Veronika Paksi Junior Research Fellow (MTA TK SZI) Department: Research Department for Social Relations and Network Analysis Email: paksi.veronika@tk.mta.hu Phone: +36 1 2246700 / 268 Research Interests Women in science, engineering, work-life balance, childbearing Selected Publications Book Chapters Paksi V (2015) Work-life balance of female PhD students in engineering. In: Pusztai G, Engler Á and Markóczi RI (Eds) Development of Teacher Calling in Higher Education. (Felsőoktatás és Társadalom 5) Partium Press-Personal Problems Solution-Új Mandátum, Nagyvárad-Budapest, 179-194. Nagy B, A munka-magánélet összehangolásának kérdései a magasan képzett nők körében (Questions of harmonising work-life balance among higher educated women). In: Spéder Zsolt (ed) A család vonzásában. Tanulmányok Pongrácz Tiborné tiszteletére (Family attractions. Studies in honour of Tiborné Pongrácz). KSH NKI, Budapest, 159-175. Paksi V, Géring Zs, Király G (2014) A globalizáció különböző arcai: dezorganizáció, hálózat és bizonytalanság (The different faces of globalisation: Desorganisation, network and uncertainty). In: A. Gergely A (ed): Sorsfordulók. Üdvözlőkötet Róbert Péter 60. születésnapjára. Politikatudományi Tanulmányok 2014/2, MTA TK PTI, 260-279. Acsády J, Biegelbauer A, Somogyi B, Paksi V, Szalma I (2012) (De)valuing care: Traditional and alternative patterns in the social construction of care in Hungary after the transition. In: Krassimira Daskalova, Caroline Hornstein-Tomic, Karl (eds.): Gendering post-socialist transition. Studies of changing gender perspectives Kaser, Filip Radunovic. LIT Verlag / Berlin, Münster, 2011. Wien, 119-149. Király G, Paksi V (2012) Bizonytalanság a munka és a magánélet egyes területein (Uncertainty in work and private life). In: Messing Vera, Ságvári Bence (eds) Közösségi Viszonyulásaink 2012/1. A családdal, az állammal és a gazdasággal kapcsolatos társadalmi attitűdök, értékek európai összehasonlításban. European Survey tanulmányok (Social attitudes and values towards family, state and economy in a European comparison. European Survey Studies). Budapest: MTA SZKI-MTA PTI, 54-75.
Journals Miért kevés a női hallgató a természet és műszaki tudományi képzésekben? Nemzetközi kitekintés a szivárgó vezeték metaforára (Why are there so few women in STEM fields? An international overview on the leaky pipeline metaphor). Replika, 85-86 (Replicate, [HU]) (2013/4 2014/1): 109-130. Király G, Paksi V, Luksander A (2014) A gyermekvállalás időzítésével kapcsolatos lakossági attitűdök egyes bizonytalansági tényezők tükrében (Domestic attitudes towards the timing of having a first child in the face of uncertainty). Szociológiai Szemle (Review of Sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association [HU]), 24(3): 84 112. Király G, Luksander A, Paksi V (2013) Fiatalok munkanélküliségi kockázata Magyarországon és európai összehasonlításban (Youths risk of unemployment in Hungary and in a European comparison). Kultúra és Közösség (Culture and Community [HU]), 44(3):139-153. Paksi V, Szappanos Á (2009) A természettudományos kutatói pálya elindulása és a magánélet, a családalapítás összeegyeztetésének nehézségei (The early career in the field of STEM and the difficulties of work-life balance). Magyar Tudomány (Hungarian Science), 6: 748-754. Paksi V, Szalma I (2009) Mikor vállaljunk gyermeket? A túl korai, az ideális, és a túl késői gyermekvállalás életkori normái európai összehasonlításban (When should we become a parent? The age norms of too young, ideal and too old childbearing in European comparison). Szociológiai Szemle (Review of Sociology the Hungarian Sociological Association), 3: 92-115. Paksi V, Szalma I (2009) Age norms of childbearing. Early, ideal and late childbearing in European countries. Review of Sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association, 2: 57-80. Research Projects Career Models and Career Advancement in Research and Development. Different Patterns and Inequalities in Labour Market Opportunities, Personal Network Building and Work-Life Balance 2016-2020 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) Head of Research: György Fábri (Eötvös Loránd University). Heads of Consortium Partners: Katalin Tardos (Cenre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Sándor Soós (Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Dilemmas and strategies in reconciling family and work Head of Research: Beata Nagy (Corvinus University Budapest) Infertility and the practice of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) Head of Research: Lilla Vicsek (Corvinus University Budapest)
Social perception of doctorate holders on education and science 2013-2014 Social Renewal Operative Programme (TÁMOP) Head of Research: György Fábri (Eötvös Loránd University) PhD and childbearing. Work-life balance of female PhD students in the field of engineering 2010- research for doctoral thesis Supervisors: Beáta Nagy (Corvinus University Budapest) and Gábor Király (Budapest Business School, Corvinus University Budapest) Traditional and alternative patterns in the social construction of care in Hungary after the transition 2009-2010 ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna Head of Research: Judit Acsády (Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) European Social Survey Hungarian survey 2008 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences Head of Research: László Füstös (Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Labour market chances of doctorate holders 2002 Universitas Press Ltd Head of Research: György Fábri Academic Career 2013- Research Assistant, Institute of Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Academy of Sciences 2007- Research Assistant, Scientific Secretary, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2004-2007 Secretary, Department of Neurochemistry, Chemical Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2004-2007 Secretary, Directorate, Office for Subsidised Research Units, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2001-2003 Research Fellow and Research Coordinator, Universitas Press Ltd Research Group for Higher Education Research Activity Career Models and Career Advancement in Research and Development. Different Patterns and Inequalities in Labour Market Opportunities, Personal Network Building and Work-Life Balance 2016-2020 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) Head of Research: György Fábri (Eötvös Loránd University). Heads of Consortium Partners: Katalin Tardos (Cenre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Sándor Soós (Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Dilemmas and strategies in reconciling family and work Head of Research: Beata Nagy (Corvinus University Budapest)
Infertility and the practice of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) Head of Research: Lilla Vicsek (Corvinus University Budapest) Social perception of doctorate holders on education and science 2013-2014 Social Renewal Operative Program (TÁMOP) Head of Research: György Fábri (Eötvös Loránd University) PhD and childbearing. Work-life balance of female PhD students in the field of engineering 2010- research for doctoral thesis Supervisors: Beáta Nagy (Corvinus University Budapest) and Gábor Király (Budapest Business School, Corvinus University Budapest) Traditional and alternative patterns in the social construction of care in Hungary after the transition 2009-2010 ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna Head of Research: Judit Acsády (Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) European Social Survey Hungarian survey 2008 Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), Hungarian Academy of Sciences Head of Research: László Füstös (Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Work-life balance of female researchers in the field of natural sciences 2006-2007 MA thesis, Tutor: Mária Palasik (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) Labour market chances of doctorate holders 2002 Universitas Press Ltd Head of Research: György Fábri Education 2010- PhD student, Corvinus University of Budapest 2006 - MA, sociology, University of Pécs Membership in Academic and Professional Organisations; Editorial Board Membership 2007- Member, Hungarian Sociological Association 2007- Editor, Culture and Community (Hungarian periodical) 2009- Secretary General, Hungarian Sociological Association 2012- Member, Women in Science Association, Hungary Selected conferences and workshops
Paksi V (2015) (poster) Work-family balance of PhD students in the field of engineering European Sociological Association. Prague, Czech Republic (poster) Ph.D. and childbearing? Education and work-life balance of Ph.D. students European Population Conference. Budapest The timing of PhD attendance and the first child in the field of engineering Nationhood in the Carpathian Region. Hungarians and their Neighbours Sociological Perspectives. Joint Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association and the Department of Sociology and Social Work in Hungarian of Babeş-Bolyai University. Kolozsvár Why are there so few women in science? Introduction to the leaky pipeline research Women in Science. Tips, Tricks and Answers. Skill Training for Young Scientists. Postgraduates International Network (PI-NET). Budapest A nők alacsony részvétele a természet- és műszaki tudományok területén STS műhelykonferencia. Budapest Paksi V, Szalma I (2009) The age norms of childbearing in European comparison European Sociological Association. Lisboa, Portugal Paksi V (2008) Academic career of women and men in the field of natural science: work-life balance and the obstacles to professional progress Magyar Szociológiai Társaság éves konferenciája, Veszprémi Egyetem, Veszprém Languages English (Proficient) Spanish (Elementary)