prof. dr. Mateja Rek / Prof. Dr. Mateja Rek
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E-pošta: mateja.rek@fis.unm.si
Prof. dr. Mateja Rek je zaposlena kot profesorica na Fakulteti za informacijske študije in Fakulteti za uporabne družbene študije. Je vodja Infrastrukturnega programa – zbiranje, vodenje in arhiviranje podatkov o medijski pismenosti v Sloveniji (2022-27), ki ga financira Javna agencija za znanstveno-raziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije. Je raziskovalka programa Razvojni procesi in interakcije v digitalni družbi (2024-2028) na Fakulteti za informacijske študije, ki ga financira ARIS. Je tudi članica Jean Monnet Evropskega omrežja za digitalizacijo in e-vladanje, projekta Jean Monnet Policy Debate, ki ga financira Erasmus+ (2023-2026). Je vodi projekta »Medijska pismenost za odpornost proti spletnim lažnim novicam in dezinformacijam (MELI RESIST), ki je delno financiran s sredstvi iz donacije Veleposlaništva ZDA (2024- 25) in sodelavka projekta Digitalno državljanstvo v vzgojno-izobraževalnih zavodih – krepitev kompetenc za digitalno družbo (DIGI.DR), ki ga sofinancirata Republika Slovenija, Ministrstvo za vzgojo in izobraževanje ter Evropska unija – NextGenerationEU (2024 – 2026).
Je redna profesorica za sociologijo in raziskovalka na področju komunikologije, ki redno predava na domačih fakultetah, gostuje tudi v tujini. Od leta 2009 do 2013 je bila dekanja Fakultete za medije v Ljubljani in od 2016 do 2018 dekanja Fakultete za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici.
Po delu v civilnem sektorju pri Open Society Institute v regiji jugovzhodne Evrope v začetku 2000-ih se je odločila, da svoje znanje in delovne izkušnje v civilnem sektorju nadgradi z akademskim angažmajem. Leta 2008 je doktorirala iz sociologije, kjer je raziskovala vlogo socialnega kapitala pri oblikovanju transnacionalne civilne družbe v EU. Bila je članica mednarodne doktorske mreže na temo “Vključenost civilne družbe v evropsko upravljanje”, ki jo je vodila profesorica dr. Beate Kohler-Koch iz Mannheimskega centra za evropske družbene raziskave (MZES). Delala je na številnih projektih z organizacijami civilne družbe v regiji jugovzhodne Evrope. Trenutno je še posebej aktivna pri raziskovanju in promociji pomena medijske pismenosti in potrebe po medijski vzgoji v EU. Objavila je več visoko uvrščenih znanstvenih del s področja medijske pismenosti in izobraževanja, medijske konstrukcije realnosti, strateškega komuniciranja, medkulturnega komuniciranja, digitalnih transformacij, aktivnega državljanstva in civilne družbe v EU.
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Prof. Dr. Mateja Rek is employed as a professor at the Faculty of Information Studies and the Faculty of Applied Social Studies. She leads the Infrastructure Program – Data Collection, Management, and Archiving on Media Literacy in Slovenia (2022–27), funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency. She is a researcher in the Developmental Processes and Interactions in the Digital Society (2024–2028) program at the Faculty of Information Studies, funded by ARIS. She is also a member of the Jean Monnet European Network for Digitalization and e-Governance, a Jean Monnet Policy Debate project funded by Erasmus+ (2023–2026). She leads the project Media Literacy for Resistance against Online Fake News and Disinformation (MELI RESIST), which is partially funded by a grant from the U.S. Embassy (2024–25), and she collaborates on the project Digital Citizenship in Educational Institutions – Strengthening Competencies for the Digital Society (DIGI.DR), co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Education, and the European Union – NextGenerationEU (2024–2026).
She is a full professor of sociology and a researcher in communication studies, regularly lecturing at domestic institutions and as a guest abroad. From 2009 to 2013, she was the Dean of the Faculty of Media in Ljubljana, and from 2016 to 2018, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Social Studies in Nova Gorica.
After working in the civil sector at the Open Society Institute in the Southeast European region in the early 2000s, she decided to expand her knowledge and experience in the civil sector by engaging in academia. In 2008, she earned a PhD in Sociology, where she researched the role of social capital in shaping transnational civil society in the EU. She was a member of the international doctoral network on the involvement of civil society in European governance, led by Professor Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch from the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). She has worked on numerous projects with civil society organizations in the Southeast European region. Currently, she is particularly active in researching and promoting the importance of media literacy and the need for media education in the EU. She has published several highly ranked scientific works in the fields of media literacy and education, media construction of reality, strategic communication, intercultural communication, digital transformations, active citizenship, and civil society in the EU.