The minds behind

“What makes this project especially rewarding is working with an enthusiastic group of colleagues who bring in different perspectives, and the chance to engage other brilliant minds from both theory and practice to help us shed light on how sentencing truly works – what happens when a judge passes a sentence, and the personal and systemic dynamics behind that decision.” — Mojca

“Sentencing has always fascinated me – its complexity, its consequences, and its many blind spots. With this project, I’m excited to finally have the space to think about it differently.”

Mojca M. Plesničar

Coordinator

“Through Sentrix, I have the opportunity to use qualitative research methods extensively and, therefore, ‘feel and smell and touch’ the sentencing processes.”

Miha Marčenko

Team member - researcher

“What I love about the Sentrix project is that we don’t shy away from the chaos. We embrace it, poke at it with different tools – legal, computational, sociological – and see what sense we can make of it.”

Dean Lipovac

Team member - researcher

“I am excited to participate within a multidisciplinary team where I can advance theoretical and empirical understanding, enriched by my practical experiences in the criminal justice system.”

Marko Balažic

Team member - researcher

“For me, this project is about building bridges – between sentencing and choice architecture, between law and philosophy, between empirical findings and normative debates. It’s a rare chance to rethink sentencing not just as a legal act, but as a deeply human one.”

Manja Skočir

Team member - researcher

“Being part of the SENTRIX project allows me to support the team’s innovative research by creatively translating complex findings into engaging formats for both the general public and professional audiences.”

Neža Markelj

Team member - PR and Marketing

This project is a reminder that courtroom decisions are more than just legal acts — they’re shaped by conscious and unconscious forces, revealing the depth of human complexity and the subtle dynamics of society.

Lovrena Jeromelj

Team member - researcher

Visiting minds

Alena McClure

PhD researcher at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague

About Alena

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+386 1 4203 242

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inst.crim@pf.uni-lj.si

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Inštitut za kriminologijo
Poljanski nasip 2
1000 Ljubljana

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