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AUTHORS
Abel Polese is Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Geography of the
University of Edinburgh and Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology of the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Main areas of research: informal economies,
nation building and identity policies, civil society and democratisation
contact: apolese@ed.ac.uk
Catherine Spieser is a post-doctoral researcher at the centre for the study
of employment and labour market policy (Centre d‘études de l‘emploi)
in Paris. She completed her PhD at the European University Institute in
Florence in 2009. Main areas of research: comparative social and labour
market policy, politics of socio-economic policies, political sociology of the
welfare state.
Contact: catherine.spieser@eui.eu
Ivett Szalma (* 1980) is a researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(HAS), Institute of Sociology and Ph.D. candidate at the Corvinus
University of Budapest. Main areas of research: labour market, deliberative
polling, social policy, partnership formation, childbearing
Contact : szalma@socio.mta.hu
Bernadett Szél (* 1977) is a Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at the Institute
of Sociology and Social Policy at the Corvinus University of Budapest
and Leader Councilor of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Main
areas of research: Identifying and measuring patterns and mechanisms
supporting partnership cohesion, consequences of labor market uncertainties
on partnership formation, corruption research
Contact: bernadett.szel@uni-corvinus.hu
Lyudmyla Volynets (1982) previously worked as International Secretary
at the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine and is currently
working on her PhD in political sciences at the Free University of Berlin
(Germany). Her research interests lie in different aspects of Industrial
Relations, collective action, and trade unions.
Contact: lyudmyla.volynets@gmx.de
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