On 25 May 2026, Marta Kahancová, Managing Director of CELSI, will defend her habilitation thesis and deliver her habilitation lecture at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University Bratislava.

On 14 and 15 May 2026, CELSI Managing Director Marta Kahancová presented research findings at the seminar "Artificial Intelligence: Survival Toolkits for Trade Unions", organised by the Hungarian LIGA Trade Unions.

CELSI Executive Director Marta Kahancová will join the panel at an event on the future of the European Social Fund (ESF+).

May 1 is celebrated globally as International Workers' Day, a moment to recognise the contribution of working people and to reflect on the conditions under which work takes place.

Martin Kahanec delivered the keynote speech at the IC Connect, held on 15 April 2026 in Bratislava, organised by the Impact Club platform in partnership with TPA Slovakia.

We are pleased to announce that the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) has been appointed as the national correspondent of the Network of Eurofound Correspondents (NEC) for Slovakia.

CELSI Scientific Director Martin Kahanec spoke on the second panel of the Summit of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), held on 16 April 2026 at Divadlo Aréna in Bratislava.

On 2 April, CELSI Scientific Director Prof. Martin Kahanec visited two schools in his native city of Rožňava: Gymnázium Pavla Jozefa Šafárika and ZŠ Pionierov 1, where he once sat in the classroom himself.

On 26 February 2026, CELSI researcher Monika Martisková contributed to the public discussion on the book Stuck in the Semi-Periphery? Central Europe Between Capitalism and Climate Change by Richard Filčák.

We are delighted to share that CELSI has been successful in two highly competitive Horizon Europe calls.