Mitja Sardoč (PhD) is senior research associate at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia). His research interests and expertise include philosophy of education, political philosophy, and education policy. Over the last two decades he has been member of several (national and international) research projects on multiculturalism, diversity, equality of opportunity, patriotism, citizenship education, etc. During the last few years, his research interest has moved to some of the conceptual and policy-oriented issues associated with radicalization, violent extremism, and conflicting diversity. Between 2018 and 2021, he carried out a research project “Radicalisation and Violent Extremism: Philosophical, Sociological and Educational Perspective (s)” funded by the Slovenian Research Agency as part of its “basic research projects” program (the most selective research funding scheme for basic research in Slovenia). He is author of more than 40 scholarly articles and editorof a number of journal special issues on radicalization and violent extremism, citizenship education, multiculturalism, toleration, the American Dream, equality of opportunity, and patriotism. He acted as an expert for various research initiatives including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also carried out consultancy work for other international institutions (e.g., Cardiff University, ODIHR). He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in Education (http://tre.sagepub.com/), Editor-in-Chief of The Handbook of Patriotism, and editor of The Impacts of Neoliberal Discourse and Language in Education published by Routledge. Between September and December 2019, he was a visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Additional information (including the list of publications) is available at the website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitja_Sardoc
