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March 17, 2026

PACES Bratislava Writing Workshop (EN)

13.3.2026
Between March 2 and March 6, 2026, the team of the Institute for Forecasting of the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences hosted the PACES Bratislava Writing Workshop, which was attended by the members of the project consortium, particularly by researchers of the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam), University of Alicante, Université Paris 13 (Sorbonne Paris North University), Samuel Hall East Africa Limited, Mixed Migration Centre, Mareena, Migration Policy Institute Europe.
March 17, 2026

PACES public event on the role of public policies in migrant decision-making in Bratislava: Connecting research with practice

13.3.2026
On March 6, 2026, a public event From Evidence to Action: Understanding Migration Choices in Times of Change was held in Bratislava, organised by the Institute of Forecasting (CSPS SAS) together with the European Migration Network Slovakia, operating under IOM Slovakia, in cooperation with the Migration Policy Institute Europe.
March 17, 2026

PACES Public Lecture: Social Norms and Migration by Ralitza Dimova (University of Manchester)

13.3.2026
On March 2, 2026, the Institute for Forecasting hosted a public lecture on Social Norms and Migration, in which researcher Ralitza Dimova (University of Manchester) presented her research based on large-scale survey evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025

Workshop about the access of foreigners to social rights in Slovakia: we presented the findings of the research project PACES and brought together policy stakeholders in migration and social integration

21.11.2025
The research team of the Institute of Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the civic organisation Mareena organised a workshop on November 13, 2025, in Bratislava named Experiences of Migrants from Third Countries in Accessing Social Rights: Challenges of Cross-Sectoral Cooperation in Integration.
October 29, 2025

Risks and rewards: Why do African graduates in Slovakia stay or move on?

29.10.2025
Slovakia is emerging as a hub for African students seeking affordable, EU-recognized education, thanks to competitive tuition, a safe environment, and growing international support. Yet, life after graduation raises questions: Do students stay or leave, and what barriers shape their decisions?
April 13, 2025

VEGA project successfully completed: Causes and Consequences of Labour Market Inequalities in the Context of the Corona Pandemic in Slovakia

13.4.2025
What are the causes and consequences of inequalities in the Slovak labour market in the context of the Corona pandemic? This was the key research question investigated by the team from the Institute for Forecasting CSPS SAS between 2020 and 2024, led by Lucia Mýtna Kureková.
March 10, 2025

New PACES report: *The Implications of Welfare Generosity and Welfare Access for Migration Strategies* by Martin Guzi and Lucia Mýtna Kureková

10.3.2025
This paper explores the link between welfare generosity, immigrant access to social welfare and migration. We investigate how the level of welfare generosity and, importantly, the effective access to social welfare at destination impacts migration flows.