In praise of slow science

Author Biography

Abel Polese

Abel Polese is Associate Professor at Dublin City University (Ireland), Senior Researcher at Tallinn University (Estonia), Adjunct Professor at Chulalonghorn University (Thailand) and Associate Researcher at Tohoku University (Japan). His research focuses on migration, informality and governance in Eurasia and Eastern Europe. He has published widely on informal economies, transnational mobility and everyday state-society relations. He is the editor of Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS).

Marge Unt

Marge Unt is Professor of Comparative Sociology at the Institute of International Social Studies at Tallinn University. Prof. Unt has led and participated in numerous large-scale international research projects (EXCEPT, EUROSHIP, Mapineq, LEARN, etc.), served as an advisor to government departments in Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, and Peru, and is a member of several national and international review boards. She is the editor of Studies of Transition States and Societies (STSS).