current project

This project aims to analyze the impact of new technologies on social mobility in European Union countries. Specifically, it seeks to determine whether the increasing use of computers promotes equality of opportunity in the labour market or exacerbates existing inequalities. We will focus on how computer technologies influence wages and career advancement opportunities for individuals from families with different levels of social capital.…

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The project aims to answer the following question: how does collective decision-making in investments, housing, and the labour market impact the effectiveness of the energy transition. Three empirical studies will be conducted: Investments in new technologies: Analysing collaboration among residents of multifamily buildings in decision-making on energy efficiency investments. Housing conditions: Investigating residents’ preferences for innovative housing models, such as cohousing, and…

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The project aims at increasing employment chances and job quality among young persons with disabilities. We will achieve this goal by developing, testing, evaluating, and popularising Job Crafting, an innovative model of work with unemployed individuals. We will tailor the model to the specific needs of young people with disabilities, accounting for gender differences. European experts from various countries…

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The aim of this project is to determine whether household decisions regarding part-time work are influenced by prevailing work norms in a given country. Special attention will be devoted to differences between Western European and post-communist countries. The project will include three empirical studies, all conducted on a large sample of European countries. In the first study, we will examine whether part-time employment in Central and…

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LOCATEE’s overarching goal is to support local municipalities in addressing energy poverty by renovating private multi-apartment buildings for vulnerable residents. The project will address the poor connection between the private housing owners and local climate and energy policies in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. LOCATEE will achieve this goal by providing a toolkit for identifying energy-vulnerable households, matching tailored interventions to their…

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The project’s objective is to study the housing ecosystem in Poland, with a focus on mapping non-residential vacant properties within Polish local governments and adapting them to residential purposes. As part of the project, the IBS team will: prepare an outline of housing policies for selected local governments and attempt to estimate the number of vacant properties based on data from heat source…

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The project “SkiLMeeT: Skills for labour markets in the green and digital transition” aims to: produce sound indicators that help better understand the extent of skills mismatches and shortages, provide novel insights on the effects of specific drivers that lead to skills mismatches and shortages, and present viable pathways for reducing skills shortages and mismatches. The project focuses…

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The project “Fostering ambitious and effective NECPs in Central and Eastern Europe” aims to impact energy and climate policies in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. Its mission is to align these countries with the European Union’s ambitious path to climate neutrality by 2050, addressing key challenges such as energy poverty, energy and climate security, and public acceptance of energy transitions. The Institute…

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This project aims to investigate whether workers who use flexible work arrangements are assessed negatively by their coworkers. Flexible work arrangements, which allow workers to decide where and when they work, are often presented as a solution that helps parents balance their professional careers and domestic duties. However, there is the other side of the coin. Workers who use flexible…

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The GDPoweR project aims to bolster industrial relations in the platform economy by analysing strategies used by platform workers, activists, trade unionists, and employer groups in negotiating pay and conditions. It introduces an innovative data collection method based on citizen science to audit personal data practices of platforms. The project evaluates challenges in implementing collective bargaining agreements in the location-based platform economy. Additionally, it…

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The project aims to explore if the links between paid and unpaid work are balanced in light of access to flexible working arrangements. We will also consider how flexibility arrangements impact well-being and parental satisfaction, with a particular interest in parental burnout. In the project, we will: differentiate between the real-life division of labour in the household and an ideal division of work that…

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The project aims to explore the links between working from home, job quality and psychological well-being. It will apply a mixed-method approach to establish the quantitative effect based on data from the EU-27 countries and explore the specific mechanisms of the impact. In recent decades, job quality has become an increasingly important topic in economics. Yet current approaches to defining it have…

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