-154. ISSN 0353-4510.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Iz oblasti v oblast: delovanje na sebe. Filozofski vestnik. [Printed ed.]. 2008, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 127-143. ISSN 0353-4510.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. V coni. Problemi: Revija za kulturo in družbena vprašanja. 2005, vol. 43, no. 3/4, pp. 227-259.

Book Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Preventive military strikes: redefining preventive national “self-defense” in the 21st century. In: BADALIČ, Vasja (ed.). Preventivna (ne)pravičnost: preprečevanje kriminalitete in družbene škode. Ljubljana: Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, 2023. pp. 119-137, 158, 162.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Automating the target selection process: humans, semiautonomous weapons systems, and the assault on international humanitarian law. In: ZAVRŠNIK, Aleš (ed.), BADALIČ, Vasja (ed.). Automating Crime Prevention, Surveillance, and Military Operations. Cham: Springer, 2021. pp. 223-242.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. Civilians are terrorists: shifting boundaries in the definitions of civilians and combatants during the “war on terror.” In: SALECL, Renata (ed.). Premeščanje mej v kriminologiji in kriminalitetni politiki. Ljubljana: Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, 2020. pp. 483-508, 516, 524-525.
  • BADALIČ, Vasja. The predators’ rule of terror. In: ZAVRŠNIK, Aleš (ed.). Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems: Legal and Social Implications for Security and Surveillance. Cham [etc.]: Springer, 2016. pp. 157-181.

Project Leader:

Participation in projects:

  • The analysis of emergency measures: Protecting human rights and preventing social harms in the era of perpetual crises (1. 10. 2022 – 30. 9. 2025) – vodja: dr. Renata Salecl

  • Automated Justice: Social, Ethical and Legal Implications (1. 7. 2018 – 30. 6. 2021) – vodja: dr. Aleš Završnik

  • Social control, criminal justice system, violence and prevention of victimization in highly technological society (1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2027) – vodja: dr. Renata Salecl

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