Nataša Gliha Komac, PhD, is deputy head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language (2018−) and a researcher at the Lexicological Section. Her research focuses on applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, especially on language planning and language policy, with particular emphasis on needs and practices of different groups of language users. She specifically focuses …
Žiga Vodovnik, PhD, is a Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana. His research and teaching focus on the study of democracy, political theories, ideologies, social movements, and the history of political ideas. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles, monographs, and edited volumes dealing with …
Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a researcher at the Centre for Political Science Research at the same faculty. He is an associate researcher at the University of Edinburgh, School of Law, where he acts as a country expert in the Citsee project. His …
Tamara Pavasović Trošt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University (2012) and a M.A. in Political Science from Syracuse University. Her research interests include nationalism, ethnic identity, and youth values, with a geographical focus on the …
Jernej Letnar Černič is Full Professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law at the European Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Government and European Studies of the New University (Ljubljana/Kranj, Slovenia). He is also Visiting Professor of Law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) in Germany and at the Riga Graduate School …
Dr. Luka Pocivavsek is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago. He is a vascular surgeon who specializes in peripheral vascular, cerebrovascular, and aortic disease. He received his MD and PhD from The University of Chicago, as well as a BS in physics and BA in history from Duke University. He completed …
Anamarija Šporčič is a TA in the field of English-language literatures at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts (University of Ljubljana). She received her bachelor’s degree in English and doctoral degree in literary studies (within the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences) from the institution where she now teaches. She was …
Prof. Matjaž Zwitter, MD, PhD is a consultant in oncology and radiotherapy. During 41 years of his work at the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana, he covered a broad spectrum of activities. When serving as the director of the Institute (1991-1995), his role was crucial in implementation of plans for an urgently needed renovation. He …
Primož Ziherl is a professor of Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana and a scientific councilor at the Jožef Stefan Institute. He got his PhD in 1998 from the University of Ljubljana and then worked as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Pennsylvania. He was visiting professor …
