THE POWER OF THE WORD (The President's podcast) #1: Dr Renata Salecl

You are warmly invited to listen to the first President's podcast entitled The Power of the Word.

In her podcasts, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, will talk with interesting people from Slovenia and abroad, who will expand our horizons and thoughts with their knowledge, experiences, and personal stories.

President’s first guest is Dr Renata Salecl, internationally renowned writer, philosopher and sociologist. Dr Salecl is a university professor and scientific advisor, employed at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, As a visiting professor, she holds lectures in New York and London. Dr Salecl’s main research fields are law, psychoanalysis and criminology. She has received several awards for her work and was named Slovene scientist of the year in 2010. Her books have been translated into fifteen different languages.

President Pirc Musar and Dr Renata Salecl talked about life and work during the identity crisis and about the selfless solidarity that people express in times of crises and disasters. Especially for young people, the important questions are how to escape the world of suggested identities and imposed patterns and how to find a way to one's true desires and interests, as well as to a greater recognition of social responsibility. They also addressed artificial intelligence and how to limit its development so that it would serve humans and not the other way around.