news

Researchers at the University of Primorska have been successful in obtaining 5 new research projects (four basic projects and one postdoctoral project) within the Public Call for (Co)Financing of Research Projects for 2022 of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS). Researchers from UP Famnit and UP IAM will carry out research work in the fields of Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Sciences and Psychology.

Every year we celebrate the World Suicide Prevention Day on the 10^th of September, and this year, to raise awareness of the issue in Slovenia, the University of Primorska organised an event in Ljubljana's Cukrarna Gallery. It was aimed at informing the public about the activities on the occasion and to officially announce the hosting of the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, organised next September by the University of Primorska and IASP.

As part of the 200. years of G. J. Mendel, the founder of genetics, we cordially invite you to the exhibition J. MENDEL AND THE TANTALISING STORY OF GENES

Yesterday, 5 September 2022, the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor, officially opened the Woodrise 2022 international congress, which is taking place in Bernardin, Slovenia under the President’s honorary patronage. The InnoRenew CoE and the University of Primorska are organising it on 6-7 September 2022.

On 2 September 2022, we held an event at Cukrarna to inform the public about the activities on the occasion of the World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September and to officially announce that the University of Primorska will host the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in September 2023 - a key event in the field of suicide prevention. It's an honour and a testament to the excellent work of our researchers in the field of suicide prevention who have been working at the University of Primorska since 2011 within the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research at the Andrej Marušič Institute.