On Thursday, July 10, CELSI Scientific Director Martin Kahanec delivered a speech at the 11th ECINEQ Conference, held at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he presented a study on the Living Wage.

From July 2 to 4, CELSI researchers Nina Holičková and Martin Guzi participated in the ILO’s 9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the global WageIndicator team. Their participation reflects CELSI’s strong commitment to living wages, fair income policies, and improving the lives of workers worldwide

On June 13, at the Hilton Prague Hotel, CELSI Scientific Director Martin Kahanec took part in one of the world’s top five security conferences as a panelist at the GLOBSEC side session titled “Demography: the Hidden Strategic Factor for Europe’s Democracy, Competitiveness, and Security.”

On June 5, Marta Kahancová (CELSI and Comenius University Bratislava) participated in the ENLIGHT Open Symposium on Mental Health at the Workplace hosted by Uppsala University, as part of the POHODA project – Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace.

On Thursday June 5, a professional conference “The Future of Jobs”, marking the 60th anniversary of the Institute for Economic Research (IER), took place in Ljubljana, where CELSI was represented by it’s Scientific Director Martin Kahanec.

From June 3rd to5th, CELSI researcher Pavol Bors participated in an inspiring international study tour organised by EUKI – European Climate Initiative and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).

The international conference on Multi-Agent Data-driven Modelling in Economics (MADME 2025) was held in Venice, Italy, on May 29–30, 2025, at the Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Within the Platform Revolution project, background papers were published offering an overview of the evolving landscape of platform work in North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, Albania, and Slovakia.

At the third edition of the ‘Capitalist Transformations’ conference—an academic event focused on the social, political, and economic changes in the region—two CELSI researchers presented on the automotive sector in Central and Eastern Europe.

The 33rd NISPAcee Annual Conference, titled “Polycrisis and multi-level governance: Impacts, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities”, was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on May 22–24, 2025.