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A week of collaboration with Sarah Tornberg at CELSI

CELSI was pleased to welcome Sarah Tornberg for a one-week research visit as part of her collaboration on the Egruien Horizon project.

Adam Šumichrast participated on the commemorative database of labour history

Adam Šumichrast, a leading researcher of CELSI new Labour History research area, contributed to the database of the most important labour and trade union events in Czechia (and Czechoslovakia).

Monika Martišková appointed CELSI Deputy Director

Congratulations, Monika, on this well-deserved milestone. We wish you every success in your new role and, above all, that your optimism, collegial spirit, and enthusiasm continue to inspire our team.

New Horizon Europe project WUNDERWORK launched with stakeholder discussion on different forms of employment and their impact on workers' social protection

The official launch of our new Horizon Europe project WUNDERWORK focused on undeclared and under-declared work on 22 September 2026.

Technologies, work processes, skill requirements and jobs themselves: the green and digital transition is changing automotive industry

This week CELSI co-organised SEAD training sessions for trade unionists and employer representatives in Bratislava.

Non-standard work, social protection, and the future of the welfare state – Marta Kahancová at the TransEuroWorkS Final Conference in Brussels

On 17 September 2026, CELSI Managing Director Marta Kahancová presented at the TransEuroWorkS Final Conference, held at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.

About CELSI

Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan research institute located in Bratislava, Slovakia. Established in 2008, CELSI specializes in multidisciplinary research concerning labour markets and institutions, work and organizations, and business and society.

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Adam Šumichrast publishes another part of his series on the history of Slovak trade unions in Kapitál

In a series published regularly by the cultural and social portal Kapitál, Adam focuses on the history of Slovak trade unions.

Monika Martišková in Trend on wage gaps between Slovakia and Austria

CELSI researcher and Deputy Director Monika Martišková commented for Trend on how Bratislava companies are competing for employees with Austrian firms too.

Platform work in Slovakia: Marta Kahancová and Adam Šumichrast for euBrief on new legislation and worker protection

CELSI Managing Director Marta Kahancová and researcher Adam Šumichrast commented for euBrief news portal on a new platform work law in the Slovak parliament.

CELSI researchers co-author a chapter in a new international book on labour and the just transition to electric vehicles

A new book, "Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Labour and the Struggle for a Just Transition to Electric Vehicles", offers an important insight into the transformation of the automotive industry.

More publications

New Discussion Papers

number 79

Evaluators’ masculine gender identity may drive gender biases in peer evaluation of business plans

Nov. 3, 2025

Magdalena Adamus, Martin Guzi

number 78

Migrant labour regimes and the Regulation of Temporary Labour Migration in Europe: an Introduction

Oct. 30, 2025

Nathan Lillie, Lisa Berntsen

number 77

Expansion of Flexibility and Its Limits. The Rise and Retreat of Serbian Temporary Workers in Slovak Automotives

Oct. 29, 2025

Dragan Aleksić, Mihail Arandarenko

number 76

Sourcing in or sourcing out? Diverging migrant labour regimes and use of temporary labour in the Dutch and Austrian food industries

Oct. 29, 2025

Lisa Berntsen, Sonila Danaj

New Research Reports

number 73

SEAD: Enhancing socio-ecological dialogue in the automotive industry

Sept. 15, 2026

Tibor T Meszmann, Adam Šumichrast

number 72

How new policy issues create opportunities for social partner participation: A сomparative study of artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in Slovakia and Italy

July 20, 2026

Daryn Zholdasbay,

number 71

BARWAGE: Discretion and (de)centralization in wage bargaining in the construction, hospitality, urban transport and waste management sectors: A Study on Austria

Aug. 31, 2024

Anna Fidrmuc, Marta Kahancová

number 70

BARWAGE: Discretion and (de)centralization in wage bargaining in the construction, hospitality, urban transport and waste management sectors: A Study on Czechia

Aug. 31, 2024

Adam Šumichrast,