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Centre of International Relations

  • Research Expertise:

    international relations, international economics and international business, politics of international law, diplomacy and human rights, international organisations, and European integration.

  • Research Projects:

    We conduct research at a national and international level. Our research findings are used for strategy and policy design by various organisations as well as included in curricula of several educational institutions.

  • Conferences and Workshops:

    We organise conferences, workshops, and seminars with word-class lecturers from both academia and the business sector. Our researchers are moreover visiting lecturers at various events in Slovenia and abroad.

  • Collections and Journals:

    The Centre issues two collections: CIR Analyses and Acta Diplomatica; as well as the Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD) – a double-blind peer-reviewed quarterly, published in cooperation with Palgrave and an official journal of CEEISA.

New Publication: A Paper about Farmers' Protests in Slovenia in 2023 and 2024 in the Context of the New Agri-Environmental Regulation of the European Green Deal (Authors: Dora Matejak and Melika Mahmutović)

Dora Matejak (researcher at the Centre for Social Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana) and Melika Mahmutović (researcher at the Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana) published a paper in the Czech Journal of International Relations. In it, they examine farmers' protests in Slovenia in 2023 and 2024 in the context of the new agri-environmental regulation of the European Green Deal.

5. February 2025 | News

Consultation About the Challenges Related to Researchers' Career Development in Slovenia

On 28 January, the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana (FDV UL) hosted a consultation with researchers, policy makers, representatives of interest groups and other actors from the field of scientific research in Slovenia. The consultation was focused on the challenges related to researchers' career development in Slovenia. The event was organised by CIR at FDV UL and the Institute for Economic Research (IER) as part of a research project.

28. January 2025 | News

New Publication: Paper about Digital Representation of Young People in Global Governance (Authors: Nadine Benedix and Ajda Hedžet)

A new article about digital representation in global governance by Nadine Benedix (Technische Universität Darmstadt) and Ajda Hedžet (CIR) explores how young people navigate limited political participation in international organizations (IOs).Drawing from the cases of young migrants and transnationally organized working children the authors show that access to policy debates for these actors remains constrained, yet they tend to reclaim political subjecthood through social media practices.

21. January 2025 | News

Challenges in Attracting Inward FDI to Slovenia are Rising

A study conducted among foreign-owned firms in Slovenia for 2024 prepared by Andreja Jaklič in Iris Koleša from CIR (FDV UL) for the Public Agency SPIRIT Slovenia shows worsening in foreign investors' evaluations of the Slovenian business environment. While the surveyed firms are planning moderate growth and expansion in Slovenia and other markets for 2025, the survey records a large decline in expansion plans in Slovenia. The role of Slovenian entities in multinational networks has moreover diminished, but a vast majority maintain a developmental role.

13. January 2025 | News

About the Centre

Centre of International Relations (CIR) conducts interdisciplinary research in the fields of international relations, international economics and international business, politics of international law, diplomacy and human rights, international organisations, and European integration. Members of the Centre are top-notch researchers, cooperating with numerous international scientific networks, such as TEPSA, EADI, WISC, EIBA, RESER, CEEISA, EISA, ISA, ECSA, IPSA, ECPR, ILA, and SGIR. CIR researchers are active in several national, European, and international projects – publishing and widely disseminating their research results both in Slovenia and abroad. The Centre also issues several publications: the CIR Analyses and the Acta Diplomatica collections, as well as the Journal of International Relations and Development (an official journal of the Central and East European International Studies Association – CEEISA), which is published in cooperation with Palgrave.

Contact the Secretariat

Phone: +386 (0)1 58 05 254
Email: is.jl-inu.vdf@nagep.ana

First-class researchers from the Centre of International Relations (CIR) regularly publish their findings in established scientific journals and monographies in Slovenia as well as internationally. Several publications by CIR members have received recognitions and awards.

Centre of International Relations (CIR) is active in numerous international networks, including EISA, TEPSA, ECPR, EIBA, EADI, RESER, CEEISA, ISA, WISC, and ILA. Members of the Centre cooperate closely with academics and researchers from all over the World and are engaged in various international research projects.

16 AR TAP Razdeljeni spomin in kolektivizacija individualnih spominov na Slovenskem med leti 1941 in 1996 (A)

prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | 1. January 2025 - 31. December 2027

Zelene urbane skupnosti prihodnosti

asist.dr. Iris Koleša | 1. November 2024 - 31. October 2025

The impact of investment in science on the growth of economic competitiveness

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Andreja Jaklič | Duration: 1. November 2024 - 30. April 2026

CRP V5-24059 Stanje in razvoj kariernega sistema raziskovalk in raziskovalcev v Sloveniji glede na priporočila Sveta EU in OECD MVŠZI

prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | 1. November 2024 - 31. October 2026

EU Reclaiming liberal Democracy in Europe

doc.dr. Faris Kočan | 1. October 2022 - 30. September 2025

Upgrading Global Education Across Subject Areas - GEASA

doc.dr. Jure Požgan | 1. October 2021 - 31. October 2023

Tackling ILLIberal/Eurosceptic Narratives from Below – EUROTHINK

Project leader at FDV: izr.prof.dr. Marko Lovec | External project leader: Marko Lovec (FDV) | Duration: 1. June 2021 - 30. September 2022

Europeanisation meets democracy from below: The Western Balkans on search for new European and democratic Momentum - WB2EU

Project leader at FDV: izr.prof.dr. Marko Lovec | External project leader: Marko Lovec (FDV) | Duration: 1. October 2020 - 31. October 2023

EU/E+/SP-HE: VCL4IB – Open Access Digital Video Case Library for Teaching International Business

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Andreja Jaklič | Duration: 1. September 2018 - 31. August 2021