Workshop for Thematic Issue on Involved Fatherhood in European Post-Socialist Societies

 

Organizers: Ivett Szalma (HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences) Hana Hašková (Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences) Alenka Švab (University of Ljubljana) Judit Takács (HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Date: 5 May 2025 Time: 13:00–17:00 (CET) Venue: Online (Zoom)

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Programme

Welcome

13:00-13:05

I. Norms, Identities, and Cultural Understandings of Fatherhood

Chair Hana Hašková

13:05–14:10

1. Brigita Miloš, Ivana Tutić Grokša, Nadja Čekolj: How is fatherhood understood in Croatia?

2. Boglárka Herke: Warm Fathers, Competent Mothers: Attitudes and Stereotypes towards Single Parents in Hungary

3. Attila Bartha, Judit Takács, Gábor Tamás Molnár: Still Main Breadwinners but Secondary Parents? Parenthood Norms and Policies Shaping Attitudes about Involved Fatherhood in European Post-Socialist Societies

4. Magda Muter: New Generation of Fathers in Poland – A Path to Gender Equality?

II. Structural and Institutional Conditions of Father Involvement

Chair: Judit Takács

14:10–15:30

1. Hana Třísková, Ivett Szalma: Fathers' Involvement in Childcare: A Comparative Study of Post-Socialist, Nordic, and Western European Countries

2. Anca Dohotariu, Cristina Răţ, Réka Geambaşu: Middle-Class Fathers Between Parental Leave Provisions and Gendered Family Arrangements: A Qualitative Inquiry in Ethnically Diverse Romania

3. Júlia Galántai: Factors Related to Employment and the Parental Leave Behavior of Hungarian Stay-at-Home Fathers: An Analysis of Census Data

4. Zsuzsanna Makay, Zsuzsanna Veroszta: Barriers to Involved Fatherhood in Hungary: Economic Pressures Over Gender Role Attitudes

5. Tatyana Kotzeva, Elitsa Dimitrova, Irena Georgieva, Kalina Ilieva: Men Care: Social Differences of Parental Leave Uptake and Participation of Fathers in Childcare in Bulgaria

III. Everyday Practices of Involved Fatherhood

Chair: Alenka Švab

15:30–16:50

1. Alenka Švab, Živa Humer: Between Supportive and Involved Fatherhood in Slovenia

2. Aušra Maslauskaitė, Roma Jusienė: Involved Fathering in Lithuania: Is There Intergenerational Continuity?

3. Zuzana Dančíková: Involved Fatherhood in Slovakia? A Multi-Dimensional Picture Based on Mixed Methods

4. Jana Chaloupková, Hana Hašková: Involved Fathers and Intensive Parenthood in Czechia: Exploring the Relationship between Intensive Parenting Norms and Fathers’ Contextualized Practices

5. Steven Saxonberg, Lenka Formánková: The Views of Czech Men’s Organizations Toward the Caring of Children

16:50–17:00 Closing remarks