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Social Sciences Research Institute

  • Development through research.

    We execute about 80 research projects annually, funded partly by the State and partly by contracts with other organizations or institutions.

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How to prepare a convincing application for a European Research Council Grant?

Projects funded through European Research Council (ERC) Grants are characterized by their breakthrough nature, originality, and ambitious conceptual and methodological design. Developing a convincing application is a long and arduous process, but it is not an insurmountable challenge.

3. March 2026 | OTZ

What is the actual role of trade unions in the field of sustainable transition?

Although trade unions are recognized as key actors in the just transition in international documents, scientific treatment of their role remains scattered and disjointed.

2. February 2026 | Research, Trajnostna FDV

How can we cool cities with lower emissions and ensure partial self-sufficiency in water and food?

The new project Resilient Green Urban Communities of the Future (ReGreenUrb) will develop complementary technological innovations that promote the sustainable transition of urban communities.

19. November 2025 | Research, Trajnostna FDV

Digital differences among older people: they use the internet, but each in their own way

The study examines how various factors shape older people's habits in using the internet, or avoiding it altogether.

17. November 2025 | Research

The Social Sciences Research Institute is the largest research institute for Social Sciences in Slovenia. Research at the Institute is carried out within the framework of national and international research programmes. Intensive research is carried out within European Union research projects, but researchers and research centres are also involved in other international research.  

VICE-DEAN for Research: dr. Andreja Jaklič.

Catalogue of Research Centres of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

 

National research projects

TAP Prilagodljivo interno komuniciranje: Gradnja odpornih organizacij in spodbujanje zadovoljstva z življenjem

prof.dr. Dejan Verčič | 1. April 2026 - 31. March 2029 | CMOJ

Socialni roboti v oskrbi starejših oseb: sprejemanje, starizem, cenovna dostopnost in učinki uporabe

doc.dr. Simona Hvalič Touzery | 1. March 2026 - 28. February 2029 | CDI

TAP Materialnost na balkanski migrantski poti

izr.prof.dr. Simona Zavratnik | 1. March 2026 - 28. February 2029 | CPS

Global Integration, Competitiveness and Growth: The FDI Path of Hungary and Slovenia Compared

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Andreja Jaklič | Duration: 1. March 2026 - 28. February 2029 | CDEPŠ

NATURE-CENTRED TRADITIONS IN THE GREEN TRANSITION: CASE STUDY OF NATURE WORSHIP OF PRIMORSKA

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Cirila Toplak | Duration: 1. March 2026 - 28. February 2029 | CPT

ERC TAP Aktiviranje in kuriranje kvir margin

Project leader at FDV: doc.dr. Jasmina Šepetavc | Duration: 1. January 2026 - 30. June 2026 | CPKR

Mlada raziskovalka Anja Jan

prof.dr. Valentina Hlebec | 1. November 2025 - 31. October 2029 | CJMMK

International research projects

Advancing beyond Contestation: Addressing the Challenges of the Resilient Enlargement

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | External project leader: Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg | Duration: 1. March 2026 - 31. August 2029 | CDEPŠ

EU More European Union through schools and connected libraries

prof.dr. Tomaž Deželan | 1. November 2025 - 31. October 2028 | CPR

Integration of the European youth policy into the higher education EU curriculum

prof.dr. Tomaž Deželan | 1. November 2025 - 31. October 2028 | CPR

Adria Digital Media Observatory 2.0.

prof.dr. Marko Milosavljević | 1. September 2025 - 29. February 2028 | CDTPR

Safer Internet Centre Slovenia 2025-2028

znan.sod.dr. Barbara Brečko | 1. September 2025 - 31. August 2028 | CDI

OUR VOICES

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Valentina Hlebec | Duration: 1. May 2025 - 30. April 2027 | CDB

EU BEYOND RAINBOW - Cooperation to explore youth intimacies through audio stories

doc.dr. Jernej Kaluža | 1. April 2025 - 28. February 2026 | CDK