UESA – Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie

Our institute was established over 79 years ago

The international accreditation recognised us as important at the EU level

Our research has direct social impact

We coordinate the national platform DARIAH-SK

News

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New special issue of Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology on methodological challenges in transnational family research

This issue focuses on the methodological challenges of qualitative research on transnational families. The guest editors were E. Demirkol Colosio, J. Predojević-Despić, and our colleague M. Wilsch. It comprises six contributions examining how research methods shape knowledge about families living across borders, addressing reflexivity, positionality, and the ethical dilemmas of researching crises and migration.

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New Call for Papers: Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 2/2027

The journal has published a call for papers dedicated to participatory methods engaging older people in research, policy-making and practice. Guest editors: Heidi Kaspar, Sandra Staudacher and Ľubica Voľanská. Abstracts should be submitted by 15 September 2026.

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Tomáš Hrustič Concludes His Service on the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on Behalf of the Slovak Republic

Our colleague, Tomáš Hrustič, concluded his service on the Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities on behalf of the Slovak Republic at the Council of Europe on 31 May 2026. This was an important position through which our colleague contributed to the protection and promotion of national minority rights within the Council of Europe.

What we do

01 — journal

Slovak Ethnology

02 — publications

Monographs

03 — research

Projects

04 — career

Doctoral Studies

Our Mission

The Institute was founded in 1946 as the Ethnographic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1994 it was renamed to the Institute of Ethnology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and later in 2018 to the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), and, today, it is one of the leading institutions in the field of ethnological and anthropological research in Slovakia.

Our mission

Our research focus is distributed between basic, problem-oriented and applied research. We contribute to the search for scientific answers to current as well as historical social issues and challenges. We conduct the field research in Slovakia and abroad – in Central Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Events

Konferencia Bulharsko

International Conference "The Roma Civic Movement in Europe between 1900 and 1945"

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On 6 February 2026, an international conference entitled The Roma Civic Movement in Europe between 1900 and 1945 will take place in Sofia. The event is co-organised by IESA SAS.

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Threat, Identity, and the Invisible Bonds of Cohesion – The Case of Croatian Homeland War Veterans

‏‏‎ ‎о 13:00

The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS invites you to an English-language lecture on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, at 13:00 in the Institute’s meeting room at Klemensova 19, Bratislava. Dr Igor Mikloušić from the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social...

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Integrating MapRom into Research on Roma Slavery and on the Wallachian Rudari, and Ways Forward

‏‏‎ ‎о 13:00

You are invited to a lecture by SAIA visiting scholar Julieta Rotaru (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris) on Integrating MapRom into Research on Roma Slavery and on the Wallachian Rudari, and Ways Forward.

Publications

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Židia na Slovensku: povojnové generácie

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Haberlandová, K., & Voľanská, Ľ.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Neviditeľná stigma: "Nie sme len antivaxeri"

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Politiky bez drene: Externé hodnotenie implementácie Stratégie Slovenskej republiky pre rovnosť, inklúziu a participáciu Rómov do roku 2030. Obdobie 2022-2024

Zachar Podolinská, T., & Belák, A. (Eds.)

‏‏‎ ‎• 2026