Research and development

Research activities of the ICS Ljubljana include research ranging from basic interdisciplinarily correlated social science, technical and natural science research to applicative and empirical research directly intended for users. The research is included into contemporary flows of individual areas and is conducted in interaction with the analysis of foreign and the development of own fundamental concepts within corporative security theory and practice. The research deals with the studying of overall responses in the prevention or reduction of security risks with the emphasis on national and wider regional security environment and target entities functioning within it. Applicative research comprises empirical data and the use of research methodology, which contributes to a detailed insight into the on-going processes as well as to the formulation of aims of changing intervention and the analysis of various quality factors in the area of corporative security provision. According to the established qualifiers, the research can be defined as theoretic, basic, applicative, comparative, historical, empirical, longitudinal, action, qualitative, quantitative, etc. With its research policy, the ICS Ljubljana follows the development of modern security threats and related responses. It conducts research of topical problems and follows corporative security trends in Slovenia and around the world.

Participation in international research projects constitutes an important source of acquiring comparative results regarding the functioning of systemic approaches to corporative security provision.

Research results are available in scientific monographs, source collections, leading Slovenian or foreign periodicals, thematic journals, school books and other independent publications, as well as on ICS Ljubljana website.

New forms of security threats and responses to them demand new research as well as cooperation with other institutions. Traditionally, the ICS Ljubljana takes pat in international research activities, particularly in various international comparative studies. The activities of Slovenia in Euro-Atlantic structures represent a new challenge for the institute. This challenge will demand even greater international engagement of researchers. Scientific and expert partners of the Institute regularly take part in numerous Slovenian and international scientific meetings, symposia and conferences.