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1. ETHOS - Exploiting the organisational conflicts in business environment
Timeframe: 2014 - 2016
Funded by: ERASMUS +, KA2/European Union
Project leader on IRSA: Frane Adam PhD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Researchers: Dane Podmenik and Nick Vovk
External associates: Darka Podmenik PhD, Katja Begelj and, Uros Gojkovič
The project consortium consists of: IRSA institute and 7 other organizations: Centro Psicopedagogico per la pace e la gestione dei conflitti (IT), Geneseg - podjetje (IRSKA), Institute for training of personnel in international organizations (BG), Provincia di Perugia (IT), TIBER UMBRIA COMETT EDUCATION PROGRAMME (IT), WSX Enterprise Limited (UK), Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu i Nauk o Zdrowiu (PL)
2. UCCROWD - Universities-Companies Crowdsourcing
Timeframe: 2013 - 2015
Funded by: EU, Life Long Learning Programme; Erasmus Multilateral Project.
Project leader on IRSA: . Darka Podmenik PhD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Project member: Ivana Čančar (external associate), Katja Begelj and Uroš Gojkovič.
The project is coordinated by ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon and involves organizations from United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria
Project website:http://uc-crowd.iscte-iul.pt/
Project report: UC-CROWD: nacionalno poročilo
3. INOVALOCA - Promoting new forms of entrepreneurship by strengthening the innovative use of local resources (December 2013 - June 2015) (2009-2014)
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Timeframe: 2013 - 2015
Funded by: IPA Programme - crossborder cooperation programme SLO-CRO.
Project leader on IRSA: Frane Adam PhD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Project members: Uroš Gojkovič as well as Dane Podmenik, Tomaž Stritar and mag. Dario Berginc (external collaborators).
The project is coordinated by MOZAIK - Society for Social Inclusion
Results of the project: published scientific monograph: About the state and prospects of social entrepreneurship in Slovenia and Croatia, IRSA
4. Research programme (2009-2014): Socio-cultural and organisational aspects of knowledge and technology transfer
Timeframe: 2009 - 2014
Program Group leader: Frane Adam PhD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Program members (in 2014): Angelca Ivančič PhD, Igor Bahovec PhD, Hans Westlund PhD, Anna Gasior - Niemiec PhD and Uroš Gojkovič (young researcher and PhD candidate)
Used literature and empirical data - more
Results of the research programme: Final report
5. INO-13-14 project in support of the national innovation system between 2013 and 2014
Funded by: Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenia.
Head of the research project: Ana Hafner PhD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
A project partnership with innovator center ASI (coordinating institution), The Institute for Innovation and Technology (Korona plus d.o.o.), Londinium d.o.o., Rotunda Centre, Koper.
6.CONTEST - Community Experiments Trough the Exploitation of Social Conflicts
TimeFrame: 2013 - 2014
Funded by: EU, Life Long Learning Programme: Grundvig Multilateral Project
Project members: Igor Bahovec PhD, Darka Podmenik PhD, Ivana Čančar PhD and, Nick Vovk
The project is coordinated by Tucepi - Tiber Umbria Comett Education Programme and involves organizations from Italy, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria
Project website: www.contestproject.eu
Project report: Mapping conflicts: nacional report
7. Basic research project: INNOVATIONS - Cognitive mobilization and innovation capacity - comparison of old and new EU member states
Timeframe: 2011 - 2014
Funded by: Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
Head of the research project: Frane Adam PhD
Project members: Hans Westlund PhD, Alja Adam PhD, Ana Hafner, Toni Pustovrh PhD, Jožica Zajc PhD
Results of the project: Final report
8. INO-11: project of support to national system of innovation.project of support to national system of innovation.
Funds providers: Slovenian Technology Agency and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology . Project partnership with Innovators Association (ASI), Pevc Ltd. and Sistem VVE Ltd.
Project leader: Darka Podmenik PhD
Project members: Alja Adam PhD, Frane Adam PhD, Janez Berdavs, Angelca Ivančič PhD, Andrej Grah Whatmough
9. INO-10: research project in partnership with ASI (Association of active innovators): Performance of individual innovators in Slovenia
Funded by National Agency for Technology (TIA).
10. Local and regional development cores - Applied research project.
Timeframe: 2008 - 2010
Project leader: Frane Adam, PhD
Partner: Faculty of Applied Social Studies, Nova Gorica.
Funded by: Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) and Slovenian Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy.
The results of the project were published in a monograph Inovative cores in regional development (Vega, 2010).
11. Value and World-view orientation of Slovenian printed media. Targeted research project in collaboration with the Science and Research Centre, University of Primorska (Koper)
Concluded in 2008.
Project leader: Frane Adam, PhD.
Comissioned by: Ministry of Culture and Slovenian Research Agency.
Concluded The report was published in: Adam Frane and Peter Sekloča: Dilemmas of media pluralism, IRSA, Ljubljana, 2009.
Results of the project: Final report
