Centre for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility (CRASH)

Centre for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility (CRASH)

The Center for Research on Social Change and Mobility (CRASH) takes a closer look at the concept of social change and the mobility, and looks at it in an interdisciplinary way, inviting researchers from various disciplines around the world to participate in this process.  

By combining qualitative and quantitative research methods in social sciences, we undertake empirical research on critical social problems in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe in relation to a wider social context. We take into account such phenomena as globalization, migration, pandemics, economic changes and new technologies that directly shape and change various areas of human life and entire societies. 

In the coming years, the Centre for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility will investigate into social, behavioural and economic issues concerning human mobility, the quality and character of work, the structure and flow of organization and community life in response to national and global processes of social and economic transformations.

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MY MIGRATION

Currently, as part of the BigMig: Cyfrowe i analogowe ślady migrantów w dużych i małych zbiorach danych oraz zdolności ludzkie (NCN OPUS 19) the My Migration Research Portal has been created to identify people's resources (psychosocial capitals).  

My Migration is a research portal where individuals, after answering questions, will receive free and automatically generated feedback on their resources (psychosocial capitals) and opportunities in the labor market.

The portal invites individuals who: 

1. have experienced going abroad of their own country, lived and worked there or are still there 

2. have not experienced living abroad, but may experience migration within the country, mobility in the labor market by changing jobs, employment breaks, promotions or starting their own business. 

The portal operates in three language versions:

Projects in CRASH

Research Project: Talent Returns to Warsaw

Holistic Mobility Support Center of the EUonAIR European University Alliance – an applied project of CRASH

Horizon Europe: Link4Skills

MIMY Empowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions

BigMig: Digital and non-digital traces of migrants in Big and Small Data approaches to human capacities (NCN OPUS 19)

Warsaw Talent Cluster

Talk to me kindly - social campaign of information, education and research character

  • Grabowska I., Kyliushyk I., Chrol E., (2025, June). Ukrainian female war migrants. Mobilizing resources for prospective social remittances. New York: Routledge.
  • Czeranowska O., Grabowska I., Werminska-Wisnicka I. (2025). Beyond Initial Boundaries: Two Decades of Polish Young Adult Migrants’ Labour Market Positionalities in the UK Post-EU Enlargement, Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora. Online First, http://www.ejournals.eu/Studia-Migracyjne/DOI: 10.4467/25444972SMPP.24.025.20741.
  • Grabowska I., Jastrzebowska A., Czeranowska O. (2024). Tacit Skills of Return Migrants to Poland and Lithuania from the UK: Twenty Years After the May 2004 EU Enlargement, Problems of Post-Communism. https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2024.2387009.
  • Grabowska, I., Ryan, L. (2024). Return migration and embedding through the lens of Brexit as an unsettling event. Comparative Migration Studies 12, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-024-00364-5
  • Ryan, L., Grabowska, I., Romero, V., López, M. E., eds. (2023). Bodies at borders: Analyzing the objectification and containment of migrants at border crossing. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-8325-3971-2 
  • Grabowska, I., Jastrzebowska, A., & Kyliushyk, I. (2023). Resilience Embedded in Psychological Capital of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland. Migration Letters, 20(3), 421–430. https://doi.org/10.47059/ml.v20i3.2887  
  • Grabowska I. (2023). Return mobility and transnational intangible transfers. The case of Central and Eastern Europe, In: (eds.) Fauser M., Bada X. The Routledge International Handbook of Transnational Studies. DOI: 10.4324/9781003329978-9 (pp. 82-92). 
  • Grabowska, I. (2023). Societal dangers of migrant crisis narratives with a special focus on Belarussian and Ukrainian borders with Poland. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 1084732. 
  • Kyliushyk, I., Jastrzębowska, A. (2023). Aid attitudes in short- and long-term perspective among Ukrainian migrants and Poles during the Russian war in 2022. Frontiers in Sociology, 8:1084725. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1084725. 
  • Grabowska, I., Jastrzebowska, A. (2023). Megatrendy na globalnym rynku pracy: demografia, kapitał ludzki i migracje. [W:] M. Ciszewskiej-Mlinarič (red.) Przyszłość jest dziś. Trendy kształtujące biznes, społeczeństwo i przywództwo. Warszawa: ALK. ISBN 978-83-66502-11-6. 
  • Grabowska, I., Jastrzebowska, A. (2023). Migratory Informal Human Capital of Returnees to Central Europe: A New Resource for Organizations. Central European Management Journal, Volume 31 Issue 1, ISSN: 2658-2430, https://doi.org/10.1108/CEMJ-01-2022-0014   
  • Grabowska I., Jastrzębowska A. (2023). Mobile transitions to adulthood and soft skills of Polish and Lithuanian return migrants. Rocznik Lubuski 48(1) (Anniversary Volume for Prof. Maria Zielinska).  
  • Fedyuk, O., Kyliushyk, I., Lashchuk, I. (2023). New (im)possibilities for agriculture and domestic services in Poland and Italy? Navigating legal solutions and social organisations’ support for Ukrainian women displaced by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. CMR Working Papers 134(192)  
  • Garapich, M., Grabowska, I., Jaźwińska, E., White, A. (2023). Koniec fenomenu migracji poakcesyjnych? In: (eds.) Lesińska, M., Okólski, M. 30 wykładów o migracji. Warszawa. ISSN: 978-83-235-6102-6 
  • Grabowska, I., & Jastrzebowska, A. (2022). Migration and the Transfer of Informal Human Capital: Insights from Central Europe and Mexico. Routledge. ISBN: 9781003011545. DOI: 10.4324/9781003011545  
  • Chlasta, K., Sochaczewski, P., Grabowska, I., Jastrzębowska, A. (2022). MyMigrationBot: A Cloud-based Facebook Social Chatbot for Migrant Populations. Federated Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems 2022, Volume: 31, pp. 51–59. DOI: 10.15439/2022F187  
  • Winogrodzka, D., Grabowska, I. (2021). (Dis)ordered Social Sequences of Mobile Young Adults: Spatial, Social and Return Mobilities. Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1865526 (open access).

People in Centre

Grabowska I. prof.
Prof. Izabela Grabowska

Full Professor of Social Sciences Department of Economics
CRASH Center For Research on Social Change and Human Mobility

Prof. Izabela Grabowska, Ph.D., D.Sc. is a Professor of Social Sciences, sociologist, and economist. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Warsaw, an M.A. in Economics from University College Dublin, and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Wrocław. Her professorial proceedings in social sciences were conducted by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). She is a recipient of the Foundation for Polish Science Fellowship and has held research fellowships at Humboldt University in Berlin (ERC grant), Utrecht University (visiting professor), and University College London (visiting scholar).

She has supervised seven completed Ph.D. dissertations and over 70 master's theses. Professor Grabowska is the author of more than 60 scholarly publications in prestigious international and Polish outlets. She has been awarded numerous competitive research grants, including Horizon Europe (as Scientific Coordinator of the global consortium for the Link4Skills project www.link4skills.eu), Horizon 2020 (MIMY project, as leader of the Polish team), and several major grants from the National Science Centre of Poland (OPUS, Sonata Bis www.mymigration.academy), Harmonia, and KBM). She is co-creator and first Principal Investigator of European University Alliance EUonAIR: AI in Curricula, Smart UniverCity and (Return) Mobility www.euonair.eu and mobility assessment dashboard www.mymobility.academy.

In 2021, she joined Kozminski University (ALK) as a member of the Department of Economics, where she founded and now leads the CRASH Center (Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility).

Between 2005 and 2021, she served as assistant professor and university professor at SWPS University. From 2016 to 2021, she was Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at SWPS. She also established and led two major research initiatives: the Youth Research Center / Youth in the Centre Lab (2015–2019) and the Mobility Research Group (2020–2021).

Her research focuses on labor markets, human capital, international labor migration, and careers. Her long-term studies emphasize the role of international work experience in shaping human capital, especially social competences, and explore the dynamics of social remittances in transnational contexts. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Work, Employment and Society, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, International Migration, and Social Policy and Society. Her books have appeared with key academic publishers including Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, UCL Press, Amsterdam University Press, and Scholar.

From 2008 to 2019, she was actively involved in the governance of IMISCOE, the largest European research network on migration and integration. Since 2009, she has served as an expert for the European Commission on the European Mobility Partnership/Laboratory and ESCO (European Classification of Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations), and currently contributes to the Employment Labour Agency and EURES. For over a decade, she has provided training through EY (Bologna, Brussels) for public employment services across Europe.

More about her work can be found at: www.izabelagrabowska.org

Main most recent publications 

Selected Articles:

  • Grabowska I., Gawrońska M. (2025). KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY & CITY OF WARSAW, Returns of Talents of Polish Migrants to Warsaw. Warsaw Talent Cluster Part 2
  • Grabowska I. (2025). Acquiring intangible remittances for Ukraine by female war migrants: is there a ‘cumulative advantage effect’?, Izabela Grabowska, Comparative Migration Studies, CMS 13, 57 (2025), DOI: 10.1186/s40878-025-00478-4
  • Grabowska I., Czeranowska O. (in press). Scenarios of Return (im)Mobilities and Pandemic. The European Sociologist. No. 46, Vol. 2. 
  • Winogrodzka D., Grabowska I. (2021). (Dis)ordered Social Sequences of Mobile Young Adults: Spatial, Social and Return Mobilities. Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1865526 
  • Grabowska I. (2020). The 2004 EU enlargement as an outcome of public policies: The impact of intra-EU mobility on Central and Eastern European sending countries. Social Policy and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S147474642000024X (open access).  
  • Grabowska I., Jastrzebowska A. (2019). The Impact of Migration on Human Capacities of Two Generations of Poles: The Interplay of the Individual and the Social in Human Capital Approaches, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1679414 (open access).  
  • Grabowska I. (2018). Social skills, workplaces and social remittances: A case of post-accession migrants. Work, Employment and Society, 32(5): 868-886.  
  • Grabowska I. (2016). The Transition from Education to Employment Abroad: The Experiences of Young People from Poland. Europe-Asia Studies, 68(8), 1421-1440.  
  • Grabowska I., Garapich M.P. (2016). Social remittances and intra-EU mobility: Non-financial transfers between UK and Poland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42 (13), 2146-2162.  
  • Engbersen G., Grabowska I., Leerkes A., Snel E., Burgers J. (2013). On the Differential Attachments of Migrants from Central and Eastern Europe: A Typology of Labour Migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39(6), 959-981. 
  • Grabowska I. (2005). Changes in the international mobility of labour: job migration of Polish nationals to Ireland, Irish Journal of Sociology, 14(1), 13- 27. 
  • Selected Monographs 
  • Grabowska I., Jastrzebowska A. (2022). Migration and the Transfer of Informal Human Capital: Insights from Central Europe and Mexico. London: Routledge. 
  • White A., Grabowska I., Kaczmarczyk P., Slany K. (2018). The Impact of Migration on Poland. London: UCL Press. 
  • Grabowska I., Garapich M.P., Jazwinska E., Radziwinowicz A. (2017). Migrants as Agents of Change. Social remittances in an enlarged European Union. Basingstoke, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 
  • Grabowska I. (2016). Movers and Stayers: Social Mobility, Migration and Skills. Frankfurt Am Main: Lang. 
PhD Ivanna Kyliushyk

Ivanna Kyliushyk is a Doctor of Social Sciences, political scientist, and sociologist specialising in international migration, with a particular focus on Ukrainian migration. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Warsaw, where she defended a dissertation on the political rights and participation of foreigners in Poland. She also completed a M.A. in Eastern Studies and is in the process of completing her M.A. in Applied Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Warsaw. She is a member of the Polish Sociological Association, within the Migration Sociology and Qualitative Sociology sections.

Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at Kozminski University’s CRASH Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility, where she works on several national and international projects, including Link4Skills (Horizon Europe 2023–2026) and BigMig: Digital and Non-Digital Traces of Migrants in Big and Small Data Approaches to Human Capacities (National Science Centre, Poland, 2021–2025). She is also involved in projects focusing on highly skilled migrants and return migration (Warsaw Talent Cluster and Returning Talents to Warsaw, in cooperation with the Warsaw City Hall, 2024–2025). Previously, she contributed to the CareOrg project at Goethe University Frankfurt (2025) and to MIMY: Empowerment through Liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in Vulnerable Conditions (Horizon Europe 2020–2023).

She has published in leading international journals such as Mobilities, Migration Studies, Frontiers in Sociology, and Forum: Qualitative Social Research, among others. She is also a co-author of the monograph Ukrainian Female War Migrants: Mobilising Resources for Prospective Social Remittances (Routledge, 2025). She regularly presents her research at major national and international conferences, including IMISCOE.

She also has extensive professional experience in the NGO sector, having served as a long-term coordinator of integration programmes at the Ukrainian House Foundation in Warsaw. Her work bridges academic research, public policy, and social change.

Research interests: international migration, Ukrainian migration, female migration, migrants’ capitals, labour market, and socio-political inclusion. Her expertise lies in conducting qualitative social research.

Main publications:

  • Kyliushyk, I., Winogrodzka, D., and Chról, E. (2025). Co-creating research design: How to achieve participation in social studies using traditional methods? Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 26(3): 10. https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-26.3.4381.

    Kyliushyk, I. (2025). Specyfika funkcjonowania migrantów z Ukrainy w Polsce w czasie pandemii COVID-19. W: T., Lewińska (red.), Migranci z Ukrainy w Polsce wobec kryzysów, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 37–46.

    Kyliushyk, I., Winogrodzka, D., and Chról, E. (2025). The twists and turns of mobility capital formation: a multi-level analysis of factors impacting capital building among Ukrainian forced migrants in Poland. Mobilities, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2025.2542167

    Winogrodzka, D., Kyliushyk, I., Chról, E. (2025). Mobility Capital Formation Among Forced Migrants: Experiences of Ukrainian Women in Poland. Migration Studies 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf019

    Grabowska, I., Kyliushyk, I., and Chról, E. (2025). Ukrainian Female War Migrants: Mobilising Resources for Prospective Social Remittances? Routledge.

    Fedyuk, O., Homel, K., Jóźwiak, I., Kindler, M., Kowalska, K., Kyliushyk, I., Lashchuk, I., Matuszczyk, K., and Tygielski, M. (2024). Decent domestic work: women working in Poland under the “Special law”, European University Institute. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/226096

    Fedyuk, O., Homel, K., Jóźwiak, I., Kindler, M., Kowalska, K., Kyliushyk, I., Lashchuk, I., Matuszczyk, K., and Tygielski, M. (2024). Fair work in the fields?: Ukrainian women working in agriculture in Poland, European University Institute. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/30580

    Fedyuk, O., Homel, K., Jóźwiak, I., Kindler, M., Kowalska, K., Kyliushyk, I., Lashchuk, I., Matuszczyk, K., and Tygielski, M. (2024). From temporariness to stability : a holistic approach to the employment of women covered by the “Special Law” in Poland, European University Institute. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/677237

    Fedyuk, O., Kowalska, K., Matuszczyk, K., Kindler, M., Tygielski, M., Homel, K., Jóźwiak, I., Lashchuk, I., and Kyliushyk, I. (2024). Long-term inclusionary agenda on decent work in low-wage sectors in Italy: how to combat exploitation of women under temporary protection directive in domestic and agricultural sectors, European University Institute. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2870/672813

    Grabowska I., Jastrzębowska A., and Kyliushyk I.(2023). Resilience Embedded in Psychological Capital of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland. Migration Letters. https://doi.org/10.47059/ml.v20i3.2887

    Fedyuk, O., Kyliushyk, I., and Lashchuk, I. (2023). New (Im)Possibilities for Agriculture and Domestic Services in Poland and Italy? Navigating Legal Solutions and Social Organisations Support for Ukrainian Women Displaced by The Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine in 2022. CMR Working Papers 134(192).

    Kyliushyk, I., and Jastrzębowska, A. (2023). Aid attitudes in short- and long-term perspectives among Ukrainian migrants and Poles during the Russian war in 2022. Frontiers in Sociology, vol.8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1084725

    Cope, B., Keryk, M., and Kyliushyk, I. (2021). The Impact of Covid-19 on Ukrainian Women Migrants in Poland. Research Report

    Kyliushyk, I. (2020). Political Rights of Third-Country Nationals in Poland: Results of Quantitative Research. Studia Politologiczne, 58, s. 173–187.

    Kyliushyk, I. (2019). Legal Conditions for Employment of Foreigners in Poland in Theory and Practice. Zoon Politikon, 125–144.

    Kyliushyk, I. (2018). Political Rights of Foreigners in Poland. Zoon Politikon, 5–21.

Chapters in monographs:

  • Kyliushyk, I. (2021). Виборчі права іноземців у виборах місцевого самоврядування у Польщі (Prawa wyborcze cudzoziemców w wyborach samorządowych w Polsce), w: Pustovyi O., Kyliushyk I., Chról E. (red.), Zeszyty Naukowe Koła Doktorantów „Ucrainica”, tom 1-2, 9–22, afiliacja: UW. 
  • Kyliushyk, I. (2021). Українська міграція до Польщі: причини, кількість, характер (Migracja ukraińska do Polski: przyczyny, ilość, charakter), w: Pustovyi O., Kyliushyk I., Chról E. (red.), Zeszyty Naukowe Koła Doktorantów „Ucrainica”, tom 1-2, 31–42, afiliacja: UW. 
  • Kyliushyk, I. (2020). Konfrontacja Rosji i OBWE po rozpadzie Związku Radzieckiego”, w: Turłukowski J. (red.), Rozpad ZSRR i jego następstwa prawne. Zarys Problematyki, 231–255, afiliacja: UW.
MA Emil Chról

Social researcher in the field of sociological, cultural and political sciences.

PhD student at the University of Warsaw's Interdisciplinary Doctoral School. The main research topic of his doctoral studies is national identity. Research interests also include international relations, migration and diasporic issues. Qualitative researcher in many scientific projects, including OPUS and foreign projects, such as. Aspirations for return and secondary migration among Ukrainian refugees, project No: 83347, managed by The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and funded by Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.

At the Kozminski University he is a researcher in project “BigMig: Digital and non-digital traces of migrants in Big and Small Data approaches to human capacities” (2020/37/B/HS6/02342 OPUS), which is financed by Poland’s National Science Centre; and in project Warsaw Talent Cluster. Since May 2024 he has been a Research Assistant in Link 4 Skill Project (Horizon Europe). 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-0533 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emil-chroll

  • Chról, E. (2018). О процессе изучения польского как иностранного языка носителями украинско-русского билингвизма. Изучение ошибок учащихся. Слово, Высказывание, Текст в Когнитивном, Прагматическом и Культурологическом Аспектах, Материалы IX Международной научной конференции Челябинск 18—20 апреля 2018 года Том 2, 207-211. 
  • Chról, E. (2018). Monodramaty J. Griszkowca a japońska sztuka teatralna rakugo. Między Wschodem a Zachodem, między Północą a Południem 2, 229-241. 
  • Chról, E. (2018). Новая драма в Украине. Исследование украинской новой драмы на примере творчества Максима Курочкина. Lubelskie Studia Filologiczne, Prace młodych badaczy, 79-89. 
  • Chról, E. (2017). Внутренняя эволюция героев монодрам Евгения Гришковца. Seria wydawnicza Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie, Problemy języka i kultury Słowian południowych, nr 6, 123-136. 

He has many years of experience in performing:  

  • translation and interpretation in two directions in various language configurations: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, English  
  • creation and synchronization of subtitles for films  
  • transcription with simultaneous translation of qualitative interviews  

Skilled in performing PR, branding and social media development functions, in the role of SM manager at a large foundation. 

Enthusiast of R and qualitative analysis programs such as MaxQDA.

Bezat-Jarzębowska A.
PhD Agnieszka Bezat

A professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods and Applications of Computer Science, she holds a postdoctoral degree in the discipline of economics and finance and is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, the Rhine University of Friedrich Wilhelm in Bonn and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Her research activities focus on the allocation and distribution of productive factors in the economy, using advanced deterministic and stochastic tools. Special research interests include modeling changes in the labor market, including consideration of migration aspects. She is currently involved in the Horizon Europe: Link4Skills project on skills shortages in the labor market.

She is the author of dozens of scientific publications in Polish, English and German. She has held academic internships at prestigious institutions around the world, including The University of Queensland (Australia), La Grande Ecole ESSEC (France), Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University (USA), Kühne Logistics University (Germany) and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). Recipient of numerous scholarships, including from the French Government and DAAD on several occasions. Coordinator and implementer of national and international scientific projects.

Magdalena Gawrońska

HR Expert, Strategist, Analyst, and Project Manager

I am an HR expert and business partner with nearly 20 years of experience in human resources management, workforce analytics, compensation, and payroll systems. My career has allowed me to work across both public administration and the private sector, which helps me integrate the perspectives of business, local government, and academia in the projects I lead.

I specialize in designing data-driven HR strategies that improve organizational efficiency, support strategic decision-making, and optimize costs. With strong skills in tools such as Power BI, Excel, and SAP, I create advanced reports, forecasts, and budget analyses that provide a solid foundation for innovative human capital management solutions.

Over the years, I have managed numerous international projects in human capital development, academic and professional mobility, and labor market integration. I have worked closely with the Warsaw Municipality as a liaison between universities, businesses, and local administration, contributing to programs that foster mobility, migrant integration, and talent management at the city level.
Alongside my academic and public sector activities, I work as an HR consultant at HRrebels, where I focus on HR regulations, compensation analysis, and audits. This role allows me to combine hands-on business consulting with my broader strategic and analytical expertise.

As a certified HR Business Partner and a graduate of Korea University, I gained valuable international experience in managing cultural diversity and human resources. At Kozminski University, I play a leading role in the EUonAIR and Holistic Mobility Support Center projects, where I coordinate the development of digital tools for academic and professional mobility, design career counseling frameworks, and build partnerships with universities and institutions across Europe.

I have published in professional journals, spoken at HR industry conferences, and contributed to research projects at CRASH – Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility. I am passionate about innovation and interdisciplinary approaches, and I enjoy creating solutions that help organizations and institutions fully realize the potential of their people.

Outside of work, I practice taekwondo and love traveling, both of which shape my global perspective on leadership and management.

Chapters in books:

  • Morawiec-Bartosik A. (2022), Liczby w HR. Matematyczne ramy najbardziej ludzkiej części biznesu, ISBN: 978-83-283-8657-0, 9788328386570
  • Morawiec-Bartosik A., (2024), Wynagrodzenie odczarowane. Skąd się bierze płaca i ile mogę zarabiać?, ISBN: 978-83-832-2379-7, 9788383223797

Articles in magazines:

  • Gawrońska M., (czerwiec 2020), „Złoty Środek”, Miesięcznik Personel Plus
  • Gawrońska M., (sierpień 2020), „Monitorowanie budżetu personalnego”, Miesięcznik Personel Plus
  • Gawrońska M., (sierpień 2020), „Polskie Silverado”, Miesięcznik Personel Plus
  • Gawrońska M., (październik 2020), „Twarz Pracodawcy”, Miesięcznik Personel Plus
  • Gawrońska M., (listopad 2020), „Po co nam diamenty”, Miesięcznik Personel Plus
  • Gawrońska M., Jodłowska-Szostak P. (lipec-sierpień 2022), „Wykorzystanie testów kompetencyjnych FRIS w urzędzie”, Czasopismo Pracownik Samorządowy 
  • Gawrońska M., (listopad 2022), „Jak pogodzić HR z IT? Nowoczesne podejście do rozwiązań informatyczno-personalnych”, Czasopismo Pracownik Samorządowy 
  • Gawrońska M., (grudzień 2022), „Trudna sztuka tworzenia budżetu personalnego. Jak zrobić to dobrze?, Czasopismo HR Business Partner

Publications:

Warsaw. Talent and the Labour Market (2025):

  • Grabowska I., Gawrońska M. KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY & CITY OF WARSAW, Returns of Talents of Polish Migrants to Warsaw. Warsaw Talent Cluster Part 2

Warsaw. Talent and the Labour Market (2024):

  • Gawrońska M., CITY OF WARSAW, “Generations on the labour market – a challenge of our time”.
  • Grabowska I., Gawrońska M. KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY & CITY OF WARSAW, “Skill corridors to Warsaw from Eastern Europe and Asia”.
Olga Wanicka

Olga Wanicka is a PhD student in sociology at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw. She holds a master's degree in criminology (University of Warsaw) and is the principal investigator in the project Poland's inclusion in the global labor brokerage network: the case of Filipino migrant workers (Overseas Filipino Workers) (2019/35/O/HS6/02329), funded by the National Science Centre. From 2018 to 2022, she worked at the La Strada Foundation Against Human Trafficking and Slavery. Her research focuses on Filipino migration networks in Poland, recruitment agencies and their role in the global labor intermediation network, as well as labor intermediation and its intersections with informality, migration, and crime. In addition, she studies the dynamics of online labor intermediation on social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.

Nurlan Rahimli

Nurlan Rahimli is a PhD student in Social Economics at Kozminski University and a researcher at CRASH. He earned his MA in International Economics from the University of Warsaw as one of the recipients of the Visegrad Scholarship. As a quantitative researcher, his PhD work focuses on the socio-economic impacts of digital transformation, particularly how AI and automation influence labor mobility and skilled migration. He applies empirical methods and data science techniques to analyze migration dynamics across macro, meso, and micro levels. Within the EU-funded Link4Skills project, he contributes to the implementation of survey-based data collection on skilled migrants.

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PhD Marta Idasz-Balina

Marta Idasz-Balina holds a PhD in Economic Sciences in the discipline of finance and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Kozminski University in Warsaw. She obtained her doctoral degree in 2021 at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). She is also a graduate of a master’s degree programme in management at the same university. In addition, she has completed numerous courses and postgraduate studies in the fields of social economy and behavioural psychology.

Her research interests focus on issues at the intersection of finance and management, in particular: financial stability, credit risk, cooperative banking, corporate creditworthiness assessment, corporate social responsibility (CSR), ESG, as well as the strategic and organisational aspects of the functioning of financial institutions. In recent years, she has also been developing research in the areas of strategic management and communication in organisations. She is the author and co-author of numerous academic publications in finance and management, published in renowned international journals such as Journal of Business Economics and Management, Risks, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, and Sustainability, as well as in monographs and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Her academic output also includes recent publications indexed in Google Scholar, addressing, among others, financial risk, the stability of the banking sector, and the determinants of the efficiency of financial institutions in Poland, including in the context of the war in Ukraine.

She actively participates in national and international academic conferences. She has presented the results of her research, among others, in Tokyo and Buenos Aires, as well as within the framework of academic cooperation in Indonesia, where she completed an international research scholarship at the School of Business, Bogor Agricultural University. Her academic work has been repeatedly recognised, including the Best Paper Award at the SIBR 2019 Conference in Tokyo and awards of recognition from the Rectors of Kozminski University and SGGW for academic achievements.

She has extensive teaching experience. She has taught at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and at Kozminski University at the bachelor’s, master’s, and postgraduate levels. Her courses include finance, banking, insurance, strategic management, organisational strategies, negotiations, mediation, and managerial communication. Alongside her academic career, she has many years of professional experience in public administration and the private sector. From 2009 to 2020, she was affiliated with the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, where she worked as a training specialist. Earlier, she gained experience in international companies such as Nestlé Polska and Krüger Polska, working in marketing, product management, and sales analysis. She is fluent in Polish (native) and English and has a good command of German.

Research interests: social economy, finance and financial risk, cooperative banking, financial stability, CSR, ESG, strategic management, communication in organisations, management in the public and private sectors.

2025

  • Spyra, M., Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M., Zając, A., Różyński, F. (2025). Cryptocurrencies as a Tool for Money Laundering: Risk Assessment and Perception of Threats Based on Empirical Research. Risks, 13(10), 189.
  • Zając, A., Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R., Sadłowski, A. (2025). Financial efficiency of Polish enterprises operating in the transport and warehouse sector in the conditions of the Russian–Ukraine war. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 26(3), 644–668.

2024

  • Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R., Achsani, N. A. (2024). Does an increase of board compensation boost corporate philanthropy? An empirical study. Cogent Economics & Finance, 12(1), 2416990.

2023

  • Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R. I. (2023). Corporate philanthropy in shaping the financial efficiency of financial institutions – empirical research based on Polish cooperative banks. SSRN, 4276318.
  • Idasz-Balina, M. (2023). Economic conditions of the demand for investment and working capital loans for micro-enterprises – research for Poland during COVID-19. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia, 23(2).
  • Balina, R., Zając, A., Idasz-Balina, M. (2023). Economic conditions of the demand for investment and working capital loans for micro-enterprises – research for Poland during COVID-19. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia, 22(2), 5–16.
  • Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R., Zając, A., Smoleń, K. (2023). Corporate philanthropy in shaping the financial efficiency of cooperative banks in Poland – empirical research. Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2(20), 63–79.
  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2023). Rola sektora finansowego w kształtowaniu cykli na rynku nieruchomości – ujęcie teoretyczne i aplikacyjne. Palestra, 123–142.

2021

  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M., Achsani, N. A. (2021). Predicting insolvency of construction companies in the creditworthiness assessment process – empirical evidence from Poland. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(10), 453.
  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2021). Drivers of individual credit risk of retail customers – a case study on the Polish cooperative banking sector. Risks, 9(12), 219.
  • Idasz-Balina, M. (2021). Działalność społeczna banków spółdzielczych a ich efektywność finansowa.

2020

  • Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R., Achsani, N. A., Błaszczak, I., et al. (2020). The determinants of cooperative banks’ community service – empirical study from Poland. Sustainability, 12(5), 1885.
  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2020). Financial stability in the food supply chain. Review of Integrative Business and Economics Research, 9(1), 157–164.

2019

  • Mangani, K. S., Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2019). Moral hazard problems in branchless banking – empirical evidence from Indonesia. SIBR Conference Proceedings.
  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2019). Financial aspects of supporting community services by cooperative banks – empirical evidence from Poland. Economic and Social Development: Book of Proceedings, 228–233.
  • Juszczyk, S., Adamowicz, M., Balina, R., et al. (2019). Finanse agrobiznesu. Warszawa: PWN.

2018

  • Idasz-Balina, M. (2018). The feminization of the cooperative bank’s board as a factor differentiating its financial performance. Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 6(1), 51–58.
  • Juszczyk, S., Idasz-Balina, M. (2018). Finansowe uwarunkowania działalności prospołecznej polskich banków spółdzielczych. Problemy Drobnych Gospodarstw Rolnych.
  • Mangani, K. S., Arifin, B., Balina, M. I., Juszczyk, S., Syaukat, Y. (2018). Branchless banking activities in rural areas – irregularities in relations with clients. Roczniki Naukowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu, 10(2).
  • Idasz-Balina, M., Balina, R., Juszczyk, S. (2018). Own funds as a basis for the development of cooperative banks and the financing of local companies. Studia i Materiały “Miscellanea Oeconomicae”, 22(4).
  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M., Drewniak, M. (2018). Nauka i wiedza kluczem do poznania świata. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Intellect.
  • Juszczyk, S., Idasz-Balina, M. (2018). Wpływ feminizacji zarządów banków spółdzielczych na ich efektywność finansową. Security, Economy & Law.

2017

  • Juszczyk, S., Idasz-Balina, M. (2017). Financial efficiency of cooperative banks led by women in Poland. Roczniki (Annals), 2017(3).
  • Idasz-Balina, M. (2017). Istota i znaczenie narzędzi CSR w opinii zarządzających bankami spółdzielczymi. Zarządzanie Finansami i Rachunkowość, 5(3), 45–57.
  • Juszczyk, S., Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2017). Wewnętrzne uwarunkowania działalności prospołecznej banków spółdzielczych w Polsce. Studia i Materiały Wydziału Zarządzania i Administracji.

2016

  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M. (2016). Narzędzia CSR w kreowaniu wizerunku banku spółdzielczego. Zarządzanie Finansami i Rachunkowość, 4(3), 69–79.

2013

  • Balina, R., Idasz-Balina, M., Pochopień, J., Różyński, J. (2013). Dynamika obliga kredytowego a efektywność banków spółdzielczych. Zarządzanie Finansami i Rachunkowość, 1(2), 39–46.
  • Balina, R., Pochopień, J., Idasz-Balina, M. (2013). Tasks associating banks and their meaning in the opinion of management cooperative banks. Humanitas University’s Research Papers – Management, 14(2), 259–268.
  • Balina, R., Juszczyk, S., Idasz-Balina, M. (2013). The use of the volatility of futures contracts for the construction of an investment strategy. China–USA Business Review, 12(6).
Adrian Traczyk

Adrian Traczyk is a graduate of linguistics studies in the field of philology with translation studies, as well as postgraduate translation studies specialising in certified and community interpreting at the Jagiellonian University. His academic background provides a solid theoretical and practical foundation in specialist translation, intercultural communication, and work in an international environment.

For many years, he was actively involved in activities and co-organisation of projects within Erasmus Student Network Poland – Białystok section. This experience enabled him to develop competencies in project planning and implementation, team coordination, and initiatives supporting international student mobility. His involvement in ESN structures shaped a lasting interest in international cooperation and functioning in multicultural environments.

He gained professional experience at the International Cooperation Office of the Medical University of Białystok, where he worked with international students and co-implemented projects financed, among others, by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). He currently leads and coordinates the Welcome Point at Kozminski University, where he is responsible for comprehensive support for international students at all stages of mobility.

In his work, he focuses on developing an innovative, holistic approach to the mobility cycle, covering the pre-arrival phase, the period of study at the university, and the post-mobility phase. This includes creating and developing the Welcome Back Point concept, which supports reintegration, reflection on the mobility experience, and further academic and professional development of students. In parallel, he is preparing for the sworn translator examination, systematically developing his language, translation, and professional competencies.

Welcome Back Point – mobility cycle

  • Actively promotes an extended approach to Welcome Point activities by incorporating the post-mobility phase, focused on supporting students after their return, encouraging reflection on the mobility experience, and strengthening the transfer of competencies.

EUonAIR – European University Alliance (WP5)

  • Involved in the implementation of the EUonAIR project within WP5, focusing on holistic mobility support, the deployment of solutions based on new technologies, and the organisation of project events.

Welcome Point Volunteers Programme

  • Responsible for the design and development of the Welcome Point Volunteers Programme, including recruitment, role allocation, and student competence development. The model assumes the operation of specialised sections (events, communication, marketing) led by student leaders, as well as the selection of a Head of Volunteers who, together with section leaders, forms the management team.

Organisation of events and integration activities

  • Designs and delivers integration, information, and intercultural events for the international community, both on campus and beyond, treating them as a key element of the quality of the mobility experience and the building of an open academic community.

Cooperating partners

PhD Dominika Winogrodzka

Sociologist, social researcher. She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology (Market Research and Public Policy Analysis specialization) from the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University. She is currently a PhD Student of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at SWPS University. She is preparing a PhD dissertation on the impact of spatial mobility on young people’s situation in the labour market. Her research interests concentrate on youth studies, career studies and mobility studies. She specializes in and conducts courses in the methodology of qualitative social research. She has published in renowned journals, both international (ournal of Youth Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration, Journal of International Migration and Integration), and national (Studia Socjologiczne, Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej, Studia Migracyjne-Przegląd Polonijny). She is a laureate of numerous scholarships from the National Science Centre (SONATA BIS, OPUS) and Rector's SWPS University scholarship.  

She collaborates with the Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility​ (CRASH) at Kozminski University, where she is a researcher in “BigMig: Digital and non-digital traces of migrants in Big and Small Data approaches to human capacities” project (OPUS-19, National Science Center scholarship). At the SWPS University, she is involved in the projects such as "Education-to-domestic and- foreign labor market transitions of youth" (Sonata Bis 5, NCN) and "MIMY: Empowerment through liquid Integration of migrant youth in vulnerable condition" (Horizon 2020). She is a laureate of grant Preludium-20 from the National Science Centre, she led the project “Work (in)stability and spatial (im)mobility from the perspective of young people on the move. Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic”.

Main publications:  

  • WINOGRODZKA D., Trąbka, A., Pietrusinska J. M. (2023). “It’s about mindset”. How do young migrants in Poland build their resilience?, JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES, s.1-21. affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS 
  • WINOGRODZKA D. (2023). ‘Stability is a foggy concept’: work stability from the perspective of young people with mobility experiences, JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES, s.1-21. affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • WINOGRODZKA D. (2023). „Nie jest to życie, które oni rozumieją, w ich mniemaniu moje życie jest bardzo niestabilne”. Młodzi dorośli o stabilności zawodowej własnej i swoich rodziców, PRZEGLĄD SOCJOLOGII JAKOŚCIOWEJ, 19 (4), s. 12-45, affilation: Uniwersytet SWPS 
  • Arendas, Z., Trąbka, A., Messing, V.,  Pietrusińska, M. J., & WINOGRODZKA, D. (2023). Agency of Migrant Youth in Hostile Sociopolitical Environments: Case Studies from Central Eastern Europe. Social Sciences. 12(4), 210, affilation: Uniwersytet SWPS 
  • Czeranowska O., WINOGRODZKA D. (in print). Career trajectories, skills transfers and work stability of educated Polish migrants returning from the UK, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • WINOGRODZKA D., Grabowska I. (2022). (Dis)ordered social sequences of mobile young adults: spatial, social and return mobilities, JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES, 25 (2), s. 242-258, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • WINOGRODZKA D., Sarnowska J. (2019) Tranzycyjny efekt jojo w sekwencjach społecznych młodych migrantów, PRZEGLĄD SOCJOLOGII JAKOŚCIOWEJ, 15 (4), s. 130-153, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • WINOGRODZKA D., Mleczko I. (2019). Migracja płynna a prekaryzacja pracy. Przykłady doświadczeń zawodowych młodych migrantów z wybranych miast średniej wielkości w Polsce, STUDIA MIGRACYJNE-PRZEGLĄD POLONIJNY, 1(171), s. 85-106, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • Pustułka P., WINOGRODZKA D., Buler M. (2019). Mobilne pokolenie wyboru? Migracje międzynarodowe a płeć i role rodzinne wśród Milenialsek, STUDIA MIGRACYJNE-PRZEGLĄD POLONIJNY, 4(174), s. 139-164, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS. 
  • Sarnowska J., WINOGRODZKA D., Pustułka P. (2018). The changing meanings of work among university-educated young adults from a temporal perspective, PRZEGLĄD SOCJOLOGICZNY, 67 (3), s. 111-134, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS.

Other: 

  • Trąbka A., Pietrusińska, M. J., & WINOGRODZKA, D. in collaboration with J. Oliveira (2023). RESPONSIBILISATION OF YOUNG MIGRANTS FOR INTEGRATION. NAVIGATING BETWEEN VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE. MIMY SYNTHESIS REPORT, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS 
  • Pietrusińska, M. J., WINOGRODZKA, D., & Trąbka, A. in collaboration with J. Oliveira, & R. Catherine (2023). RESEARCHING YOUNG MIGRANTS IN VULNERABLE CONDITIONS. METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL GUIDELINES BASED ON THE MIMY PROJECT, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS 
  • Pustulka P., WINOGRODZKA D. (2021). Unpacking the Mobility Capacities and Imperatives of the ‘Global Generation’. In: Cairns D. (eds) THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF YOUTH MOBILITY AND EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION. Palgrave Macmillan, s. 47-61, affiliation: Uniwersytet SWPS
  • Member of the Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility at Kozminski University (CRASH) 
  • Member of Youth Research Centre at SWPS University 
  • Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA) 
  • Board Member in The Foundation for The Development of Social Research 
Kazimierz Zieliński

PhD of Information Technology, scientific researcher in Social Informatics, academic lecturer, Associate of the Center for Research on Social Change and Mobility (CRASH)

Post doc in the research project “BigMig: Digital and non-digital traces of migrants in Big and Small Data approaches to human capacities” carried out at the Kozminski University in Warsaw (Poland), under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Izabela Grabowska. 

He conducts research in the realm of Social Informatics with use of natural language processing, text mining, big data analysis, processing of data from social media, Wikipedia, dialogue systems. 

Since 2019 Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Computer Technology- Warsaw, Poland (PJATK). In 2019 he defended his PhD thesis   “Formal model, methods and algorithms for detecting controversy of Wikipedia articles and search queries”. 

  • “Tell Me How You Feel: Designing Emotion-Aware Voicebots to Ease Pandemic Anxiety In Aging Citizens”, 2022, preprint http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.10828 
  • Published code of a dialog system for booking of services (project RPMA.01.02.00-14-b405/18-00), 2022,    https://github.com/selidor-hub/DialogueSystem 
  • “Computing controversy: Formal model and algorithms for detecting controversy on Wikipedia and in search queries”, Information Processing & Management, Vol. 54, Issue 1, January 2018, p. 14-36 
  • “Document controversy classification based on the wikipedia category structure”, Computer Science, 2015, Vol. 16 (2) 
  • “Predicting Controversy of Wikipedia Articles Using the Article Feedback Tool”, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Social Computing, August 2014 
  • “Mobile telecommunication systems changed the electronic communications and ICT market”, 2013, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7923-3776 Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazimierz-Zielinski-2 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pCyOCd8AAAAJ

Associate Members

Associate Member Prof. Musawenkosi Donia Saurombe

Prof. Musawenkosi Donia Saurombe is an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa. She holds a PhD in Industrial Psychology, with her research speciality broadly focusing on talent management, including aspects of academic talent, the psychological contract, skilled labour migration, women representation and employee wellbeing. Musa previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the North-West University Mafikeng from 2017, became a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Free State in 2019, then joined UJ in 2021. She also became a visiting scholar at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland in 2025.

So far, Musa has supervised three doctoral, 12 master’s and 19 honours research studies to completion. She has also published over 30 scholarly research outputs in both local and international journals. Among other recognitions, Musa received the Young Alumnus Award from the North-West University, South Africa in 2023 as well as a South African National Research Foundation (NRF)-rating in 2024 and subsequently won the Early Career/Emerging Researcher award at the 2025 NRF Research Excellence Awards in August 2025. She further serves on the Editorial Boards of the American Psychological Association (APA) Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, PLOS One, and Sage Open.

  • Shekhar, A., Saurombe, M. D., & Joseph, R. M. (2025). Enhancing employee well-being through a culturally adapted training program: a mixed-methods study in South Africa. Frontiers in Public Health-Occupational Health and Safety. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1627464
  • Shekhar, A., Saurombe, M. D., & Joseph, R. M. (2025). From theory to practice: a participatory HR-led training programme for employee wellbeing. Frontiers in Organisational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/forgp.2025.1624518
  • Gandi, A. E., & Saurombe, M. D. (2025). Talent management practices for minimising talent turnover in critical functions of a public sector organisation. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v28i1.6135
  • Maseme, T. L., & Saurombe, M. D. (2025). Perceptions of how spiritual leadership enhances connectedness in blended teams. South African Journal of Human Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v23i0.2958
  • Nesindande, A. R., Saurombe, M. D., & Joseph, R. M. (2025). Exploring a digital banking talent management framework at a banking institution in South Africa. Sage Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251336020
  • Naidu, S., Saurombe, M. D., Mogoai, D. V. (2025). The candidate experience of virtual versus in a South African company. South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 51, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v51i0.2226
  • Mthintso, S., & Saurombe, M. D., Mabaso, C. M. (2024). Exploring the talent management strategies and practices at a South African municipality. EUREKA: Social and Humanities. https://doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2024.003386
  • Sun, J., Dehghan, M., Soltanmoradi, Y., Altwalbeh, D., Ghaedi-Heidari, F., Saurombe, M. D., Hermis, A. H., Kahnooji, M., Farahmandnia, H., Pourmasumi, S., & Zakeri, M. A. (2024). Quality of life, anxiety and mindfulness during the prevalence of COVID-19: a comparison between medical and non-medical students. BMC Public Health, 24, 2976. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20477-x
  • Saurombe, M. D., Malebe, K. D., Nyandeni, M., Tshabalala, S. S., Tyalintsika, T., & Malahlela, V. M. (2024). The practicality of long-term blended teaching and learning at a South African institution. African Journal of Teacher Education and Development. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajoted.v3i1.69
  • Nesindande, A. R., Saurombe, M. D., & Joseph, R. M. (2024). Exploring changes in banking workplaces due to digital technology implementation. South African Journal of Human Resource Management, 22. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v22i0.2542
  • Nkomo, L., & Saurombe, M.D. (2024). Exploring the representation of women in a selected performing arts entity. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231218837
  • Nyanhongo, K. N., Mokhutsane, L. V., Mosebi, M. T., Thobejane, T. M., Mathudi, T. S., & Saurombe, M. D. (2023). The perceived impact of a global pandemic on the organisational structure of a health department. South African Journal of Human Resource Management. https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/2254/3403
  • Mashaba, N. & Saurombe, M.D. (2023). Evaluating The Effectiveness of The SASSA Fraud Management and Compliance Department. Acta Commercii. https://doi.org/10.4102/ac.v23i1.101
  • Saurombe, M.D., & Zinatsa, F. (2023). Governing policies and factors affecting the labour market integration of tied migrants. Frontiers in Sociology – Migration and Society, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1084390
  • Saurombe, M.D, Rayners, S.S., Mokgobu, K.A., & Manka, K. (2022). The perceived influence of remote working on specific Human Resource outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic. South African Journal of Human Resource Management. https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/2033/3097
  • Zinatsa, F., & Saurombe, M.D. (2022). A framework for the labour market integration of female accompanying spouses in South Africa. South African Journal of Industrial Psychology, 48. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v48i0.2006
  • Ngobeni, D.A., Saurombe, M.D., & Joseph, R.M. (2022). The influence of the psychological contract on employee engagement in a South African bank. Frontiers in Psychology-Organisational Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.958127/full
  • Zinatsa, F., & Saurombe, M.D. (2022). Self-governing strategies of tied migrants in the South African labour market. Journal of Global Business and Technology, 18(1), 40-55. https://gbata.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/JGBAT_Vol18-1-FullText.pdf
  • Zinatsa, F., & Saurombe, M.D. (2022). Tied Migrant Labour Market Integration: deconstructing labour market subjectivities in South Africa. Frontiers in Psychology-Gender, Sex and Sexualities. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806436
  • Saurombe, M.D., & Barkhuizen, E.N. (2022).  Talent Management Practices and Work-related Outcomes for South African Academic Staff. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2021.2002033
  • Shingenge, S.N., & Saurombe, M.D. (2022). Leadership Mindset Regarding Talent Management Practices: A Case Study of Windhoek City Council. South African Journal of Human Resource Management, 20. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v20i0.1730
  • Swanepoel, K., & Saurombe, M.D. (2022). The significance of an employee value proposition in the retention of teachers at selected South African private schools. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v25i1.4358
  • Magagula, K., Maziriri, E., & Saurombe, M. (2020). Am I ready for the job market? Navigating on the precursors of work readiness among students in Johannesburg. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 46(11). https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v46i0.1778
  • Saurombe, MD., & Barkhuizen, E.N. (2020).  A Talent Value Proposition Framework for Academic Staff in a South African HEI. Journal of Global Business and Technology, 16(2), 85-102. https://gbata.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/JGBAT_Vol16-2-FullText.pdf
  • Schutte, N.E., Saurombe, M.D., Vibert, C., & Barkhuizen, E.N. (2019). East meets west: A comparative analysis of leadership styles in Canadian and Japanese wine industries. International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies, 11(2), 1-18. ISSN: 1309-8055. https://doi.org/10.34109/ijefs.201911201
  • Saurombe, M., Barkhuizen, E.N., & Schutte, N.E. (2017). Management perceptions of a higher educational brand for the attraction and of talent academic staff. South African Journal of Human Resource Management, 15, 1-10. doi: 10.4102/sajhrm.v15i0.831. https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/831/1133
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Associate Member Prof. Dr. Kata Fredheim

Dr Kata Fredheim is Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Strategy and Associate Professor in Economics and Business at SSE Riga, and a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics. She is also the founder of a consultancy focused on identifying malign actors in the online space. With over fifteen years of experience in higher education strategy and partnerships, she previously led the University of Cambridge’s International Strategy Office. Her research, grounded in social anthropology, explores migration, labour markets, internationalisation, and higher education, with recent work on Ukraine. She works across policy, academia and business, with experience in executive training and strategy. She  teaches on BSc and EMBA level. Kata holds degrees from Utrecht (NL), Bristol (UK), and Canterbury (NZ).

  • Vārpiņa, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2025). ‘Well it seems I’m caught up in a trap’: Adoption of AI in university writing: Implications for critical thinking and labour market engagement. In A. Author(s) (Eds.), Research and Innovation Forum 2024 (pp. xx–xx). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78623-5_13
  • Anisimova, A., Perrotta Berlin, M., & Fredheim, K. (2025, April 7). From integration to reconstruction: Standing with Ukraine by supporting Ukrainians in Sweden. FREE Policy Brief. Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies. https://freepolicybriefs.org/2025/04/07/supporting-ukrainians-sweden/
  • Kata Fredheim & Zane Varpina (2025) Navigating Displacement: The Intertemporal Migration and Settlement Experiences of Ukrainians in Latvia. Global Networks. V25I2, April 2025, https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70000
  • Becker, T., Fredheim, K., Gars, J., Hilgenstock, B., Katinas, P., Le Coq, C., Mylovanov, T., Olofsgård, A., Pavytska, Y., Perrotta Berlin, M., Ribakova, E., Shapoval, N., Spiro, D., & Wachtmeister, H. (2024). Sanctions on Russia: Getting the Facts Right. FREE Policy Brief.
  • Kata Fredheim & Zane Varpina (2024) There is a reason why: Baltic return migrants’ reasons for return, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2024.2320606
  • Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2023, April). Rise Up: Development and Influencers of Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Latvian Secondary School Students. In The International Research & Innovation Forum (pp. 343-354). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Fredheim K., Varpina Z. (2023). Choosing Latvia: Understanding the Decision-Making Factors of Displaced Ukrainians. FREE Policy Brief, June 2023. https://freepolicybriefs.org/
  • Vārpiņa, Z., Krūmiņa, M., Fredheim, K., & Paalzow, A. (2023). Back for business: The link between foreign experience and entrepreneurship in Latvia. International Migration. Vol 61 Issue 5  https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13136
  • Varpina, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2023, March). Mobility intentions of Latvian high-school graduates amid Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In Research and Innovation Forum 2022: Rupture, Resilience and Recovery in the Post-Covid World (pp. 767-777). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2023, March). The Covid-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Migrants’ Decision to Return Home to Latvia. In Research and Innovation Forum 2022: Rupture, Resilience and Recovery in the Post-Covid World (pp. 779-790). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Varpina, Z., & Fredheim, K. (2022). Ukrainian asylum seekers in Latvia: the circumstances of destination choice. Migration Letters, 19(6), 819 – https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i6.2364
  • Varpina, Z., Fredheim, K., & Krumina, M. (2023). Implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on high school graduates’ plans and education path. In Moving Higher Education Beyond Covid-19: Innovative and Technology-Enhanced Approaches to Teaching and Learning (pp. 147-164). Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Fredheim, K., & Varpina, Z. (2021, April). What a Manager Wants? How Return Migrants’ Experiences are Valued by Managers in the Baltics. In The International Research & Innovation Forum (pp. 577-587). Springer, Cham.