Volunteering, Cultural Participation and Civil Society

Nationwide Slovenian Study on the Impact of Volunteering on Society: Determinants, Barriers, Consequences, and Policy Recommendations. Code V5-2519. ARIS & Ministry of Public Administration. 2025–2027.

Focus: This current national project examines the prevalence, determinants, barriers, and societal consequences of volunteering in Slovenia, including its role in social capital and civic engagement. It combines a multi-wave national panel study, comparative international analyses, and qualitative research.

Cultural Participation of Young People in Slovenia and Europe: Analysis of the Situation, Trends, Determinants, Consequences, and Proposed Solutions. Code V5-1726. 2018–2020.

Focus: This completed project examined patterns, trends, determinants, and consequences of cultural participation among young people in Slovenia and Europe.

Kirbiš, A., Tement, S., Lahe, D., Vezjak, B., Cupar, T., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Javornik, M., & Lamot, M. (Kirbiš, A., Ed.). (2021). Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi [Cultural participation of youth in Slovenia and Europe]. Kulturni center.

Focus: Edited volume on cultural participation of youth in Slovenia and Europe.

Kirbiš, A., & Lamot, M. (2021). Kulturna participacija: konceptualizacija, dimenzionalnost in profili [Cultural participation: Conceptualization, dimensionality and profiles]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi.

Focus: Conceptualization, dimensionality, and profiles of cultural participation.

Kirbiš, A., Cupar, T., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2021). Motivi in ovire kulturne potrošnje in kulturnega udejstvovanja [Motives and barriers of cultural consumption and cultural engagement]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi.

Focus: Motives and barriers of cultural consumption and cultural engagement.

Kirbiš, A., & Javornik, M. (2021). Makrodejavniki kulturne participacije mladih v Evropi [Macro-level factors of youth cultural participation in Europe]. In A. Kirbiš et al. (Eds.), Kulturna participacija mladih v Sloveniji in Evropi.

Focus: Macro-level factors of youth cultural participation in Europe.

Kirbiš, A., Lamot, M., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Lahe, D., Cupar, T., Vezjak, B., & Javornik, M. (2019). Dejavniki kulturne participacije in njen pomen za šolsko uspešnost mladih v Sloveniji [Factors of cultural participation and its importance for school achievement among youth in Slovenia]. In Raziskovanje v vzgoji in izobraževanju (pp. 115–131). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-311-0.

Focus: Cultural participation and its relevance to school achievement among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2018). Regionalne razlike v kulturni participaciji mladih v Sloveniji: severovzhodna Slovenija v primerjalni perspektivi [Regional differences in cultural participation among youth in Slovenia: Northeastern Slovenia in comparative perspective]. Studia Historica Slovenica, 18(1), 23–39.

Focus: Regional differences in cultural participation among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., Flere, S., Friš, D., Tavčar Krajnc, M., & Cupar, T. (2017). Predictors of conventional, protest, and civic participation among Slovenian youth: a test of the civic voluntarism model. International Journal of Sociology, 47(3), 182–207.

Focus: The civic voluntarism model and conventional, protest, and civic participation among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Tavčar Krajnc, M. (2014). Leisure and lifestyle. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 91–105). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Leisure and lifestyle among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Zagorc, B. (2014). Media use. In Slovenian youth 2013: Living in times of disillusionment, risk and precarity (pp. 107–138). CEPYUS & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-49-0.

Focus: Media use among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Državljanska participacija: primerjalna analiza postjugoslovanskih entitet [Civic participation: A comparative analysis of post-Yugoslav entities]. Teorija in praksa, 48(2), 350–375.

Focus: Comparative analysis of civic participation across post-Yugoslav entities.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Uporaba elektronskih medijev in psihosocialni razvoj: raziskava slovenske mladine [Electronic media use and psychosocial development: A study of Slovenian youth]. In Youth in focus of world changes / Mladi v presečišču svetovnih sprememb (pp. 1–9). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-92971-1-7.

Focus: Electronic media use and psychosocial development among Slovenian youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Državljanska participacija slovenske in evropske mladine [Civic participation among Slovenian and European youth]. In Youth in focus of world changes / Mladi v presečišču svetovnih sprememb (pp. 1–10). IRDO. ISBN 978-961-92971-1-7.

Focus: Civic participation among Slovenian and European youth.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Povezanost politične kulture in državljanske participacije: raziskava mladina 2010 [The relationship between political culture and civic participation: The Mladina 2010 study]. In Mladi 2010 (pp. 40–51). Subkulturni azil. ISBN 978-961-6620-20-8.

Focus: Political culture and civic participation in the Mladina 2010 study.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Spol kot dejavnik državljanske participacije v Sloveniji: raziskava Mladina 2010 [Gender as a factor in civic participation in Slovenia: The Mladina 2010 study]. In Mladi 2010 (pp. 65–76). Subkulturni azil. ISBN 978-961-6620-20-8.

Focus: Gender as a factor in civic participation in Slovenia.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Participacija [Participation]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 177–247). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Participation among young people in Slovenia; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Ustvarjalnost, kultura, prosti čas [Creativity, culture and leisure]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 249–278). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Creativity, culture, and leisure among Slovenian youth; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Virtualizacija vsakodnevnega življenja [The virtualization of everyday life]. In Mladina 2010: Družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji (pp. 279–306). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-077-0.

Focus: Virtualization of everyday life among Slovenian youth; Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A., & Flere, S. (2011). Participation. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 187–259). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Participation among young people in Slovenia; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). Creativity, culture and leisure. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 261–291). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Creativity, culture, and leisure among Slovenian youth; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Kirbiš, A. (2011). The virtualization of everyday life. In Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia (pp. 293–320). Office for Youth & Aristej. ISBN 978-961-220-078-7.

Focus: Virtualization of everyday life among Slovenian youth; English translation of the Slovenian-language chapter.

Lavrič, M. (with Flere, S., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Klanjšek, R., Musil, B., Naterer, A., Kirbiš, A., Divjak, M., & Lešek, P., research collaborators) (2011). Mladina 2010: družbeni profil mladih v Sloveniji [Youth 2010: The social profile of young people in Slovenia] [Research data]. Arhiv družboslovnih podatkov, Fakulteta za družbene vede.

Focus: Research data from Mladina 2010; Andrej Kirbiš contributed as a research collaborator.

Flere, S., Tavčar Krajnc, M., Klanjšek, R., Musil, B., & Kirbiš, A. (2010). Cultural capital and intellectual ability as predictors of scholastic achievement: a study of Slovenian secondary school students. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(1), 47–58.

Focus: Cultural capital, intellectual ability, and scholastic achievement among Slovenian secondary-school students.

Kirbiš, A. (2010). Prostočasovne dejavnosti in šolska uspešnost [Leisure activities and school achievement]. In Kdo je uspešen v slovenskih šolah? (pp. 103–114). Pedagoški inštitut. ISBN 978-961-270-030-0.

Focus: Leisure activities and school achievement.

Fištravec, A., Klanjšek, R., Naterer, A., & Kirbiš, A. (2008). Virtualizacija prostega časa mladih = Virtualization of the adolescent's free time. In Modeli vzgoje v globalni družbi — 2008 / Educational models in global societies — 2008 (pp. 1–8). Fakulteta za organizacijske vede et al.. ISBN 978-961-232-215-1.

Focus: Virtualization of young people’s free time.