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From November 15 to 17, the European Conference on Health Communication 2023 took place in Klagenfurt, Austria, organized jointly by the Health Communication Divisions of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Sara Atanasova and Gregor Petrič, members of the Centre, also took part in the conference.

From 16 to 18 November, the 9th Congress of Psychologists of Slovenia took place in Portorož, with the theme "Self and environment: the interplay of inner and outer worlds". The congress was also attended by a member of the Centre asist. Kristina Rakinić. She presented a paper entitled Moral dilemmas of adolescents on social media.

The 7th European Conference on Social Network (EUSN 2023) took place from 4 to 8 September 2023. The event, held for the first time in Slovenia this year at the Faculty of Social Sciences, was co-organised by the Centre for Methodology and Informatics, UL FDV.

On 30 May, the Slovenian Science Foundation presented the Prometheus of Science Awards for Excellence in Science Communication 2022. The team that developed and implemented the international project Agony of Epidemic was shortlisted. This won them the highest award for science communication. The team included a member of the Centre for Methodology and Informatics, assoc. prof. dr. Bojana Lobe.

In April students from Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, conducted a television talk show entitled "Science Speaks - Artificial Intelligence, the new doctor of science? The show also featured a guest appearance by CMI member assist. prof. dr. Kronegger. The show can be accessed at: https://aktv.splet.arnes.si/2023/04/07/aktv-6-4-2023/

Prof. dr. Tina Kogovšek, member of the Centre for Methodology and Informatics, took part in the Panorama show on RTV SLO. They addressed the topic of love and romantic relationships between young people.

Members of the Centre for Methodology and Informatics (Dr. Gregor Petrič, Dr. Marjan Cugmas and Dr. Sara Atanasova), in collaboration with the Institute of Oncology, have published the findings of a study on the quality of cancer information shared among users of the online health community (OHC) Med.Over.Net

From January 26 to 27, 2023, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts held the 1st Doctoral Conference of the Interdisciplinary Study Program Humanities and Social Sciences of the UL, titled New Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences. The conference was co-organized by CMI member, asst. Kristina Rakinić, who also presented her contribution at the conference.

Members of the Centre for Methodology and Informatics, doc. dr. Marjan Cugmas and prof. dr. Aleš Žiberna published a scientific article entitled “Approaches to blockmodeling dynamic networks: A Monte Carlo simulation study” in the prestigious international journal Social Networks.