Meeting of the State Council Committee

Director of the Institute IRSA Frane Adam PhD participated on 10th Meeting of the State Council Committee for culture, science, education and sport.

Round table on the role of social sciences

On March 14th (Thursday), a round table on the erosion of the importance and (future) role of social sciences took place at the premises of Institute IRSA.

Round table on evaluation in science

On Friday, 1.2.2019, a round table on evaluation in science took place in the hall of E building of the Chamber of Commerce. Read more...

The second part of the monograph Coping with the situations and relations in Slovenia

The second part of the monograph is an interesting social-cognitive "experiment".

OLCMS Platform

In the frame of the STEM4Youth project we co-developed the OLCMS platform, an educational platform

Research Profile and Topics

The Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis (IRSA) is a private, non-profit research institution, primarily centered on social sciences and humanities and their application to the spheres of business, industry, and government. In addition to purely theoretical research (inter - and trans-disciplinary based but with strong sociological background) – such as system theory, institutional economics and modernisation theory – the IRSA is also increasingly engaged in empirical and applied, policy-oriented research, expertise (in the sense of “Mode 2 production of knowledge”) and consultation commissioned by governmental bodies and civil society organisations.

IRSA has developed a specific thematic and methodological research profile. The emphasis is on a multi-level and holistic orientation backed by the use of quantitative as well as qualitative methods and data (triangulation) including meta-analysis and case studies. Comparative, cross-national approach is one of the specific features of IRSA style of research.

Recently, there is an emphasis on empirical studying of socio-cultural factors of developmental performance, and – in this context – special interest is paid to the concept of social capital, transfer of knowledge and regional innovation systems. We are opening a new field of researching in which we are focusing on gender issues: we are analyzing the concepts of gender equality in relation to democratic processes, innovative practices and creative (artistic) content and educational institutions.

The most important international publications have been focused on the following topics: democracy and elite formation in post-socialist societies, intercultural communication dynamics, the concept of social capital and its impact on economic performance in the context of knowledge-based society and economy, sociology of knowledge and science.

Our members also have extensive experience in international and/or EU research programs and projects, including participation in various projects, among the most recent one a Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation project STEM4Youth.