Gorazd Meško

The UN SDGs, local safety and security – think globally and solve locally – Slovenian experiences

Abstract: The paper presents an overview of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals under the 2030 Agenda. In the central part of the paper, the author presents the research work of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Security at the Faculty of Security Sciences, University of Maribor after 2010 related to the goals of sustainable development, and especially with the research goals of the program group Security in Local Communities (2015-2018 and 2019-2024). In the conclusion of the paper, the author discusses the implementation of sustainable development goals during and after the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and in the context of the current international security circumstances that may be critical to achieving sustainable development goals in any local community in Slovenia and in a wider international community.

Gorazd Meško is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. He teaches Criminology and Victimology (undergraduate), Criminology and Crime Control Policy (M.A.) and Comparative Criminology (Ph.D.). His research interests include crime control, crime prevention and provision of security, delinquent behaviour and legitimacy of formal social control institutions. He is currently a lead researcher in a project on Local Safety and Security in Slovenia – Urban and rural perspectives (2019-2024).

E-mail: gorazd.mesko@um.si