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). Recently participates in two Horizon Europe projects (UNTWIST and AGRIGEP). Recent publication: Tardos, K. – Paksi, V. (2023) The role of the support of top management in gender equality outcomes in higher education and research. Feminismo/s, 43: 271-309.
Selected Publications
Tardos, K – Paksi, V (Forthcoming) 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 (LATISS)
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.
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
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)
2023-2027 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)
