The project meeting on the 3rd of October was rich with discussed topic, the first being the survey among freelancers and companies which goal is to investigate the most needed competences to enter freelancer market. Gathering the responses will be a challenge as nowadays time is the most valuable asset for everyone. Secondly, we decided…
The comparison of the freelance market in Europe and Asia has been successfully completed and the report was published. The work was led by the University of Kragujevac team in the realm of Work Package 2 (The rich picture of the global freelancer market), Activity 3: (Comparison of EUROPE and ASIA). The main highligts of…
After some holiday break it was good to see each other again on the 12th of September and share news about events that happened meantime, especially participation of project team members in numerous conferences (see the previous news). The report Comparison of EUROPE and ASIA developed under WP2/A3 has been accepted. Besides, the current progress…
Dr Bartłomiej Balsamski from Krakow University of Economics took part in the 33rd International Conference on Information Systems Development held in Belgrade, Serbia between the 3rd and 5th of September 2025. He presented a poster: Gender equity among IT freelancers – preliminary study on selected European countries that was developed by an international project team:…
Prof. Francisco Muñoz-Leiva from the University of Granda participated in the AEDEM International Conference held at Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy, between August 31st and September 2nd, 2025. He delivered presentation based on the semistructured interviews conducted among freelancers and company representatives who hire freelancers: Bridging the gap: Freelancers’ skills versus competencies’ demand Highlights:
✨ Prof. Vladan Ivanović from the University of Kragujevac participated in the Conference “Gender, Technology & Power” held in Warsaw between the 2nd of 4th of September 2025, where he presented the paper: Structured, Narrative, and Stylistic Signals:Self-Presentation and Success in Platform Labour. 🔎 The research explores how freelancers present themselves online, and how different…
Three project team members from Kraków University of Economics (Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, Paweł Konkol, Jakub Kanclerz) participated in the America’s Conference on Information Systems held in Montreal, Canada between 14th and 16th of August. They took an opportunity during informal and formal talks to spread information about the project. Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz presented the paper: Dymek, D.,…
On the 16th of July prof. Tetiana Vakaliuk from the Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University visited Krakow University of Economics. During the meeting with Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, the project coordinator, and dr Svitlana Didkivska, the project’s upcoming tasks and publication plans were discussed.
During the meeting the ongoing work on the completion of the report related to the global freelancer market picture was summarised. Besides, the progress in the analysis of interviews conducted with freelancers and company representatives was assessed. The plans for paper development on the basis of the project work was discussed. The meeting on the…
On the 10th of June 2025 Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz and Dmytro Antoniuk delivered the presentation “Towards Fostering Entrepreneurship through Freelancing” during the XVIIInternational Scientific Conference of the College of Management and Quality Sciences of the Krakow University of Economics. The presentation was followed by a discussion shading new perspectives on our research, including the motivation for…