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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
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
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
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”
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.
New Discussion Papers
Evaluators’ masculine gender identity may drive gender biases in peer evaluation of business plans
Migrant labour regimes and the Regulation of Temporary Labour Migration in Europe: an Introduction
Expansion of Flexibility and Its Limits. The Rise and Retreat of Serbian Temporary Workers in Slovak Automotives
Sourcing in or sourcing out? Diverging migrant labour regimes and use of temporary labour in the Dutch and Austrian food industries
New Research Reports
BARWAGE: Discretion and (de)centralization in wage bargaining in the construction, hospitality, urban transport and waste management sectors: A Study on Austria
BARWAGE: Discretion and (de)centralization in wage bargaining in the construction, hospitality, urban transport and waste management sectors: A Study on Czechia
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