Dr. Miroslav Štefánik has over 10 years of experience in policy-relevant analysis and research and over 5 years of experience in international projects. He focuses on processing big data to produce policy-relevant information, such as in program impact evaluations and forecasting. Among the topics covered are active labour market and training program evaluation (including VET programs) as well as analysing and predicting future market development. Within Slovakia, he is actively participating in the creation of strategic documents related to employment services and educational policies. He is especially strong in processing micro-level data, designing indicators, extracting policy-relevant information and drawing practical recommendations. Dr. Miroslav Štefánik initiated several “academia to business” projects focused on exploring web-based, online job-search or administrative data.