Project team
Defence Research Centre
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
PROJECT MANAGER: Rok Zupančič, PhD
Dr Rok Zupančič is a professor and researcher at the Defence Research Centre. His main fields of interest are conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Southeast Europe. In this project, he is primarily responsible for connecting the two pillars of the project, developing conceptual and methodological approaches, and partly for conducting field research.
TEAM MEMBERS:
Metka Kuhar, PhD
Dr Metka Kuhar is a full professor of social psychology and researcher at University of Ljubljana. Her main fields of research and teaching are psychology of communication and psychological trauma. She was the principal investigator of the research project on adverse childhood experiences and their consequences in adulthood (2018–2020).
Janja Vuga Beršnak, PhD
Dr Janja Vuga Beršnak is a professor and senior research fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Her research interests include military sociology with a focus on families and adolescents/children, peace operations, and crisis management. In recent years, her research has focused on socio-ecological models of health outcomes among military servicemen/women and families. She leads the project military-specific risk factors for health and well-being in military families.
Miha Šlebir, PhD
Dr Miha Šlebir is an assistant professor at University of Ljubljana. He holds a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. He majored in Defence studies, focusing on topics related to the operations of the armed forces.
Faris Kočan, PhD
Dr Faris Kočan is an assistant professor at the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In the project, he will deals with the preparation of conceptual framework for the analysis of the interplay between structural factors and anxieties in post-conflict environments.
Anastas Vangeli, PhD
Dr Anastas Vangeli is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Economics. His contribution to this project will be focused on the analysis of primary and secondary sources, gathered during the fieldwork, and how the role of external factors (China, in particular) creates or alleviates post-conflict anxiety.
Anja Kolak, MSc
Anja Kolak is a PhD candidate and a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
Anđela Đorđević, MA
Anđela Đorđević is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. In this project, she will primarily focus on researching interethnic relations in Kosovo.
Irena Bolko
Irena Bolko is a research assistant at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. In this project, she will work on questionnaire design and perform statistical data analysis.
Judita Goričar
Judita Goričar is an administrative associate at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. In this project, she will participate in the form of administrative and technical assistance.