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Slovenščina
Italiano
Research Interests
- National question
- Ethnic studies
- Nationalism studies
- Cultural studies
- Sociology of everyday life
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies (Theoretical and Methodological Studies), University of Ljubljana, 2010
PhD, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, 2016
Employment
Research Associate and Assistant with a PhD, Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Social Studies, 2019–
Research Assistant, Assistant in Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, 2011–2015
Positions and Memberships
Member of the Presidency of the Slovenian Sociological Association
Member of ASEN – Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Head of the Centre for Public Opinion Research, Science and Research Centre Koper
Member of the Research Protocol Professional Review Committee, Institute of Oncology
Achievements and Awards
Two-month research fellowship at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2013
Glasnik znanosti Award as a member of the research team of the Institute for Social Studies, ZRS Koper, 2019
Special Award of the Slovenian Sociological Association as a member of the research team of the Institute for Social Studies, ZRS Koper, 2020
Projects
EXPECT_Art – Exploring and Educating Cultural Literacy Through Art, Horizon Europe (Jan. 2024–present), National Coordinator of the Research Team
Freedom of Opinion and Expression through Narratives of the State of Emergency: An Anthropological Study of Slovenian (Anti-)Democratic Consciousness during the COVID-19 Epidemic, ARIS Fundamental Research Project (Oct. 2023–present), Researcher
Child-Centred Approach to the Integration of Migrant Children: The Role of Schools in Integration from the Parents’ Perspective, ARIS Postdoctoral Fundamental Research Project (Oct. 2021–May 2024), Project Leader
MiCREATE – Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe, Horizon 2020 (Oct. 2019–June 2022), Research Assistant
REINSER – Economic Integration of Refugees through Social Entrepreneurship, Interreg ADRION (Feb. 2021–Oct. 2021), Consortium Coordinator
Research on the Needs for the Integration of Workers from Other EU Member States in Slovenia, commissioned by the Employment Service of Slovenia (May 2019–Oct. 2019), Researcher
Children’s Voices: Research on Interethnic Violence and Children’s Rights in the School Environment, 2011–2012, Assistant
MERIDIUM: Multilingualism in Europe as a Resource for Emigration – An Initiative for Dialogue among Mediterranean Universities, Jan. 2011–Dec. 2012, Assistant
Selected Publications
Zadel, Maja. Transkulturnost v objemu nacionalizma. 2020. Science and Research Centre Koper, Annales ZRS.
Zadel, Maja. The Meaning of National and Cultural Borders among the Inhabitants of Slovenian Istria: A Case Study of Italo-Slovenian Transculturality. 2016. In: Borders, Debordering: Towards a New World Culture of Hospitality. Koper, Motoh, Helena and Bjelica, Maja (eds.).
Sedmak, Mateja, Zadel, Maja. (Mešane) kulturne identitete: konstrukcija in dekonstrukcija. 2015. Annales: Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series Historia et Sociologia.
