University of Maribor: Half a Century of Scholarship and Research

Gorazd Meško is a Full Professor of Criminology and Head of the Chair of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor (FVV UM). He has previously served as Vice-Dean for Research, Head of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Security, Dean of FVV UM, and President of the University of Maribor Management Board. He has also been a member of several university committees and a UM Senator. He was the first Head of the Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice and Security (2007–2015) and leads the first research program group at FVV UM, Security and Safety in Local Communities (since 2015). For his research, collaboration with practice, and contributions to the development of criminology and criminal justice at both national and international levels, he has received the G.O.W. Mueller Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2024) and the Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology (2022). He also received the Zois Award for Ecological Criminology (Social Sciences) in 2014. He is the author and editor of several monographs and a member of editorial boards of journals and book series in criminology published by international publishers. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology, indexed in WoS and Scopus.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: gorazd.mesko@um.si