Open Society Publications

publication June 2020

“More Legal Migration Will Stem Irregular Arrivals”—Does This Assumption Hold True?

With the number of Ukrainian workers in Poland on the rise, the risk that migrant workers will have to operate in a legal “gray zone” is increasing. Polish policymakers needs to embrace labor market and immigration reforms.

explainer June 2020

COVID-19 and Undocumented Workers

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic demands emergency action to support millions of undocumented migrant workers—and highlights the need for more humane and realistic government policies in the future.

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publication April 2020

Roma in the COVID-19 Crisis

This brief warns that Roma communities in Europe need more economic support in their fight against COVID-19 and its consequences. The EU also needs the Roma demographic for its own economic and political future.

publication February 2020

Civil Society Organizations and General Data Protection Regulation Compliance

This report examines the influence of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation policy on nongovernmental organizations, while also providing a guide of best practices to ensure compliance and mitigate risk.

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publication Winter 2019/2020

ScholarForum: Reflections from Africa

This edition of ScholarForum examines a wide array of issues pertaining to education in Africa—from folk media in Ethiopia to how people with disabilities in Zambia can have greater influence—and features a Q&A with alumni.

explainer December 2019

Why We Need Whistleblower Protections

Whistleblowers play an invaluable role in the struggle for transparency and accountability. Unfortunately, despite increasing efforts in many regions, whistleblowers are often vulnerable to reprisals and intimidation.

publication November 2019

George Soros and the Fall of Communism in Europe

George Soros established his global reputation as a philanthropist amid the dramatic transformation of Eastern and Central Europe that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

publication November 2019

Armed Drones in Europe

This report provides a detailed overview of armed drone policies in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom.

publication November 2019

States of Change: Attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, a YouGov survey finds a high-level of anxiety in Central and Eastern Europe over the future of democracy, but a continued faith in the freedoms achieved with the end of Communism.

publication September 2019

A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe

This report discusses how the new European Commission should look at challenges brought by the digital revolution in order to protect user rights and to establish conditions for open and fair digital market to flourish.

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Publications

“More Legal Migration Will Stem Irregular Arrivals”—Does This Assumption Hold True?

COVID-19 and Undocumented Workers

Roma in the COVID-19 Crisis

Civil Society Organizations and General Data Protection Regulation Compliance

ScholarForum: Reflections from Africa

Why We Need Whistleblower Protections

George Soros and the Fall of Communism in Europe

Armed Drones in Europe

States of Change: Attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe

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