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Young workers take centre stage on this year's World Day for Decent Work

7 October is the World Day for Decent Work. This year's edition puts young workers in focus.

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).

From envelope wages to platform labour - CELSI at the WUNDERWORK Kick-off in Utrecht

On 6–8 October 2026, Utrecht University hosted the first in-person consortium meetings of the WUNDERWORK project.

SEAD training with OS KOVO in Prague – another step in building social dialogue capacity across the region

On 6 October 2026, CELSI researcher Adam Šumichrast and Barbora Duffková from České priority led SEAD training workshop for trade unionists from the Czech metalworkers' union OS KOVO in Prague.

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.

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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Martin Kahanec in Denník N's Expert Panel on the 2027 state budget proposal: A gamble with Slovakia's future

CELSI Scientific Director and professor of economics Martin Kahanec assessed the consequences of the 2027 public budget proposal for Denník N.

Martin Kahanec in Aktuality.sk on wealth inequality in Slovakia

CELSI Scientific Director Martin Kahanec was asked by Aktuality.sk on distribution of wealth in Slovakia and whether Slovak millionaires have become poorer.

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.

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,