Research Interests
Veronika Paksi, PhD is a research fellow at the Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence). Her main research interests are gender (in)equality in Research&Development; women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); Gender Equality Plans; gender and precariry, obstacles to academic careers; work-life balance; childbearing. She is an adjunct professor at the Department for Sociology, University of Szeged; board member of the Association of Hungarian Women in Science (NaTE), and Co-Chair of the Section for the Sociology of Work and Social Inequality of the Hungarian Sociological Association. Currently works in the Gender and Precarity Working Group in ‘European Universities – Critical Futures. The Roles of Universities in European Integration’ project. She has participated in several domestic research projects, and also in a Horizon2020 (EFFORTI). Most recent publication: Morris, C., Parada, F., Moreau, M-P., Paksi, V., Read, B., Sautier, M., Tardos, K. (2024). Gender Inequity and Precarity in European Neoliberal Academia. Centre for Higher Education Futures, Aarhus University: Working Papers on University Reform. Forthcoming thematic issue: Tardos, K., Paksi, V., Takács, J, Bencivenga, R. (2025) (Eds.): Gender Equality Plans in European Research Performing Organisations. Social Inclusion, 13.
Selected Publications
Tardos, K., & Paksi, V. (2024). The Precarity Paradox: Experiences of Female PhD-holders across Career Stages in STEM Fields. Learning and Teaching. The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 17(3): 58-80. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2024.170304
Morris, C., Paksi, V., Read B., Snickare, L. Tardos, K. (2024) Gendered precarity in higher education. Subversions, strategies, survival. Learning and Teaching. The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, , 17(3): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2024.170301
Tardos, K. – Paksi, V. (2024) The role of the support of top management in gender equality outcomes in higher education and research. Feminismo/s, 43: 271-309. https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2024.43.11
Paksi, V – Nagy, B – Tardos, K (2022) Perception of Barriers to Motherhood: Female Phd Students’ Changing Family Plans in the STEM Fields. Social Inclusion, 10(3):149-159. http://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i3.5250
Tardos, K – Paksi, V (2022) Can Equality Plans Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal linked to Gender Equality in Higher Education and Research Performing Organisations? Education of Economists and Managers, 62(4): 35–53. http://doi.org/10.33119/EEIM.2021.62.2
Tardos, K – Paksi, V (2018) Diversity Management and Gender Equality Outcomes in Research, Development & Innovation Organisations: Lessons for Practitioners. Szociológiai Szemle, 28(4):166-190. http://doi.org/10.51624/SzocSzemle.2018.4.8
Paksi, V – Nagy, B – Király, G (2016) The timing of motherhood while earning a PhD in engineering. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 11, 285-304. http://www.informingscience.org/Publications/3544 (Q2)
Research Projects
2023-2026 UNTWIST: Policy recommendations to regain 'feminism losers' as mainstream voters (Horizon Europe). Parcticipating researcher. (Principal investigator in HUN-REN CSS: Katalin Tardos)
2023-2025 AGRIGEP - Agriculture Education and Research Responsible Assessment to Implement Gender Equality Plan and Strategy (Horizon Europe WIDERA). Head of consortium partner NaTE. (Head of consortium: Julianna Kobolák, MATE, Hungary)
2021-2023 European Universities – Critical Futures. The Roles of Universities in European Integration (Danish Research Council). Member of the Gender and Precarity Working Group. (Head of Working Group: Charlotte Morris, University of Plymouth)
2016-2021 Career Models and Career Advancement in Research and Development. Different Patterns and Inequalities in Labour Market Opportunities, Personal Network Building and Work-Life Balance (National Scientific Research Fund). Parcticipating researcher. (Principal investigator: Katalin Tardos, HUN-REN CSS, Hungary)
