OUR TEAM
Name: PaedDr. Marian Gajdoš, CSc.
Institution: Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS – Institute of Social Sciences, Karpatská 5, 040 01 Košice
E-mail: gajdosm@saske.sk
Phone: +421 902 330331
Research focus:
The research focuses on Czech and Slovak history of 20th century, the history of ethnic minorities, the history of the Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Slovakia and Central Europe and the development of cross-border relations after 1945.
Name: PhDr. Stanislav KONEČNÝ, CSc.
Institution: Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS – Institute of Social Sciences, Karpatská 5, 040 01 Košice
E-mail: konecny@saske.sk
Phone: +421-908975390
Research focus: Development of ethnic minorities, inter-ethnic relations and ethnic policies in Slovakia and Central Europe with emphasis on the history of Ruthenians and Ukrainians in this area. Historical development of cross-border relations and cooperation between East Slovakia and Zakkarpatye Region of Ukraine
Name: Zlatica Sáposová, PhD.
Institution: Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS
E-mail: saposova@saske.sk
Phone: 00421905864175
Research focus:
Issue of ethnic minorities living in Slovakia in 20th century
National policy of Hungarian governments and political elite in 20th and 21st century
Name: Mgr. Alexander Mušinka, PhD.
Institution: Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS – Institute of Social Sciences SAS Institute of Romani Studies rómskych štúdií, Prešov University in Prešov
E-mail: alexander.musinka@gmail.com
Phone: +421 905436538
Research focus: Mgr. Alexander Mušinka, PhD. (1969) –Cultural anthropologist. Studied ethnology and history at FFUK in Prague where he defended his doctoral thesis. In the long term, he has been dealing with the issue of Roma and Ruthenian-Ukrainians, primarily in Slovakia, from a historical and cultural-anthropological point of view. He worked as an adviser to the Ministry of Labour, Soc. Affairs and Family, prof. Iveta Radičová, Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities and the MLSAF State Secretary Lucia Nicholson. He is the (co)author of several publications, collections and scientific works (/ Roma Marginality, Old Brick Factory, Drugs in the Roma communities of Prešov Region, / / National minority before extinction? / and others).
He is active in the non-governmental sector. He has participated in many research, non-governmental and development projects (Canadian-Slovak Development Project Svinia, Atlas of Romani Communities in Slovakia, research on the drug situation in Roma communities in the Prešov region and others).
Name: Ing. Ivana Studená, PhD.
Institution: CSPS SAS
E-mail: ivana.studena@savba.sk
Research areas: research fellow SAS, interdisciplinary research in the area of human capital, human resource development and analyses of learning processes at individual and organisational levels, labour market development, strategic analyses of economic policies for sustainable economic and social development at national and local levels.
Name: Mgr. Richard Filčák, MSc., PhD.
Institution: CSPS SAS
E-mail: progrfil@savba.sk
Research areas:
Senior Researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences/Institute for Forecasting Studies: Research of the intersections between environmental and economic/social policies. Specific focus on the EU economic and social cohesion policies vis-à-vis industrial development and the environmental trends.
Name: Ing. Eduard Nežinský, PhD.
Institution: FI CSPS SAS
E-mail: eduard.nezinsky@savba.sk
Phone: 02 52 49 52 78
Research focus:
Since 2013, researcher at Forecasting Institute CSPS with focus on forecasting short-term time series and is involved in the creation of the Forecasting Institute Bulletin. The research activity is focused on analysing time series and applying optimization techniques to assess eco-efficiency and welfare.
Name: Ing. Anna Kalistová
Institution: Centre of Social and Psychological Science SAS, Institute of Social Sciences Košice
E-mail: kalist@saske.sk
Phone: 055/6255863
Research focus:
senior worker who, in addition to her position as the Head of the Organizational Unit of the Institute of Social sciences, carries out complete agenda related to the budget of the organization. In addition, she participates in project solutions such as their Project and/or Financial Manager – during her work in the SAS, she has gained a lot of experience in solving Cross-border Cooperation Projects and Structural Funds Projects. She focuses mainly on the area of economic issues.
Name: Serhii Ustych
Institution: Institute for Cross-Border Cooperation
Email: ustich_si@ukr.net
Phone: + 380501066159
Research area: Cross-Border Cooperation
Name: Olesia Benchak
Institution: Institute for Cross-Border Cooperation
E-mail: benchak2504@gmail.com
Phone: + 380951591668
Research area: Cross-Border Cooperation
Name and surname: Lars Georg Fordal
Institution: Norwegian Barents Secretariat, Kirkenes
Email: lars@barents.no
Phone: +47 918 10 796
Research area : Head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat
Positon in the project: expert
Name and surname: Rune Gjertin Rafaelsen
Institution: Mayor Kirkenes, Sor-Varanger Kommune
Email:
Phone:
Research area: Mayor
Positon in the project: expert
