The list of international projects SAS
Centre of social and psychological sciences SAS
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Creative Region III.
Peace Research Community Europe
Európska výskumná komunita pre mier
| Duration: |
1.6.2025 - 20.10.2028 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Filčák Richard MSc. PhD. |
| Annotation: | The world currently faces a number of significant challenges to peace and security. Violent conflict and related victims doubled over the last decade. The Global Peace Index, trying to quantify peace on a global level, deteriorated for the ninth consecutive year. The war in Ukraine and the new levels of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict raise fundamental questions on how to prevent violent conflict from erupting. Moreover, climate change and polarization also pose grave challenges to peace and security, even in more ‘peaceful’ contexts. Building peace, reducing insecurity and preventing violent conflict demands us to fundamentally rethink peace. That is why this PEACE Action unites a trans-European and interdisciplinary research community that expands and strengthens a network of peace and conflict research centres and researchers from across Europe. The main challenge for the PEACE Action is to improve our understanding of the current challenges to peace and security on the European continent and beyond, thereby inspiring new research, policy and practice. The focus areas will be on Peace & Climate, Feminist Peace, Peace & Emerging Technologies, Local Peace and a new Peace and Security Architecture in Europe. In addition, the network will support a new generation of peace and conflict researchers in developing their careers. |
Technical support instrument for integration of migrants in Slovakia
Nástroj technickej podpory integrácie migrantov na Slovensku
| Duration: |
1.3.2025 - 31.8.2026 |
| Program: |
Other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Polačková Zuzana M.A., PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project, implemented in partnership with UNICEF under the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI), focuses on strengthening the capacities of local governments—specifically the cities of Bratislava and Nitra—in transitioning from emergency management to long-term, systemic integration of foreigners, with particular emphasis on children. The objective is to create coherent and sustainable frameworks for delivering inclusive and high-quality services at the local level.
The project involves a comprehensive analysis of legal, policy, and institutional frameworks, as well as multi-level governance mechanisms. It also assesses cooperation between municipalities, non-governmental organizations, and international actors. Particular attention is given to identifying barriers and opportunities for financing inclusive measures through EU and other funding sources.
The main output will be an analytical report containing recommendations for improving vertical and horizontal coordination, proposals for policy and procedural adjustments at the local level, and the development of standard operating procedures for emergency management and long-term inclusion. The project will also support capacity building for municipal staff, service providers, and key stakeholders in the area of data collection and utilization for planning and implementing integration policies.
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Supporting municipalities in improving access to quality and integrated services for children and caregivers with refugee and migrant background moving forward from an emergency approach to long-term inclusion strategies
Podpora samospráv pri zlepšovaní prístupu ku kvalitným a integrovaným službám pre deti a ich opatrovateľov s utečeneckým a migračným pôvodom – prechod od krízového prístupu k dlhodobým stratégiám inklúzie
| Duration: |
15.3.2025 - 31.7.2026 |
| Program: |
Other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Polačková Zuzana M.A., PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project, implemented in partnership with UNICEF under the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI), focuses on strengthening the capacities of local governments—specifically the cities of Bratislava and Nitra—in transitioning from emergency management to long-term, systemic integration of foreigners, with particular emphasis on children. The objective is to create coherent and sustainable frameworks for delivering inclusive and high-quality services at the local level.
The project involves a comprehensive analysis of legal, policy, and institutional frameworks, as well as multi-level governance mechanisms. It also assesses cooperation between municipalities, non-governmental organizations, and international actors. Particular attention is given to identifying barriers and opportunities for financing inclusive measures through EU and other funding sources.
The main output will be an analytical report containing recommendations for improving vertical and horizontal coordination, proposals for policy and procedural adjustments at the local level, and the development of standard operating procedures for emergency management and long-term inclusion. The project will also support capacity building for municipal staff, service providers, and key stakeholders in the area of data collection and utilization for planning and implementing integration policies. |
REVISION AND UPDATE OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CYPRUS AND SLOVAKIA
REVIDOVANIE A AKTUALIZÁCIA NÁRODNEJ STRATÉGIE ADAPTÁCIE NA ZMENU KLÍMY NA CYPRE A NA SLOVENSKU
SSE and SEs in Poland and Slovakia: Common legacies and different trajectories
Sociálna a solidárna ekonomika a sociálne podniky v Poľsku a na Slovensku: Spoločné dedičstvo a rozdielne trajektórie
| Duration: |
1.1.2025 - 31.12.2026 |
| Program: |
Mobility |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Polačková Zuzana M.A., PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project investigates the current condition of social and solidarity economy/ social enterprises (SSE/SEs) in Poland and Slovakia. It assumes a careful investigation of four aspects related to the existence, resilience and sustainability of SSE/Ses, which are: a) local contexts and local ecosystems, ii) interconnections between SSE/SEs and social innovations, iii) legal frameworks and iv) relationships between SSE/SEs and the state/municipalities.
New institutionalism becomes the theoretical driving force for this project, especially when approaching similar governance and administrative traditions in Poland and Slovakia. Researchers also reach for concepts rooted in Public Administration and Management.
The project uses qualitative methods and lasts for 24 months.
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Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations
Tvorba migračných rozhodnutí a migračných politík v čase transformačných spoločenských zmien
| Duration: |
1.3.2023 - 30.6.2026 |
| Program: |
Horizon Europe |
| Project leader: |
Mgr., MA Mýtna Kureková Lucia PhD. |
| Annotation: | PACES offers a groundbreaking approach to studying and understanding people’s decisions to migrate and explores how this knowledge can better inform migration policies. PACES focuses on two parallel research components: the factors shaping migration decision-making and the mechanisms underpinning migration policies. Synthesizing theoretical and empirical knowledge from a broad array of academic disciplines and methodological paradigms, the project systematically investigates the interactions between migration decisions, migration policies and broader social transformation – as manifested in interconnected processes of economic, political, demographic, technological and cultural change. Based on a theoretical synthesis and qualitative and quantitative data collected in Algeria, Ethiopia, Italy, Libya, Slovakia and Spain, PACES will elaborate a heuristic model that identifies different constellations of conditions that shape decisions to stay and migrate at different stages of individual life trajectories and migrant journeys. In addition, by adopting a theories of change approach, PACES will systematically investigate, identify and track the assumptions on migration decisions used by policymakers to formulate policy designs and objectives. By exploring the evolution of EU and national labour and family migration policies, PACES reveals the extent to which current migration policies are evidence-based and areas where policies may benefit from valuable insights from migration decision-making research. By doing so, PACES seeks to challenge dominant political narratives and assumptions underlying policies and contribute to elaborating more effective models of EU migration governance that account for the uncertainties of social transformations. Supported by an interdisciplinary consortium of experienced partners, PACES engages in co-participatory research with policymakers, stakeholders, citizens and migrants to generate maximum scientific, political and social impact. |
Health and Psychosocial Long-term Effects and Coping Resources in Severe or Critical COVID-19 Survivors: A Qualitative Study
Zdravotné a psychosociálne dlhodobé účinky a zvládacie zdroje u ťažkých alebo kritických prípadov ochorenia COVID-19: kvalitatívna štúdia
| Duration: |
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2025 |
| Program: |
ANSO |
| Project leader: |
Prof. Mgr. Halama Peter PhD. |
| Annotation: | Post-COVID-19 syndrome is a condition characterized by long-term symptoms and complications that continue or develop after acute COVID-19. It has been found the majority (up to 80%) of patients admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 disease experience long-term physical and psychological symptoms.
The study aims to qualitatively explore the experiences of severe or critical COVID-19 adult survivors throughout the post-acute period (within 1 year post hospital discharge) in four Eastern and Central European countries: Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, and Romania. It will examine both negative (physical and mental health symptoms, cognitive symptoms, post-traumatic stress, difficulties in social functioning, diminished functional ability, etc.) and positive (post-traumatic growth) long-term post-COVID effects and will assess the role of survivors’ personal (e.g., self-efficacy, resilience, hope, optimism), social (e.g., social support) and other (e.g., financial) coping resources in the recovery period.
A biopsychosocial public health perspective is adopted. Participants include 128 adult severe or critical COVID-19 survivors (32 participants per country) of all ages, with varying length of the post-acute period (up to 1 month, 1-3 months, 3-6 months, and 6+ months post discharge). The study will collect data through in-depth semi-structured interviews and analyze them through thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Survivors’ experiences will be studied as embedded in the local sociocultural context and the local epidemic-related situations in the participating countries.
To our knowledge this will be the first study to qualitatively examine and cross-nationally compare the experiences of severe or critical COVID-19 survivors throughout the post-acute period. It will study lived experience of severe or critical COVID-19 survivors from a region of Europe that is insufficiently explored.
Knowing patients’ experiences enables better understanding of their needs for support and will allow for the development of socioculturally appropriate tailored approaches to the treatment of post-COVID-19 syndrome and psychosocial support in the recovery process.
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The total number of projects: 8
