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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.
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.
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.
Soňa G. Lutherová and Ľubica Voľanská took part in the 23rd IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Amsterdam, held from 5 to 8 July 2026
As part of a session organised by COST Action PAAR-Net (Participatory Approaches with Older Adults), dedicated to participation, care and social innovation, they presented a paper entitled "Ageing in Place, Caring at a Distance: Lived Realities of Stay-Behind Parents".
Martina Wilsch presented at the international IMISCOE conference in Girona
Our colleague Martina Wilsch participated in the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference, held in Girona from 29 June to 2 July 2026. As part of the panel (Con)figurational Approaches to Transnational Families in Forced Migration Contexts, she presented, together with Prof. Ute Karl (Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigsburg), the paper Care and Social Support in Dynamic Figurations of Displaced Ukrainian Families: Reflections from Germany and Slovakia. The paper was prepared as part of the APVV...
The eHISTORY OF ROMA EMANCIPATION project presents the Roma Heritage Handbook
The digital platform Roma Heritage Handbook was developed as part of the eHISTORY OF ROMA EMANCIPATION research grant, funded by NextGenerationEU through Slovakia’s Recovery and Resilience Plan. Building on the ERC-funded RomaInterbellum project, it makes knowledge of Roma history and heritage accessible to Roma communities and the wider public. It promotes an understanding of Roma as active participants in European history and contributes to challenging stereotypes.
Presentation of the Results of the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma by 2030
On Wednesday, 1 July 2026, a meeting of the thematic working group of the Slovak Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities took place at the Bôrik Government Hotel. The programme included the presentation of new findings from the 2025 Sociographic Mapping of Roma Communities, while Juraj Majo presented the key findings of an external evaluation of the implementation of the Strategy’s action plans for 2022–2024. Researchers from IESA SAS contributed to the evaluation within the research area...
Roundtable of National Coordinators of SSH Research Infrastructures: Joining Forces for Enhanced Collaboration
IESA SAS, as the coordinating institution of the DARIAH-SK platform, initiated a roundtable of national coordinators of research infrastructures (RIs) in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Representatives from prominent platforms in Slovakia accepted the invitation to participate in the hybrid meeting: DARIAH-SK (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) – A. Gogora (ÚESA SAV, v. v. i.) CLARIN-SK (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) – J. Levická...
New Publication Policies Without Marrow
The research team of the Roma Studies thematic cluster at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, led by T. Zachar Podolinská and A. Belák, has prepared a scholarly monograph entitled Policies Without Marrow. This academic social-science publication presents an independent external evaluation of the implementation of the "Strategy of the Slovak Republic for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma until 2030" for the period 2022–2024, commissioned...
Contributions in the New Issue of Romani Studies
Two articles connected with topics also addressed by our colleagues have been published in the new issue of Romani Studies (2026/1), a leading journal in the field of Romani studies. The first, Oral History in Romani Studies: Problems and Perspectives, was published by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov. The second, Post-mining Landscapes and Uneven Environmental Justice: Roma in Rudňany, Slovakia, was prepared by Daniel Škobla and Richard Filčák.
Representation of IESA SAS and DARIAH-SK at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 in Rome
At the end of May, the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 took place in Rome. The Slovak consortium DARIAH-SK, coordinated by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS), was represented by National Coordinator Andrej Gogora from the Department of Research Collections of IESA SAS. As part of the program, he attended the National Coordinators Committee meeting. He presented the current activities and plans of the DARIAH-SK national node, managed by IESA SAS,...
Slovakia in the World Values Survey – Wave 8
Slovakia has successfully participated in Wave 8 of the World Values Survey (WVS), one of the world’s leading international comparative research projects on human values and beliefs. The survey in Slovakia was implemented by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS and the DEKK Institute, with principal investigators Pavol Kosnáč, Tatiana Zachar Podolinská and Hugo Gloss.
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