Slovenia is increasingly becoming a part and parcel of contemporary cultural processes. The knowledge of philosophical and aesthetic theories all over the world and the familiarity with them is becoming increasingly important also in culture and scientific research. The humanities in Slovenia can be an equal partner to other intellectual circles and cultural traditions and environments only if they follow and at the same time partake in the creation of new knowledge. In this respect Slovenia possesses a comparative advantage due to its geographical location, i.e., at the crossroads of different cultures which allows its researchers to carry out relevant comparative analyses. The results of the work on the research program are visible in education in various universities in Slovenia and abroad. At the same time the results contribute to the development of aesthetics, philosophy of culture and of the new media in Slovenia and to the knowledge and evaluation of contemporary artistic and cultural phenomena and processes in Slovenia and abroad. A developed aesthetic theory and its inclusion into the international debates further contributes to the development and affirmation of the humanities and the social sciences in Slovenia.