News

As of June 30, 2025, the O2 Department of the Jožef Stefan Institute has successfully obtained two new Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs), bringing the total number of published CMCs to 32.

We are pleased to announce that the scientific article “Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014–2021)”, published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, has received the 2025 Best Paper Award for outstanding scientific contribution among articles published in 2023.

The O2 Seminar will take place on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, at 13:00 (CET) and will feature Maria Rubio and Jure Ftičar from the Environmental Informatics Group. The seminar, titled “Participatory approaches in environmental health & supporting ICT-based tools”, will explore how ICT-based tools support participatory methods such as citizen science and stakeholder engagement in environmental health research.

We kindly invite you to attend a scientific seminar exploring the terrestrial CO₂ cycle, with a focus on soil processes and karst underground atmospheres. The seminar will be presented by Dr. Kristina Krklec from the University of Salamanca.

From 19 to 21 November 2025, the FutureFoodS Autumn School took place at the Biotechnical Faculty UL, in collaboration with the Jožef Stefan Institute. The three-day programme combined scientific lectures, practical insights, field visits, and collaborative project work.

We kindly invite you to the upcoming O2 seminar, where Dr. Davor Kontić will present a retrospective look at the evolution, challenges, and real-world impact of environmental assessment practices at JSI/O-2.

We are delighted to share that our colleague Maria Rubio, a doctoral researcher at the O2, is the featured guest in the latest episode of the podcast series Skupaj do odkritij.

On the invitation of the Slovenian Consumer Socity, Dr. Milena Horvat, participated as an invited panelist at the high-level event From Evidence to Policy: Towards a Tox-Free Living Environment, held in Brussels and organised under the NonHazCity3, LIFE ChemBee and ToxFree Life projects. 

We are proud to announce that Janko Stankić from the Department of Environmental Science, Jožef Stefan Institute, received the 1st Prize for Best Poster at the ISES Europe 2025 Workshop, held this year in Lisbon. The International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) brings together experts dedicated to understanding human and environmental exposure to chemical and physical agents.

You are kindly invited to attend the upcoming O2 Seminar. Prof. Alexei Khalizov from the New Jersey Institute of Technology will present his recent work on chemical speciation of atmospheric oxidized mercury.

We are pleased to announce that the first project leaflet for LIFE IP Restart is now available. The leaflet presents the core facts about the project and offers a clear, highly accessible introduction to all six of our demonstration actions.