Dr Simona Kustec-Lipicer

Simona Kustec-Lipicer is Assistant professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chair for Policy Analysis and Public Administration. She is involved in teaching processes in the following political sciences courses: on interest groups and neo-corporatism in Europe, political system of Slovenia, policy networks, public policies and administration. Her research specialisation among others is the relationship between sport and politics / public policy / polity. Her major fields of interests, regarding sports issues are doping and social and economic status (e.g. after-career, amateur-professional relations, education)

Qualifications:

• PhD University of Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Political Sciences Department in 2005. ‘The Dilemma of state intervention into civil society: the case of state regulation in the filed of doping in elite sport in Slovenia’
• MA Policy Analysis – European aspects, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences in 2002
• BA Policy Networks and telecommunications policy, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences in 1999

Relevant publications

• (2005). Sports Policy In Slovenia – The Forms Of State’s Intervention Over Time. Review Transitions (publication pending)
• (2006). The Role of Policy Players in Global Policy - The Case of Policy Against Doping in Sport IN M. Haček and D. Zajc, eds., Demokracija v globalizaciji – globalizacija v demokraciji (Democracy in Globalization – Globalization in Democracy) (publication pending)
• (2006). Doping – State Intervention In Civil Society. The Analysis of Policy Practices of Solving the Problem of Doping in Sport. Teorija in praksa (43):1 (publication pending)
• (2006). (Public) Policy in Sport. Possible Starting-Points for Understanding Their Mutual (Non)Connections. Sociological Journal: Družboslovne razprave (22):50 (publication pending)

Conference papers delivered

• Slovenian Political Sciences Association (2005). The Annual Conference, Portorož, 2nd – 4th June. Paper title: The Role Of National Policy Players On Supra-National Levels
• FSSEP de l'Université de Lille 2 (2005). Conference on Sport and Travail, 9th June. Paper Title : Policy Orientation Towards After-Career Elite Athletes. The Case Of Slovenia