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On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Izidor Natek successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, entitled "Analysing telecare acceptance among informal carers of older people by extending the technology acceptance model with contextual factors."

The kick-off meeting of the international project HealthBridge_CE – Bridging digital health solutions across Central Europe took place in Prague on 22 September 2026. The University of Ljubljana was represented by Dr Simona Hvalič Touzery and Mojca Šetinc from the Centre for Social Informatics.

At an international conference on dignity in ageing, members of the Centre for Social Informatics presented research on social robots in elder care. Their contributions explored how robots may affect dignity and what shapes older people’s acceptance of them.

On Friday, September 4, 2026, Natalija Rebrica Miholič successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, in which she investigated the factors shaping the awareness of smart technologies for independent living at home among older adults.

Vasja Vehovar and Gregor Čehovin have published an original scientific article titled Using Web Survey Paradata to Analyze Response Quality, Respondent Characteristics, and Survey Estimates: A State-of-the-Art Review and Typology in Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

In September 2026, the University of Ljubljana (UL) will begin implementing the international project HealthBridge_CE – Bridging digital health solutions across Central Europe as one of its partners. The project is funded under the Interreg Central Europe programme.

Dr. Vasja Vehovar, Živa Šubelj, Dr. Andraž Petrovčič, and Dr. Jošt Bartol have published a review article titled “A scoping review of survey questions assessing online hate speech.”

The GREENE 4.0 project has officially come to an end, leaving behind practical tools, stronger partnerships, and a lasting innovation ecosystem to support the green and digital transformation of manufacturing SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) across Central Europe.

Last week, the Faculty of Social Sciences hosted the Survey Methodology Summer School, organized by the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) and the Centre for Social Informatics.

Dr. Jošt Bartol and Dr. Andraž Petrovčič have published a review article titled “Characteristics, Factors, and Outcomes of Older Internet Users’ Privacy Management on the Internet: A Scoping Review”.