RID Seminar by Department of Economics I

Event date:
7.05.2026, 12:00 - 18:00

We invite you to the seminar Beyond Employment: Refugees and Their Impact on European Societies, which will bring together leading researchers to discuss the broader social, political, and economic consequences of contemporary refugee movements in Europe and beyond.

The seminar will feature a strong programme of presentations examining issues such as political backlash and social cohesion, labour market interactions between refugees and native workers, intergenerational welfare dependence, discrimination, and organizational contexts shaping inequality. Across three thematic sessions, the speakers will provide cutting-edge empirical evidence and stimulate discussion on how refugee inflows reshape labour markets, institutions, and European societies.

  • Session I (12:00–13:15)
    Joanna Clifton-Sprigg – Refugee Exposure and Political Backlash: Poland during the Russia-Ukraine War
    Sunčica Vujić – Love thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime
  • Lunch Break (13:15–14:15)
  • Session II (14:15–16:00)
    Tomáš Lichard – Ukrainian refugees and native workers: Evidence from the most affected countries
    Maike Steffen – Work from Home and Labor Market Trajectories
  • Break (16:00–16:30)
  • Session III (16:30–18:00)
    Peter Siminski – Intergenerational Welfare Dependence? Causal Evidence from Australia’s Vietnam-era Draft Lotteries
    Marcin Lewandowski – Labor Supply and Product Demand Effects of Immigration: Evidence from the Retail Sector
    Mateusz Smoter – Organizational context of ethnic discrimination. Results from a cross-national factorial survey experiment.

The seminar is organized in the framework of the implementation of the: SGH Regional Initiative for Excellence (RID) | RID Seminars Financed by the Minister of Science under the “Regional Excellence Initiative” Programme.

Type of event:
seminar
Category:
scientific
Location:

SGH, 8 Batorego Street, Building S, Room S14

Organiser:

Department of Economics I

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