The IRSA Institute hosted a symposium titled “European Societies in Times of Anomie and Cognitive-Ethical Dissonance” between April 17th and 21st, 2024. The symposium brought together several national and international researchers who presented different aspects and themes related to the changes we are currently witnessing in Europe.

The conference program is available here.

Some of the attendees’ presentations can be viewed below: 

1. Prof. Dr. Hans Westlund: Sweden in an age of uncertainty: Risks and opportunities
2. Prof. Dr. Ilja Srubar: The German crisis
3. Prof. Dr. Jernej Letnar Černič: On the dilemmas posed by the rule of law
4. Dr. Martina Plantak: Political frictions in Croatia and their impact on other subsystems and public opinion
5. Prof. Dr. Hans Westlund, Dr. Maruša Gorišek, Dr. Darka Podmenik and Maša Rebernik: The pandemic and counterurbanisation: A comparison of Sweden and Slovenia
6. Prof. Dr. Frane Adam and Dr. Maruša Gorišek: Meritocracy – Between myth, norm and reality; and The Paradoxes of Open Science
7. Dane Podmenik: Analysis of the organic food market in Slovenia