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Barriers faced by migrant workers coming to Poland from other EU countries
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Date:
1 Aug 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
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Financed by:
Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
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Jan Bazyli Klakla
Director of Migration, Social Policy, and Development Cooperation
Dr Jan Bazyli Klakla is Director of Migration, Social Policy, and Development Cooperation at CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research. He oversees a broad portfolio of projects in these areas, including work on socio-legal studies and on higher education and science policy. Dr. Klakla has been involved in and has led numerous national and European research projects, including those funded by Horizon Europe, Norway Grants, and Polish National Science Center. His work also includes providing consulting and expert services to key European institutions such as the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, and CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training). He has served as an expert in the “Safe Krakow - Security Strategy for Krakow” program. Dr. Klakla is the editor of Law and Culture. Reconceptualization and Case Studies (Springer Nature, 2021) and the author of Law and Acculturation. Conceptualisation and Empirical Case Study: Slavic Migrants in Poland (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) and Studying in Times of Crisis. Acculturation and Adaptation of Ukrainian Students at Kraków Higher Education Institutions amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic and Russia's Aggression against Ukraine (Brill, 2025). In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he was awarded first prize in the competition of the Association of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) – Polish Section for the best doctoral dissertation in the theory and philosophy of law. His research interests span migration, sociology of law, educational research, public policy analysis, customary law, and the methodology of social sciences.
Projects from this author:
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Legal and Institutional Contexts of Early Academic Careers
- National conflicts and international cooperation: Migration policy and security in Polish-German relations
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Methodologies for Teamworking in Eco-Outwards Research (METEOR)
Key words: doctoral education, transversal skills, sustainable development, On December 1st, the METEOR project started, funded under the Horizon program. The project, led by CASE and implemented with the participation of 11 other partner organizations and one associated partner from Brazil, will last 36 months. The overall aim of METEOR is to improve the transversal skills of current postgraduates and early career researchers, with consequent benefits to research ecosystems, in line with Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. METEOR emphasizes the capacity to collaborate, work in groups and to develop international transdisciplinary projects oriented towards societal challenges and doctoral employment opportunities. METEOR has 6 specific objectives (SO) corresponding to its work package structure: SO1: Effective Management (WP1). SO2: Collect, analyse and report evidence supporting the need for an innovative doctoral training program (WP2). SO3: Develop a comprehensive transversal skills training program comprising a suite of 10 online training resources, using participatory methodologies co-created with the PhDs, ECRs, institutions and researchers, to enhance the skills specified in the Call (WP3). SO4: Implement the resources from WP3 and related activities in online and in-person delivery mode, with online and F2F events, and Peer Mentoring Groups consisting of 4-6 researchers collaborating for 15 months, with a target of 300 +/- individuals in 50 groups, preparing 50+ proposals based on UN SDGs and focused on impact (WP4). SO5: Create policy and exploitation routes for increasing the scope of doctoral training at local and national levels (WP5). SO6: Communicate and disseminate METEOR activities and results to a wider audience and ensure project’s continuity beyond the funded period (WP6). METEOR activities will benefit doctoral candidates (employment prospects/ earnings), institutions (recruiting PhD candidates, better supervision, more impactful research), industry/public sector (employees with high level research and transversal skills) and society generally (more research focused on challenges). Grant: This project has received funding from Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) call: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01 under grant agreement No 101178320 — METEOR. Project leader: CASE - CENTRUM ANALIZ SPOLECZNO- EKONOMICZNYCH- FUNDACJA NAUKOWA (CASE) Partners: NORD UNIVERSITET (NU), THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (OU), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA, (UNIVR), EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY - CYPRUS LTD (EUC), JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO (JYU), KASTAMONU UNIVERSITESI (KU), ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY (ISU), CEEI BURGOS (ES), HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI (HU), ROSKILDE UNIVERSITET (RUC), SYNYO GmbH (SYNYO), State University of Bahia (UNEB, associated partner)
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Oskar Chmiel
Senior Social Sciences Researcher
Projects from this author:
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland
This project examines the future of United Kingdom–European Union cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through an in-depth case study of Poland. It frames UK–EU relations as an evolving, practical partnership shaped by shared risks and operational needs rather than purely by post-Brexit institutional arrangements.
- Study on ‘The local and regional dimension of the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans’
- Study on “The role of local and regional authorities and decentralised cooperation in fragile settings: building on the Nicosia Initiative in Libya”
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland
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Agnieszka Kulesa
Lead Social Sciences Researcher
Dr Agnieszka Kulesa is the Lead Social Sciences Researcher at CASE. She supports business development and oversees and contributes to research and analytical projects. Having joined CASE in 2018 as an economist, she served as Vice-President of the Management Board from 2021 to 2024. Agnieszka has authored or co-authored numerous publications, including peer-reviewed articles and reports for European institutions such as the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP), the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
Projects from this author:
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland
This project examines the future of United Kingdom–European Union cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through an in-depth case study of Poland. It frames UK–EU relations as an evolving, practical partnership shaped by shared risks and operational needs rather than purely by post-Brexit institutional arrangements.
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Study to analyse national sick leave policies and their impacts on workers’ health and productivity to identify best practices for workers and businesses
The project involves carrying out a comparative study of national sick leave policies in the European Union. It focuses on analysing sick leave policies and their impacts on workers’ health and productivity, with the aim of identifying best practices for workers and businesses.
- Drivers of involuntary part-time employment in the EU
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland
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Magdalena Wiśniewska
Head of Business Development Team
Magdalena Wiśniewska is responsible for managing research projects at CASE. She holds MA in International Relations from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and MA in Finance & Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics. During her career she gathered an extensive experience both in the public and private sector. She worked among others for Office … <a href="https://case-research.eu/project/barriers-faced-by-migrant-workers-coming-to-poland-from-other-eu-countries/">Continued</a>
Projects from this author:
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland
This project examines the future of United Kingdom–European Union cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through an in-depth case study of Poland. It frames UK–EU relations as an evolving, practical partnership shaped by shared risks and operational needs rather than purely by post-Brexit institutional arrangements.
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Study to analyse national sick leave policies and their impacts on workers’ health and productivity to identify best practices for workers and businesses
The project involves carrying out a comparative study of national sick leave policies in the European Union. It focuses on analysing sick leave policies and their impacts on workers’ health and productivity, with the aim of identifying best practices for workers and businesses.
- Upgrade of the ESPON’s Territorial Impact Assessment methodology – towards new innovative approaches
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The future of UK-EU cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs from the perspective of Poland