THE PEACE INSTITUTE – INSTITUE FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES


Address:	Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana
Phone number:	+ 386 1 234 77 20
Fax number:	+ 386 1 234 77 22
E-mail:	info@mirovni-institut.si
Website:	www.mirovni-institut.si
Year of establishment:	1991
Type of organisation:	private institution, non-profit, independent organisation, subject of public law
Number of workers:	21
Sources of financing:	project financing
Area of work and vision:	The Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies – is a non-profit research institution developing interdisciplinary research activities in various fields of the social and human sciences (sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, economies, law etc.). The goal of the Institute is not only to adopt a critical stance towards events in the society but also to actively intervene in these events, to link academic research and reflection with practical educational and strategic advisory activities in various fields of public policy and public action in general. Consequently, the Institute has the status of a civil society non-governmental organisation.
Target groups:	youth, migrants, refugees/asylum seekers, women, victims of conflicts/wars/natural disasters
Priority geographic areas:	Western Balkan, Africa, Asia
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Publications:	the book series Media Watch, Intolerance Monitor Report – Media Watch, Politike (Politics), Politike – Symposion, EU Monitor and Svete krave (Sacred Cows), collected lectures delivered to the Workers and Punks University (Delavsko-punkerska univerza), and the quarterly Media Watch (Medijska preža).
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