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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.

New publications

TASR: Martin Kahanec featured in two media reviews of the key events of 2025
TASR: Martin Kahanec featured in two media reviews of the key events of 2025

Martin Kahanec was featured in two year end media articles by TASR reviewing the most important events that took place abroad in 2025, and the key developments in science and technology in 2025.

NEW PUBLICATION: The social reproduction of labourers and broader society intersects with the issue of housing, particularly during periods of crisis
NEW PUBLICATION: The social reproduction of labourers and broader society intersects with the issue of housing, particularly during periods of crisis

A new book chapter authored by CELSI researchers Tibor T. Meszmann and Olena Fedyuk has been published in the edited volume Migration and Social Reproduction: Critical Junctions between Labour, Border and Reproductive Struggles (Edward Elgar, 2025).

Denník N: Martin Kahanec in Expert Panel on EU–US trade tensions and economic uncertainty
Denník N: Martin Kahanec in Expert Panel on EU–US trade tensions and economic uncertainty

In the latest Expert Panel by Denník E, CELSI Scientific Director and professor of economics Martin Kahanec emphasised that the biggest economic risk is not tariffs alone, but growing uncertainty and unpredictability.

New publication: Transposition and political impact of the European Minimum Wage Directive. Czechia and Slovakia as “frontrunners”
New publication: Transposition and political impact of the European Minimum Wage Directive. Czechia and Slovakia as “frontrunners”

CELSI researchers participated in a new comparative report on the formal transposition and political impact of the European Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU.

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 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,
number 69

BARWAGE: The interplay of statutory minimum wages and collective wage bargaining across European sectors: A Study on Bulgaria

Aug. 31, 2024
Marta Kahancová,
number 68

REJEnerAXion: Energy for a Just and green recovery deal: the role of the industrial relations in the energy sector for a resilient Europe: National baseline report: Slovakia

Aug. 31, 2024
Patrik Gažo, Monika Martišková

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