Research interests
Civic and political behaviour
civic identity • political cognition • formation of political orientations • youth (political) participation • developmental aspects of civic participation • values • formation of attitudes towards various social issues • predictive models of civic/political behaviour • measurement of (political) attitudes/positions • development of psychometric measures • sustainable behaviour • polarisation radicalisation • conspiracy theories
Financial functioning
financial literacy • financial socialization • financial transfers within interpersonal relationships • financial well-being • intergenerational transfers of knowledge and behaviours • developmental challenges related to money and finances
Health-related behaviour
vaccine hesitancy • decision-making in the health domain • (self-)protective behaviour • perceptions of public policies • perceptions of credibility and trust in the science • rationality in decision-making and attitude formation • false beliefs • dealing with the impact of the pandemic • post-covid
Research projects
The green nudge (UL for sustainable future – ULTRA, part of The Recovery and Resilience Plan, PI: Jure Miklavc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023–2025)
CLIMYITRESS — Prevalence and factors of climate anxiety among Slovenian youth and innovative digital solutions designed to reduce distress and facilitate pro-environmental behavior (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, J7-50232, PI: Bojan Musil, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2024–2028)
PIRCEY — The psychological mechanisms of converting youth political identities and political orientations into their prosocial and pro-environmental behaviours (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, BI-BA/24-25-003, PI: Žan Lep, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia & Vladimir Turjačanin, University of Banja Luka, 2024–2025)
DepolarisingEU — Redressing Radical Polarisation: Strengthening European Civil Spheres facing Illiberal Digital Media (COST Action CA22165, PI: Maria Luengo Cruz, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain, 2023–2027)
SPEAKEng — Survey of people’s attitudes to and knowledge of English (PI: Monika Kavalir, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024–)
(Growing) Cultural distance and stereotypisation in small transition states: the case of the ex-Yugoslavia countries (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, J5-50173, PI: Boštjan Udovič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023–2026)
Second comprehensive language policy survey on the needs of language users in Slovenia and users of Slovenian in neighboring countries and worldwide (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency & Ministry of Culture, Slovenia, V6-2339, PI: Nataša Gliha Komac, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia, 2023–2025)
ICCS 2022 — International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (IEA, Ministry of Education, Republic of Slovenia, national coordinator: Eva Klemenčič Mirazchiyski, Educational Research Institute, Slovenia, 2023–2024)
Educational Research (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency, PI: Janja Žmavc, Educational Research Institute, Slovenia, 2024–)
The green nudge (UL for sustainable future – ULTRA, Recovery and Resilience Facility, NextGeneration EU, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Republic of Slovenia, PI: Jure Miklavc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2023–2025)
PsyCov — Long covid as a legacy of the pandemic: Psychological symptoms, psychosocial factors and consequences (Slovenian Research Agency, J5-4591, PI: Gaja Zager Kocjan, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022–2025)
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on schooling, teachers and students: Well-being, teaching and learning (Slovenian Research Agency, J5-4570, PI: Plamen Vladkov Mirazchiyski, Educational Research Institute, Slovenia, 2022–2025)
Past projects
ICILS 2023 — International computer and information literacy study (IEA, Ministry of Education, Republic of Slovenia, national coordinator: Eva Klemenčič Mirazchiyski, Educational Research Institute, Slovenia, 2022–2023)
YouPol — Mapping the political landscape of youth (PI: Žan Lep, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, initiated through Junior Researcher Programme, 2020–2023)
COVIN — How are emerging adults handling social and economic upheaval due to COVID-19? (PI: Margherita Lanz, Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 2020–2023)
FINEA — Financial issues of emerging adults (PI: Margherita Lanz, Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 2019–2023)
Applied developmental psychology (Slovenian Research Agency, P5-0062, chair: Maja Zupančič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018–2022)
BOOMERING — Breaking the infox by the spirit of self-criticism (Erasmus+ project KA204-A8C660F4, managed by Stéphane Michelin, UDAF du Tarn-et-Garonne, Montauban, France, 2020–2023, participated 2020–2021)
Psychological profile of the pandemic — The roles of trust and information credibility in emotional and behavioural responses to COVID-19 pandemic (PI: Žan Lep, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, & Kaja Damnjanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 2020)
International investigation of online citizenship, personality, and subjective well-being (coordinated by Randy Connolly & Janet Miller, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada, 2018–2020)
Financial socialization of emerging adults: The roles of parents, work and personal values (PI: Mihaela Friedlmeier, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 2017–2020)
Parental decisions about mandatory childhood vaccination (PI: Kaja Damnjanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia, initiated through Junior Researcher Programme, 2017–2020)
Relation between the acquisition of the dual and of the number system as an indicator of the connection/independence of language and general cognition (Slovenian Research Agency, J7-5569, PI: Franc Marušič, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia, 2014–2016, student research assistant)