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University of Tartu (Estonia) is offering free online course on cyber violence against girls. The goal of the course is to help understand the phenomenon of online violence and to increase the capacity to recognize, prevent and respond to online violence against young people (13-16 years old). The course is conducted entirely in English. Register before May 26.

Dr. Matic Kavčič (Centre for Welfare Studies), dr. Andraž Petrovčič and dr. Vesna Dolničar (Centre for Social Informatics) published an article in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, titled “Model of acceptance and use of market-ready home-based e-Care services: A quality study with care receivers and informal caregivers”.

Researchers from the Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, presented two papers at the 7th Congress of Preventive Medicine: Public Health - Achievements, New Insights and Challenges for the Future, which took place from 12 to 14 May in Maribor, Slovenia.

On 9 and 10 May 2022, the StR-ESFRI3 project kicked off with a hybrid meeting that took place both online and in person in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Project partners (ATHENA Research and Innovation Centre from Greece, the Czech Academy of Sciences from Czech Republic, Università degli Studi di Milano from Italy, and Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana from Slovenia) discussed the activities and good practices from the finished StR-ESFRI2 project.

Two members of the Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), assist. prof. Simona Hvalič Touzery, PhD, and assoc. prof. Vesna Dolničar, PhD, were invited to the 2nd regular meeting of the working group within National Institute of Public Health focusing on ageing issues on 5 May. At the meeting, they presented a paper titled 'Effects of the use and determinants of acceptance of e-care and e-health services: presentation of findings from intervention studies'.

In the project “Building teachers competence about cyberviolence against girls” we address the topic of online violence against girls, which is a pressing problem that many school professionals are not equipped enough to address or tackle. For that reason, we have decided to bring the topic closer with several project activities in 4 EU countries: a survey of schools, development of MOOC and educational material and building a platform about online violence with the emphasis on online violence against girls.

The Centre for Social Informatics of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana (UL) has joint the ATHENA Research and Innovation Centre from Greece, the Czech Academy of Sciences from Czech Republic and Università degli Studi di Milano from Italy for the H2020 project StR-ESFRI3 aimed at strengthening the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures – ESFRI.

National Awareness Centre, which is part of the Safer Internet Centre project, has published a new handbook for parents with tips on safe internet use called “Vzgoja za internet – priročnik za starše” (How to educate for the internet - a handbook for parents). The handbook is aimed at parents of primary school children, as children become intensive Internet users during this period.

The Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) launched the "TRACeD" project in March under the CERV-2021- DAPHNE call for proposals. The project aims to combat gender-based cyber violence against adolescent girls and young women. In addition to Slovenia, partners from Greece, Italy and Cyprus are also involved.

Dr. Vasja Vehovar, head of the Centre for Social Informatics, was the main editor of the special issue of Acta Informatica Pragensia entitled "Perspectives of Social Informatics". Members of the editorial board also included Zdenek Smutny of Prague University of Economics and Business and Alice R. Robbin of Indiana University. Together, they also published an editorial article titled "What is Social Informatics from an International Perspective?".