Maria Sedlakova is a researcher at Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) in Bratislava, currently involved in several international research projects on industrial relations, atypical forms of employment, collective bargaining and social dialogue in CEE region. She has a profound experience in qualitative data analysis, interviewing social partners in various EU member states, report writing and academic publications. Since December 2013, Maria also assisted to the data management team for the global WageIndicator Foundation. She graduated from Central European University (CEU) with an MA degree in Political Science with a specialization in Comparative European Politics and from the Department of Political Science, Comenius University in Bratislava.