Dr. Nina Krajnik is a Slovenian philosopher, writer, and psychoanalyst. She is the founder and president of the Slovenian Association for Lacanian Psychoanalysis and the international movement “Lakan Balkan.” She is the Director of  the Institute for War and Environmental Trauma (IWET), whose activities include conducting clinical field research and providing psychosocial support in war zones, such as the districts of Kharkiv, Kiev, and Bucha in Ukraine. She  also carries out humanitarian activities  on behalf of vulnerable populations. Dr. Krajnik is the author of numerous works on science, philosophy, art, and literature and is the editor-in-chief of the Juno publishing series. She has applied psychoanalytic perspectives to the analysis of Slovenian politics and ran as a candidate in the 2022 Slovenian presidential election.