Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Ing. Marta Kahancová, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kahancová
I.2 - Name
Marta
I.3 - Degrees
Ing., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1977
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Public Policy, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
marta.kahancova@fses.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/45710
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
public policy
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-1136-1023

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
Faculty of Commerce, Economic Diplomacy
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Central European University Budapest
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science and Political Economy
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Social Sciences
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences since 2022
Managing Director Central European Labour Studies Institute since 2008
Visiting lecturer Central European University, Department of Public Policy 2015
Visiting lecturer Central European University, Department of Political Science 2009, 2010

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Visiting doctoral student Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany 2006
Postdoc Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany 2008
Visiting researcher European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium 2019
Erasmus Mobility Week - Preparation of a Horizon grant proposal University of Porto, Portugal 2024
ENLIGHT Incubator Week University of Göttingen, Germany 2025

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Sociological aspects of public policy FSEV.ÚVP/2-mVP-790/22 Public Policy II. Political Science
Internship FSEV.ÚVP/2-mVP-1800/22 Public Policy II. Political Science
Microeconomics for public policy FSEV.ÚVP/2-mVP-770/22 Public Policy II. Political Science
Project management in the public and non-profit sector FSEV.ÚVP/2-mVP-890/24 Public policy II. Political Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Public Policy II. Political Science
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
7
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1 (consultant)
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Advanced research methods FSEV.ÚEŠMV/3-UES-1641/25 Public Policy and European Studies III. Political Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
65
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
28
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
41
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1123
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
672
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
172
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
115
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
50
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
25
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Trif, A., Paolucci, V, Kahancová, M. and Koukiadaki, A. (2023) Power resources and successful trade union actions that address precarity in adverse contexts: The case of Central and Eastern Europe. Human Relations, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 144-167.

2

Boonjubun, C., Duman, A. and Kahancová, M. (2025) Can crisis corporatism protect vulnerable workers? Conceptual insights from a European perspective. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 277-292.

3

Kaminska, M. E. and Kahancová, M. (2011) Emigration and labour shortages: an opportunity for trade unions in new member states? European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 189-203.

4

Kahancová, M. and Szabó, I. G. (2015) Hospital bargaining in the wake of management reforms: Hungary and Slovakia compared. European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 335-352.

5

Kahancová, M. (2015) Central and Eastern European trade unions after the EU enlargement: successes and failures for capacity building. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 343-358.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Brunnerová, S., Czarzasty, J. and Kahancová, M. (2025) Creating public value in hostile conditions: public procurement as an opportunity for collective bargaining in Poland and Slovakia. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589251369471

2

Akgüç, M., Kahancová, M. and Masso, J. (2024) One-way Street to the European Union? Between national and EU-level social dialogue 20 years after eastward EU enlargement. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 33 - 49. https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589241229070 

3

Holubová, B., Kahancová, M., Kováčová, L., Mýtna Kureková, L., Šumichrast, A. and Torp, S. (2024) Institutional constraints to social dialogue in work integration of persons with disabilities: Slovakia and Norway compared. Employee Relations. Vol. 46 No. 3, pp. 532-549.https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-12-2022-0534

4

Trif, A., Paolucci, V., Kahancová, M. and Koukiadaki, A. (2023): The impact of trade union actions on precarious work in Central and Eastern Europe: beyond institutional and structural resources, Human Relations, Vol. 76, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267211020189

5

Kahancová, M. and Martišková, M. (2023) Strengthening legislation, weakening collective bargaining? Two faces of trade union strategies in Czechia and Slovakia, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 29, No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596801221140408

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kaminska, M. E. and Kahancová, M. (2011) Emigration and labour shortages: an opportunity for trade unions in new member states? European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 189-203 (22 citations in WOS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     [o1] 2021 Vandaele, K. Applauded 'nightingales' voicing discontent. Exploring labour unrest in health and social care in Europe before and since the COVID-19 pandemic, in Transfer - European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 399 - 411, DOI10.1177/10242589211031103 - WOS                                                                                                             [o1] 2020 Kalanta, M. The weakness of social dialogue in the Baltic countries: An employer-centric political economy perspective, in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 227 - 242, DOI10.1177/0959680119838933 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [o1] 2019 Adascalitei, D. and Muntean, A. Trade union strategies in the age of austerity: The Romanian public sector in comparative perspective, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 113 - 128, DOI10.1177/0959680118783588 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                     [o1] 2016 Andrijasevic, R. and Sacchetto, D. From labour migration to labour mobility? The return of the multinational worker in Europe, Transfer - European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 219 - 231. DOI10.1177/1024258916635975 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                              [o1] 2013 Wendt, C., Agartan, T. I. and Kaminska, M. E. Social health insurance without corporate actors: Changes in self-regulation in Germany, Poland and Turkey, Vol. 86, pp. 88-95, DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.044 - WOS

2

Kahancová, M. and Szabó, I. G. (2015) Hospital bargaining in the wake of management reforms: Hungary and Slovakia compared. European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 335-352 (7 citations in WOS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         [o1] 2021 Alonso, J. M., Clifton, J. and Diaz-Fuentes, D. Corporatization and political ideology: The case of hospitals in Spain, in Public Administration, Vol. 100, No. 2, pp. 324 - 337, DOI10.1111/padm.12776 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   [o1] 2022 Turner, S. and Wright, J. S. F. The corporatization of healthcare organizations internationally: A scoping review of processes, impacts, and mediators, in Public Administration, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 308 - 323, DOI10.1111/padm.12724 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                     [o1] 2021 Carver, L. and Doellgast, V. Dualism or solidarity? Conditions for union success in regulating precarious work, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 367 - 385, DOI10.1177/0959680120978916 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [o1] 2021 Tabrizi, J. S., Aghdash, S. A. and Nouri, M. Countries' experiences in reforming hospital administration structure based on the Parker and Harding model: A systematic review study Vol, 10, No. 1, DOI10.4103/jehp.jehp_1649_20 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                           [o1] 2016 Stan, S. and Erne, R. Is migration from Central and Eastern Europe an opportunity for trade unions to demand higher wages? Evidence from the Romanian health sector, in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 167-183

DOI10.1177/0959680115610724   

3

Kahancová, M. (2015) Central and Eastern European trade unions after the EU enlargement: successes and failures for capacity building. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 343-358 (11 citations in WOS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           [o1] 2022 Lukacova, K., Kovacova, L. and Kahanec, M. Industrial relations and unemployment benefit schemes in the Visegrad countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Transfer - European Review of Labour and Research, 28 (2), pp. 229 - 246,

DOI10.1177/10242589221099804                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [o1] 2022 Ahmadov, V. Comparative study of labour market development in post-socialist Hungary and Azerbaijan since 1990, in Regional Statistics, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 95 - 116 DOI10.15196/RS120203                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [o1] 2021 Dolenec, D. Sirinic, D. and Balkovic, A. Resisting the Great Recession: Social movement unionism in Croatia and Serbia, in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 21, No. 2 pp. 105 - 121, 10.1177/09596801211023270.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   [o1] 2017 Korkut, U. de Ruyter, A., Maganaris, M. and Bailey, D. What next for unions in Central and Eastern Europe? Invisibility, departure and the transformation of industrial relations, in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 65-80, DOI10.1177/0959680116677141.                                                                                                                  [o1] 2016 Stan, S. and Erne, R. Is migration from Central and Eastern Europe an opportunity for trade unions to demand higher wages? Evidence from the Romanian health sector, in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 167-183

DOI10.1177/0959680115610724 - WOS

4

Kahancová, M. and Meer, M. van der (2006) Coordination, employment flexibility, and industrial relations in Western European Multinationals: evidence from Poland. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 1379-1395 (15 citations in WOS)                                                                                                                            [o1] 2016 Hopkins, B., Dawson, Ch. and Veliziotis, M. Absence management of migrant agency workers in the food manufacturing sector, Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 1082 - 1100 DOI10.1080/09585192.2015.1053961 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     [o1] 2016 Psychogios, A. G., Szamosi, L. T., Prouska, R. and Brewster, Ch. A three-fold framework for understanding HRM practices in South-Eastern European SMEs, in Employee Relations, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 310 - 331, DOI10.1108/ER-07-2014-0078 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                    [o1]   2013 Edwards, Tony (Edwards, Tony) ; Tregaskis, Olga (Tregaskis, Olga) ; Collings, David (Collings, David) ; Jalette, Patrice (Jalette, Patrice) ; Susaeta, Lourdes (Susaeta, Lourdes) CONTROL OVER EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE IN MULTINATIONALS: SUBSIDIARY FUNCTIONS, CORPORATE STRUCTURES, AND NATIONAL SYSTEMS, ILR Review, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp 670 - 695, DOI10.1177/001979391306600305 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                           [o1] 2011 Edwards, T. The nature of international integration and human resource policies in multinational companies

Volume35 Issue3 Page483-498 DOI10.1093/cje/beq033 - WOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                [o1] 2008 Ngo, H. Y, Loi, R. Human resource flexibility, organizational culture and firm performance: an investigation of multinational firms in Hong Kong, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol 19, No. 9, pp. 1654 - 1666, DOI10.1080/09585190802295082 - WOS                               

5

Kahancová, M. (2013) The demise of social partnership or a balanced recovery? The crisis and collective bargaining in Slovakia. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 19, No. 2 pp. 171-183

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

BARSERVICE – Smart Bargaining in the Services Sector: overview, challenges, opportunities, European Social Fund Plus Project No. 101126532, consortium coordinator and principal investigator, 2024-2025

2

TransEuroWorkS - Transforming European Work and Social Protection: A New Proactive Welfare State Fit for the Future World of Work, Horizon Europe Project No. 101061198 - main researcher from Slovakia, 2022-2026

3

INTEGRATE-DIALOGUE - Integrating Diversity in Social Dialogue: Strengthening the EU's Labour Market in the Digital and Green Age. Horizon Europe Projekt č. 101177913 - Management Board member, work package coordinator, principal investigator for Slovakia, 2025-2029

4

DEFEN-CE - Social Dialogue in Defence of Vulnerable Groups in Post-Covid-19 Labour Markets, EC Grant, DG Empl, Budget line Improving Expertise in Industrial Relations, Project No. VS/2021/0196 - scientific coordinator, principal researcher for SK and CZ, 2022-2023

5

I want to work, who can help me? Strengthening the cooperation between policy makers and the non-profit sector in return to work of persons with disabilities and health conditions, EEA/Norway Grant No. T2-2019-008 (coordinator of the international consortium), 2019-2021

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Expert and member of the European Centre of Expertise coordination team on employment policy for the European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion European Commission - European Centre of Expertise January 2020 -
Expert and member of the research team for the European Platform against Undeclared Work, European Labour Authority, https://www.ela.europa.eu/en/undeclared-work European Labour Authority January 2020 -
Member of the Editorial Board of the international peer-reviewed journal Transfer – European Review of Labour and Research (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/trs) European Trade Union Institute, Brussels January 2021 -
Guest co-editor of an international academic journal – Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society (https://irle.berkeley.edu/industrial-relations/) University of California in Berkeley september 2020 -
Executive Committee Member https://ilo-ilera.org/executive-committee/ ILERA - International Labour and Employment Relations Association at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Sept 2023 -
Reviewer in professional academic journals - e.g. Capital and Class, Employee Relations, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Central European Journal of Public Policy Various academic journals 2010-
Evaluator of scientific projects Open Society Poland June-September 2022

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
European Trade Union Institute Brussels, Belgium August 2019 - July 2020 Visiting researcher
Harvard University Cambridge, M.A., USA August 2014 - January 2015 Sabbatical support, visiting access
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Cologne, Germany January 2008 - Sept 2009 Postdoc contract
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Cologne, Germany January 2006 - Dec 2006 Visiting PhD. student
University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany Sept 2025 ENLIGHT Incubator Week
University of Porto, Portugal Porto, Portugal Aug 2024 Erasmus Mobility, preparation of a joint Horizon Europe proposal (selected for funding, starting Sept 2026)

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Member of the Steering Committee for Analytical Units at the Ministries in the Slovak Republic, from 2022

Date of last update
2026-03-15