8th Slovenian Social Science Conference on Contemporary social transformations: Reflecting inter-cultural encounters Programme Venue: Mediadom Pyrhani, Kumarjeva ulica 3, Kumarjeva ulica 3, 6330 Piran Thursday, 15 September 13.00-14.00 Registration Mediadom Pyrhani, lobby 14.00 14.15 Introduction of the conference s premises and cultural surroundings - orientation guidelines - Mediadom Pyrhani 14.15 Opening of the conference Introduction & welcome addresses by Prof. Matej Makarovič, President of the Slovenian MOST (Management of Social Transformations) National Committee, Representative of the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO and FUDŠ/SASS Dean The representative of the Slovenian National Committee for UNESCO 1
Welcoming words from Dolores Modic, Representative of the Junior Sociologists Network of International Sociological Association 14.45. Keynote speaker: prof. Gerard Delanty, PhD, Department of Sociology, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, What Happens when One Culture Meets Another? Cultural Encounters and European Civilisation 15.30. Keynote speaker prof. Anies Al-Hroub, American University of Beirut, The Cultural Bias in Psychometric Testing 16.15. 16.45 coffee break 16.45. 18.45. Inter-cultural encounters Igor Bahovec, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology, and Institute for developmental and strategic analysis (IRSA), Ljubljana, Slovenia: Between relativism, fundamentalism and genuine dialogue: why genuine intercultural dialogue is important for social cohesion in diverse multicultural Western societies? Matevž Tomšič, School of Advances Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Lea Prijon, School of Advances Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia: Establishment of Common European Identity How Much Unity, How Much Diversity? Matej Makarovič, School of Advances Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; Janja Mikulan Kildi, School of Advances Social Studies in Nova Gorica: Clash of civilizations under scrutiny: Towards explanatory context for understanding the impacts of Islam on democracy Maruta Pranka, Institute for Philosophy and Sociology, Latvia University. Latvia: I was looking around everything has become so essentially different Patricia Kaplanova:, Faculty of Organization Studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia: Culture of postmodernism and politics in theoretical perspective Edyta Andrzejczak; University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Sociology of Culture, Poland; Reflections on attitude to Europe and confronting the Other Erasmus students biographical confessions 2
19.00 Dinner (organised by SASS) Friday, 16 September 9.00-9.45 Keynote speaker: Andrzej Rychard, Institute of Philosophy and sociology, Polish Academy of Science : The limits of contemporary transformations 9.45.-10.30 Keynote speaker: Nikolai Genov, Free University of Berlin: Clash of Cultures: Controversies of Individualization in Germany s Refugee Crisis 10.30. 11.00 Coffee break 11.00. 13.00 Media, discourses, values Mateja Rek, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Understanding the role of media in fostering shared European cultural traits Iveta Brishka, Research Centre SKDS, Latvia, Transformation of environmental values discourse in Latvia Mitja Lorenčič, University of Maribor; Cognitive Dissonance in relation to Media Representation Suzana Žilič Fišer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Media Communications, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Robert Levstek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Media Communications, University of Maribor; Slovenia Cultural transformations in radio production: Radio Slovenia International Ana Železnik, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Theoretical roots of deliberative democracy in relation to the state and civil society 13.00-15.00. Lunch 15.00. -17.00. Life-courses in the intercultural context 3
Dorota Rynkowska, Institute of Sociology, University of Rzeszów, Poland, Social impact of the aging - European context Tea Golob, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Intra-European Mobility as a Transition to the Adulthood: Meanings of the Global and Local in the Narratives of the Slovenian Students Dejan Valentinčič, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, The future of Slovenian ethnic organizations in Cleveland in the eyes of the young members of Slovenian ethnic community Zaira Vidau, Slori Slovene Research Institute, Triste, Italy, Social and cultural contexts and contemporary challenges of younger members of the Slovene national minority in Italy Ekaterina Chicherina, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany: Concepts of childhood in Kyrgyzstan under the pressure of political and economic changes using the example of three generations Maria Surikova, Institute for Sociology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Unrealized adulthood as an after-effect of the transformational change 17.00 17.30 Coffee Break 17.30. 19.00 Round table Jean Monnet Chair: Research and education in the EU studies: mutually reinforcing processes". Borut Rončević 20.00 Dinner (organized by SASS) Saturday, 17 September 9.00 11.00 Education, innovation and developmental performances Borut Rončević, Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia; Jana Suklan, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Socio-cultural factors of national development performance model 4
Urška Fric, Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Research on the impact of socio-cultural factors on the structure of industrial symbiosis networks Tamara Dagen, University of Zagreb, Faculty of political science, Croatia; Danica Fink Hafner, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; The globalisation and internationalisation of universities Tamara Besednjak Valič, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; In the search of the economic transformation: the impacts of changes in established tourism business Hubert Kotarski, University of Rzeszow, Institute of Sociology, Poland, Jarosław Kinal Social Capital and Digital Society- two elements of modern society Victor Cepoi, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; Does time matter? A longitudinal approach toward explaining innovation processes 11.-00 11.30 Coffee break 11.30-13.30. Human dignity, justice and inclusion Jernej Letnar Černič, Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Brdo pri Kranju; Slovenia; Rule of Law and Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human rights in the Former Yugoslavia Petra Kleindienst, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; The Holistic Approach to the»educating on Human Dignity«- The Case of Slovenian High Schools Andreea Vornicu, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes- Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Dilemmas in Defining Rule of Law and Its Implications in Implementing and Measuring SDG 16 (Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development) Jarosław Kinal, University of Rzeszów, Poland, Michal Skora, University of Rzeszów, Poland, Disability and the digital divide as two forms of social exclusion. Social and legal aspects Marlena Pieniążek, University of Rzeszów, Poland, Motivations making pro-social activity students of pedagogy. Research report. Ines Kožuh, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Suzana Žilič Fišer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Media Communications, University of Maribor, Culture-led regional integration and regeneration: the case of Maribor 2012 (ECOC) and east-cohesion region of Slovenia 5
13.30. - 15.30. Lunch 15.30. 17.30. Varieties of migration Jana Krivec, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; How to approach a migrant: a psychosocial view Kaisu Koskela, University of Helsinki, Finland; Experiences of highly-skilled migrants in Finland Drago Župarić-Iljić, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia; Margareta Gregurović, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia; Close Encounters of the Third Kind : Perceptions of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Croatia Iva Bulatović, Ana Stranjančević, Darko Lacmanović, Andrej Raspor, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia: The factors of satisfaction among chinese tourists in montenegro and Slovenia Iva Bulatović, Mediterranean University, Montenegro, Ana Stranjančević, Mediterranean University, Montenegro, Darko Lacmanović Mediterranean University, Montenegro, Andrej Raspor, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Slovenia; Using Web applications for travel planning: case study for chinese tourist in Slovenia and Montenegro 17.30. 18.00. Concluding remarks 6