{"id":239204,"date":"2025-04-29T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/?p=239204"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:47:04","slug":"predstavitev-projekta-sentrix-na-konferenci-esels-v-toulousu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/predstavitev-projekta-sentrix-na-konferenci-esels-v-toulousu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesni\u010dar appointed ERC ambassador: \u201cSometimes, the most important step is simply allowing ourselves to believe \u2013 and to try.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced its ambassadors, among which Assoc. Prof. and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesni\u010dar, has been selected as Slovenian ERC Ambassador.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

The ERC Ambassador network will work with policy makers, the media and local research communities to raise awareness of the ERC\u2019s funding opportunities and its contribution to solving social and economic challenges. The Ambassadors will also support ERC project leaders in their contacts with national institutions and complement the work of the National Contact Points with their experience.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn an age of information overload, where it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between truth and opinion, science offers us a verifiable and methodical way of understanding the world. Its reliability is based on doubt \u2013 on the willingness to repeatedly test what we think we know \u2013 and that is why it remains one of the most important foundations of social progress. Science reaches its full potential when we give it free rein \u2013 when researchers can develop ideas that spring from their curiosity, imagination and expertise. Such research often leads to breakthroughs that cannot even be imagined in advance,\u201d said Dr. Mihelj Plesni\u010dar upon her appointment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_cta button_text=”Click Here” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#E02B20″ background_enable_image=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22button_text_color%22,%22button_text_color%22%93}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

“At the same time, I hope to encourage Slovenian researchers to seize these opportunities<\/span> \u2013 <\/span>because they have the knowledge, experience, and ideas to stand shoulder to shoulder with the very best.”<\/span><\/i><\/p>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”53px||||false|false”]

She also emphasized that the great advantage of the ERC is to support the courage and creativity of research projects that do not only pursue short-term or commercially oriented goals, but also strive for new scientific knowledge with long-term impact.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]

\u201cAs an ERC Ambassador, I want to help foster trust in the vision of science that the ERC embodies, and raise awareness of the importance of investing in research. At the same time, I hope to encourage Slovenian researchers to seize these opportunities<\/em> \u2013 <\/em>because they have the knowledge, experience, and ideas to stand shoulder to shoulder with the very best. Sometimes, the most important step is simply allowing ourselves to believe<\/em> \u2013 <\/em>and to try,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced its ambassadors, among which Assoc. Prof. and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, Dr. Mojca Mihelj Plesni\u010dar, has been selected as Slovenian ERC Ambassador.The ERC Ambassador network will work with policy makers, the media and local research communities to raise awareness of the ERC\u2019s funding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inst-krim.si\/sentrix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}