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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.

Prof. Petra Roter concludes her third term as President of the independent Advisory Committee on the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

Prof. dr. Petra Roter (Chair of International Relations and the Centre of International Relations) chaired the 89th plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee under the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, held from 18 to 22 May 2026. With this plenary session, Professor Roter concludes her second (and final) four-year term on the Advisory Committee. During these eight years, her fellow independent experts elected her as Chair of the Advisory Committee three times (in 2016–18, 2022–24, and 2024–26). During the first two years of her first mandate (2014–16), she served as First Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee.

29. May 2026 | News

Participation of Marko Lovec at the 50th Workshop of the Study Group Regional Stability in South East Europe of the Partnership for Peace Consortium

Assoc. Prof. Dr Marko Lovec participated in the 50th Workshop of the Study Group Regional Stability in South East Europe of the Partnership for Peace Consortium, held from 7 to 10 May in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria, where he presented his research on the impact of European integration on democracy in Slovenia.

14. May 2026 | News

Launching the EUINSPIRE Project – Young People Co-Creating the Future of Europe

On Friday, 27 February 2026, together with partner organisations we officially launched the international project EUINSPIRE – Engaging Young People and Citizens in Shaping Policies for a Reformed Europe, which will run until February 2028. At the start of the project, partners held a virtual kick-off meeting where they reviewed the project’s key objectives, presented the planned activities, and coordinated the framework for cooperation among partners.

12. March 2026 | News

Publication by Marko Lovec in "The Journal of Peasant Studies"

Marko Lovec published an article titled “From farm to force: how the 2023–2024 agricultural protests reversed the post-exceptionalist common agricultural policy” in the Journal of Peasant Studies.

17. February 2026 | News

2 UNIVERISTY AWARDS to dr. Faris Kočan

Assist. prof. dr. Faris Kočan is the recipient of Special Commendation for young higher education teachers and staff in 2025 which the University of Ljubljana awards for exceptional pedagogical, research and artistic achievements. He also received the Dr. Ana Mayer Kansky Award in the field of social sciences, which the University of Ljubljana awards to doctoral theses that meet the criteria of excellence in their field and whose content represents a cutting-edge achievement and breakthrough in the scientific and/or artistic field.

5. February 2026 | News

Contribution by Ana Bojinović Fenko and Julija Brsakoska Bazerkoska in the journal "Athena: Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization"

Ana Bojinović Fenko and Julija Brsakoska Bazerkoska (Faculty of Law, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje) published an article titled "European Union’s Actorness Amid the Weakening Liberal International Order in the Fields of Trade, Digital Sovereignty and Conflict Resolution" in the journal "Athena: Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization".

6. January 2026 | News

About the Centre

The Centre of International Relations (CIR) conducts scientific research in the discipline of International Relations. It is engaged in research areas such as theories of IR, international organizations, Foreign Policy Analysis, international norms, international political economy, international protection of human rights, international environmental governance, international conflicts, international movements, international regionalism, international security, parliamentary diplomacy, Europeanization and European integration. Its particular expertise encompasses European Union enlargement, small states' foreign policy, post-conflict reconciliation, national minority protection and populism applied particularly to Central and Eastern Europe, the post-Yugoslav space and the Western Balkans. 

CIR members are internationally competitive researchers, active in numerous international scientific associations, such as EISA, ISA, CEEISA, IPSA, UACES, TEPSA, ECPR, and WISC. CIR researchers are active in several national, European, and international projects – publishing and disseminating their research results in Slovenia and abroad. CIR publishes CIR Analyses and the Journal of International Relations and Development (the scientific journal of the Central and East European International Studies Association – CEEISA) in cooperation with Springer. The latter is the official publication of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA).

CIR is also actively involved in the EUTOPIA university alliance, where Prof. Dr. Ana Bojinović Fenko serves as the academic coordinator of the Maintaining International Peace and Security connected community. The latter includes faculty members from the Department of International Relations and students from FDV, as well as students and faculties from 17 other international universities, fostering rich international collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Contact the Secretariat

Phone: +386 (0)1 58 05 254
E-Mail: cmo@fdv.uni-lj.si
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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.

The Hidden Agency of the Demonized: Alternative Socio-Political Ordering(s) in Southeast European Post-Conflict Societies

Project leader at FDV: doc.dr. Faris Kočan | Duration: 1. January 2025 - 31. December 2026

Mlada raziskovalka Melika Mahmutović

asist.dr. Melika Mahmutović | 1. October 2021 - 30. September 2025

Norm transfer in the EU and Slovenia – evaluating environmental and sustainability transformation

Project leader at FDV: izr.prof.dr. Marko Lovec | Duration: 1. September 2020 - 31. August 2024

Spremljanje in presoja učinkov strateških razvojno-inovacijskih partnerstev (Slovene)

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Maja Bučar | Duration: 1. November 2019 - 31. October 2022

Mlada raziskovalka Ajda Hedžet

asist.dr. Ajda Hedžet | 1. October 2019 - 30. September 2023

Engaging young People and Citizens in Shaping Policies for a Reformed Europe

doc.dr. Faris Kočan | 1. February 2026 - 31. January 2028

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

Europe for Citizens: PopEU - Anti EU-rhetoric versus own national interests? Nationalistic populism and its reception in Central Europe

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Maja Bučar | Duration: 1. September 2017 - 28. February 2019

Enhancing VIsibility of the Academic DialogUe on EU-Turkey - VIADUCT

prof.dr. Maja Bučar | 1. September 2017 - 31. August 2020