Centre for Political Theory was established in 2006 and is one of the research centres within the framework of the Institute of Social Sciences (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana). Main research topics of the Centre are democracy, citizenship, citizenship/civic education, globalisation and its socio-political impacts, im(migration), and other. Besides current socio-political issues, the members of the Centre also conduct research on the history of political processes, institutions and ideas. Members of the centre regularly participate at international political science events and actively cooperate with other scientific institutions from Slovenia and from abroad.