
Research Associate, Assistant Professor
+386 1 470 64 87
mojca.vah@zrc-sazu.si
Mojca Vah Jevšnik holds a PhD in Social Work Studies, MA in Migration Studies and BA in Sociology. Her research interests are labour migration, social policy, public health, comparative welfare state studies and social protection of diaspora. She is particularly interested in exploring labour migration of people who provide care, including healthcare workers, care workers, humanitarian workers and social workers. She is currently involved in the research on posting of workers within the EU, focusing in particular on their occupational safety, health and social protection.
Research Projects (selection):
- Project coordinator (EU, EaSI-Progress): Posting of third country nationals (Con3Post)
- Project coordinator (EU, EaSI-Progress): Occupational safety and health of posted workers (POOSH)
- External expert (ERC Starting Grant): Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post) Crisis Europe (MiTSoPro)
- Researcher (EU, EaSI-Progress): Secure mobility: Uncovering Gaps in the Social Protection of Posted Workers (SMUG)
Vah Jevšnik, Mojca, Cukut Krilić, Sanja. Diaspora policies, consular services and social protection for Slovenian citizens abroad. In: Lafleur, Jean-Michel (ed.), Vintila, Daniela (ed.). Migration and social protection in Europe and beyond. Vol. 2, Comparing consular services and diaspora policies. Cham: Springer, 2020. Pp. 441-456. IMISCOE Research Series: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030512446
Vah Jevšnik, Mojca. Welfare Considerations Underpinning Healthcare Workers’ Decision about Migration: The Case of Slovenia. In: Ryndyk, Oleksandr (ed.), Suter, Brigitte (ed.), Odden, Gunhild (ed.). Migration to and from Welfare States. Lived Experiences of the Welfare-Migration Nexus in a Globalised World. Cham: Springer, 2021 (in press). IMISCOE Research Series: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030676148
Vah Jevšnik, Mojca. The ethical dimension of healthcare worker mobility. In: TOPLAK, Kristina (ed.), VAH JEVŠNIK, Mojca (ed.). Labour mobility in the EU. 1st ed. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU Publishing, 2018. Pp. 39-59. Migracije, 28.
VAH JEVŠNIK, Mojca, ROGELJA, Nataša. Occupational safety and health in transnational workplaces: the case of posted workers. Dve domovini : razprave o izseljenstvu. 2018, [No.] 48, Pp. 23-36.
VAH JEVŠNIK, Mojca, TOPLAK, Kristina. The impact of welfare generosity on emigration: the case of Slovenia. In: FALTʼAN, Lʼubomír (ed.). Cross-border migration and its implications for the Central European area. Bratislava: Slovak Committee for UNESCO MOST Programme: Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2015, Pp. 130-146.