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In the end of May French non-governmental organisation LICRA hosted the kick-off meeting of the "sCAN - Platforms, Experts, Tools: Specialised Cyber-Activists Network" project. The Slovenian representative among ten project partners is University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics.

Member of the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), Simona Hvalič Touzery, PhD, participated in the 18th International Conference on Integrated Care “Value for People and Populations: Investing in Integrated Care”, which was held May 23–25 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

From 21-23 May 2018 the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) hosted dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf from Department of Media and Information and Quello Center, Michigan State University. Dr. Reisdorf is one of the most promising young researchers in the field of new technologies and society, focusing primarily on research into digital inequalities. Her articles have been published in leading scientific journals such as New Media & Society and Information, Communication & Society.

iha Matjašič, Vasja Vehovar, PhD and Katja Lozar Manfreda, PhD members of the Centre for the Social Informatics (CSI) at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, published an article entitled »Web Survey Paradata on Response Time Outliers: A Systematic Literature Review« in the scientific journal Metodološki zvezki.

You are invited to a guest lecture on the social implications of search engines for political opinion formation by dr. Bianca C. Reisdorf (Department of Media and Information and Quello Center, Michigan State University). The lecture is part of the Internet in Everyday Life course and will take place on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018, from 8.30 am to 10.00 am at the FDV-13 lecture room.

Representatives from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), took part in the kick-off meeting of the Active and Assistive Living (AAL) programme: ‘i-evAALution – integrating and evaluating AAL solutions’ project, which was held in Utrecht on 20 April 2018. The project is co-financed by the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia. The lead partner on the project is the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Member of the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), Assoc. Prof. Vesna Dolničar PhD participated in the ​International Society of Gerontechnology’s 11th World Conference of Gerontechnology, which was held May 7–11 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. During the conference, internationally recognised experts in gerontechnology shared their knowledge and experiences through lectures, symposia, workshops, papers and posters.

Andraž Petrovčič PhD, Darja Grošelj PhD and Vesna Dolničar PhD organised a thematic symposium at the 24th Nordic Congress of Gerontology, 2-4 May 2018, in Oslo, Norway. The symposium, ‘Gradations of digital inclusion in later life: A multi-cultural perspective’, provided new insights into the interrelations between various aspects of ageing and their association with the (non-)use of information and communication technology (ICT) in later life.

Chair of Social Informatics and Methodology hosted lecturers from the Slovenian national Statistical office. This was an event within the Europe Week at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. The lecturers presented students within the course of Statistics some very interesting statistical data on the life in Europe.

On April 25 and 26, the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI), in cooperation with the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Statistics and the Chair of Social Informatics and Methodology of the Faculty of Social Sciences, hosted Prof. Dr. Michael Bosnjak, director of the ZPID (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information) in Trier, Germany, and full professor at the University of Trier.