Grega Strban

Grega Strban, PhD, is Full Professor of Social Security Law, Head of Labour and Social Law Department and former Dean at the Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Public Law, University of Johannesburg. He has completed postgraduate specialization course of the European Union (EU) law at the University of Cambridge (with distinction), master course on European social security at the University of Leuven (magna cum laude) and defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Ljubljana. He has conducted research at Max-Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich, at first as Stipendiat of the Institute, later as a Humboldt Fellow, and at present he is an external expert of the Institute. He is Member of Academia Europaea (AE, London), President of the Slovenian Association of Labour Law and Social Security, Vice-President of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL, Geneva), Vice-President of the European Institute of Social Security (EISS, Leuven), member of the European Law Institute (ELI, Vienna) and member of the African Labour Law Society (ALLS). He is also member of the European Committee of Social Rights at the Council of Europe, President of the Permanent Arbitration Court for collective labour disputes at Triglav insurance company and member of the Slovenian Strategic Council for Health at the Prime Minister’s office. Prof Strban is active in several national and international projects, e.g., as head of the research program group at the Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana and coordinator of the EU project MoveS (Free Movement of Workers and Social Security Coordination). He has authored numerous publications and is member of editorial boards of several journals. He has passed the State exam for lawyers, was awarded as Best Young Lawyer in Slovenia (2001), received the Roger Dillemans Award for Excellence in Social Security, KU Leuven (2004) and was recognised as the most echoed researcher of the Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana (2020, 2021, 2023).

STRBAN, G. (2024): (R)evolution of Social Security Law in a Changing World: From Protecting the Poor to the Workers and Finally Every Member of the Society?, in: ACCETTO, M., ŠKRUBEJ, K.,  WEILER, J. H. H. (eds), Law and Revolution Past Experiences, Future Challenges, Routledge, London-New York 2024, 201-215.

STRBAN, G., MIŠIČ, L. (2024): Social Security in the Age of Digitalization and Mobility: Adapt or Perish?, in: KOSTIĆ, S. (et al.) (eds.): Mobility of Individuals and Workforces, Tax Challenges Raised by Digitalization, IBFD, 109-125.

STRBAN, G. (2024): Dostop do zdravstvenih storitev in medicinskih stvari, Delavci in delodajalci, 24 (2024), 1, 9-30.

STRBAN, G. (2023): Cross-border healthcare and social security rights, in: PENNINGS, F., VONK, G. (eds.): Research Handbook on European Social Security Law, Second Edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, 332-352.

STRBAN, G., KOGEJ, K. (2023): Postopkovno uresničevanje ustavne pravice do socialne varnosti v socialnem procesnem pravu, Delavci in delodajalci 23 (2023) 4, 411-430.

STRBAN, G. (2022): Metodologija primerjalne razlage prava socialne varnosti, v: NOVAK, A., PAVČNIK, M. (ur.), Pravne panoge in metodologija razlage prava, Lexpera GV Založba, Zbirka Pravna obzorja, 197-229.

STRBAN, G. (2022): Solidarity and self-responsibility as pivotal elements of social security, Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Arbeits- und Sozialrecht (ZIAS),  36 (2022) 1, 145-152.

Vključevanje pravnega izrazja evropskega prava v slovenski pravni sistem, ARIS, P5-0217, vodja programske skupine.

Network of experts on intra EU-mobility - Free movement of workers and social security coordination - Lot 1, No. VC/2017/0462, Legal expertise in the field of social security coordination and free movement of workers (MoveS), project coordinator.

Reform of the workers compensation (WC) system in Kenya based on social insurance models, Activity 4 – “To co-draft specific regulatory amendments of the WC framework, to be finalised by the Partner Institution (Ministry of labour and Social Protection)”, SOCIEUX+ 2022-24 KENYA, principal expert, June - July 2023.

Jezikovna dostopnost pravic socialnega varstva v Sloveniji (“Lingustic acceccibility of social assistance rights – LASAR”), vodja Luka Mišič, ARIS, J5-50169.

Izbira sodnikov pod drobnogledom: sodniška neodvisnost, zakonitosti in odlike, ARIS, J5-4583, vodja Samo Bardutzky.