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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.

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

CIR contributions to the Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas

CIR members Ana Bojinović Fenko, Faris Kočan and Jure Požgan published two insightful chapters on Kosovo and Republika Srpska in the Palgrave Geopolitical Atlas.

4. December 2025 | News

Contribution by Anastas Vangeli, Ana Bojinović Fenko, and Faris Kočan in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Anastas Vangeli, Ana Bojinović Fenko, and Faris Kočan published an article titled “Doomscrollers by day, gamers by night: patching digital sovereignty in the Western Balkan states amid US-China technological rivalry” in the "Journal of Contemporary European Studies".

13. November 2025 | News

Call for Papers: 6th Student Conference on International Relations (SCIR)

We kindly invite you to the 6th Student Conference on International Relations, which will take place 7–8 May 2026 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.

13. November 2025 | News

Call for participation at the Conference: Political Power, Resistance, and the (Im)possibility of Alliances (December 9, 2025, FDV)

We cordially invite you to the conference Political Power, Resistance and the (Im)Possibility of Alliances, which will be held on December 9, 2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Slovenian Political Science Day, organized by the Slovenian Political Science Association and the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, will take place this year on December 9, 2024, in Ljubljana at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

23. September 2025 | News

Contribution by Marko Hočevar and Marko Lovec in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Marko Hočevar (Centre for Political Science Research) and Marko Lovec have published an article titled “Growth model dependencies and the digital sovereignty agenda: comparative analysis of Slovenia, Hungary and Serbia” in the "Journal of Contemporary European Studies".

9. August 2025 | 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

Analysis of Strategic Development-Innovation Partnerships (SRIP) and Competence Centers. Review, evaluation of performance and policy recommendations

Project leader at FDV: izr.prof.dr. Anže Burger | Duration: 1. October 2023 - 30. September 2024

CRP V5-2259 Globalna prisotnost in domet Slovenije v OZN MZZ del

prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | 1. October 2022 - 30. September 2023

CRP V5-2259 Globalna prisotnost in domet Slovenije v OZN ARRS

Project leader at FDV: prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | Duration: 1. October 2022 - 30. September 2023

TAP J5-3117 Politična participacija narodnih manjšin in njihovih pripadnikov: primerjalna študija politične participacije slovenskih skupnosti v sosednjih državah RS

prof.dr. Boštjan Udovič | 1. October 2021 - 30. September 2024

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

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

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