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program na Pedagoškem inštitutu. Kot redni profesor predava o metod­ ologiji huma nističnih ved in o filmski teoriji na podiplomski šoli za hu­ manistične študije (AMEU – ISH) v Ljubljani. Njegove raziskave obsega­ jo teme kot so izobraževanje in družbene spremembe, politika, estetika in 
mediji. Njegova zadnja knjiga pod naslovom From Benjamin to the End of 
Cinema (dostopna na spletu) je izšla l. 2017.
Darko Štrajn graduated in philosophy and sociology, Faculty of Arts – 
University in Ljubljana. He was heading the programme in education­ al research at the Educational Research Institute from 1999 to 2014. He 
is also the professor of philosophy, lecturing on methodology of human­ ities and film theory at the graduate School for Studies in Humanities 
(ISH) in Ljubljana. His research comprises topics such as education and 
social change, politics, aesthetics and media. His last book under the 
title From Benjamin to the End of Cinema (available on­ line) was pub­ lished in 2017.
Urška Štremfel
Je doktorica politoloških znanosti in znanstvena sodelavka na Pedagoškem 
inštitutu, pri svojem raziskovalnem delu pa sodeluje tudi v Centru za poli­ tološke raziskave na Fakulteti za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani. 
Njen znanstvenoraziskovalni interes predstavlja evropsko sodelovanje na 
področju izobraževanja in njegov vpliv na nacionalni izobraževalni pros­ tor. V tem okviru posebno pozornost namenja vlogi mednarodnih ra­ ziskav pri oblikovanju slovenske izobraževalne politike in izobraževalnih 
praks slovenskih šol ter razvoju na podatkih temelječega izobraževanja.
Urška Štremfel, PhD, is a research fellow at the Educational Research 
Institute in Ljubljana and part­ time research fellow at the Centre for 
Political Science Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of 
Ljubljana. Her research interests include the European aspects of policy 
analysis, especially new modes of EU. In that framework she has devoted 
special attention to the role international comparative assessment studies 
play in development of Slovenian education policies and practices and the 
development of evidence­ based education.
Valerija Vendramin
Je doktorica ženskih študij, zaposlena pa je kot višja znanstvena sodelav­ ka na Pedagoškem inštitutu v Ljubljani. Med njenimi interesnimi področ­ ji so edukacijske študije, ženske študije in feministična teorija ter kulturne 
študije (v tem okviru se ukvarja s problematiko, ki zadeva konceptuali­
zacijo spolne razlike, kurikulum in feministične kritike znanosti oz. epis­ temološka vprašanja). 

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Valerija Vendramin, PhD in Women’s Studies, is a senior research associ­ ate at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana. Among her current 
fields of interest are educational studies, women’s studies and feminist 
theory, cultural studies (predominantly, but not exclusively, in connec­ tion to the issues concerning the conceptualization of sexual difference, 
curriculum and feminist critiques of science together with epistemolog­ ical issues.). 
Maša Vidmar 
Je raziskovalka na Pedagoškem inštitutu (Ljubljana, Slovenija) in docent­ ka psihologije na Univerzi v Mariboru. Raziskovalno delo, ki ga opravlja, 
se uvršča na področji pedagoške in razvojne psihologije. Njena strokovna 
znanja zajemajo predvsem socialne in čustvene vidike učenje in poučevan­ ja, vključno z odnosno kompetenco in njenim merjenjem ter odnosom 
med socialnim vedenjem in učnimi dosežki. Njeni raziskovalni intere­ si segajo tudi na področje predšolske vzgoje. Trenutno je vključena v več 
nacionalnih in mednarodnih projektov. Redno objavlja članke, poglavja, 
knjige in predstavlja prispevke na konferencah.
Maša Vidmar is a researcher at the Educational Research Institute and a 
docent (assistant professor) of psychology at the University of Maribor. 
Her research work is grounded in educational and developmental psy­ chology. Her expertise lay in social and emotional aspects of learning and 
teaching, including relational competence and its measurement, relations 
of social behaviour with academic achievement. Her research interests in­ clude also early childhood education and care. She is currently involved in 
several national and international projects. She regularly publishes jour­ nal articles, book chapters, books and conference papers.
Manja Veldin
Je raziskovalka na Pedagoškem inštitutu. Je univerzitetna diplomira­ na psihologinja in doktorska študentka eksperimentalne psihologije na 
Filozofski fakulteti. Sodelovala je s Centrom za psihodiagnostična sred­ stva, Svetovalnico Kameleon, v študiji »Kvaliteta življenja bolnikov po 
presaditvi ledvice« in slovenskemu projektu: Pojasnjevanje učinkovitosti 
reševanja problemov s področja trojne narave predstavitev naravoslovnih 
pojmov. Trenutno je aktivna na več EU projektih (HAND in HAND, 
BRAVEdu, ETTECEC).
Manja Veldin is a researcher at the Educational Research Institute. She 
holds a BA in Psychology and is a PhD candidate in Experimental psy­ chology at the Faculty of arts. She used to cooperate with the Centre for 
Psycho­ diagnostic Assessment, Chameleon consulting and participated