• Institute for Social Studies

Sandra Končan

Assistant

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Research Interests

• Socio-spatial challenges
• Local community inclusion
• Migration
• Child and youth participation

Education

Degree, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2016

Master’s Degree, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2020

Employment

Assistant, ZRS Koper, 2022–

Projects

MiCREATE – Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe, 1 January 2019–31 December 2021, Assistant

Community Linkage – Improving Gender-Based Violence Service Provision through the Empowerment of Migrant Women as Community-Based Mentors, Trainers, and Agents of Change, 2022–2024, Researcher

BalanCed – Balanced Work-Life Balance, 2022–2024, Researcher

LIFE NarcIS – Nature Conservation Information System, 2021–2024, Researcher

PITCH – Model for Gender-Sensitive Integration Strategies Based on Personalised, Participatory, Local, and Multi-Stakeholder Approaches, 2022–2024, Researcher

EXPECT_Art – Exploring and Educating Cultural Literacy Through Art, 2024–2026, Researcher

Selected Publications

Končan, Sandra. Upravljanje družbeno pomembnega območja: ureditev plaže mladinskega zdravilišča v Ankaranu. 2021. Urbani izziv 12: 97–101.

Končan, Sandra. Networking the Local Community in Koper through Thematic Meetings with Migrant Women: The Case of the PITCH Project. 2023. International Symposium Migration and Religion in Contemporary Society.

Končan, Sandra. Pomen lokalnih integracijskih pobud za uspešno vključevanje priseljencev in krepitev medkulturnega okolja v Mestni občini Koper. 2024. Populizem in nezaupanje v znanost: Slovensko sociološko srečanje, Koper, 17–19 October 2024, 7.