Események:

Dorottya Szikra
Associate Professor
Eötvös University, Budapest, Faculty of Social Sciences,
Department of Social Work and Social Policy
Pázmány P. s. 1/a
1117 Budapest, Hungary
00361-20905-55/ ext. 6855
szikra@tatk.elte.hu

Private:

www.dorottyaszikra.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EÖTVÖS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, Associate Professor of Social Policy, from September 2003 to present; Assistant Professor from February 2002 to September 2003.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT, Visiting Professor of Gender and Welfare, September 2005 to September 2006.

HUNGARIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WELFARE AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, Independent Advisor, November 2002 – December 2004.

JOHN WESLEY COLLEGE, FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK, Assistant Professor, September 1996 – January 1998.

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, independent researcher and advisor on welfare effects of European Union accession in previously joined countries, March 1995 to September 1997.

INDEPENDENT TRAINER for non-governmental organizations, E.g. United Way Hungary, Soros Foundation, Non-profit Information and Training Center (NIOK), 1996 – 2002.

EDUCATION

EÖTVÖS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST, PhD Sociology (Social Policy), Summa cum laude, 2003; MA Social Policy, 1996.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Policy Studies, Baltimore, USA, Junior Fellow, March 1994 – May 1994.
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Faculty of Social Policy, Great Britain. Tempus Scholarship, Social Policy MA courses, September 1992 – September 1993.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

NORDIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges. Mobility fellowships. “The Origins of Different Welfare Paradigms. Comparing the Early Years of the Danish and the Hungarian Welfare Systems.” University of Southern Denmark, Odense, November 2008 – January 2009.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT “Welfare State Transformations and Adaptations in Central and Eastern Europe”, September 2007 – ongoing.

VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATION, International and Interdisciplinary Research: „The German Half-Day Model: A European Sonderweg? The ’Time Politics’ of Public Education in Post-war Europe”, Member of the Research Group, March 2006 to November 2008.

HUNGARIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, Zoltán Magyary Post-Doctoral Scholarship, Research Fellow, September 2006 to September 2007.

HUNGARIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, Ferenc Deák Post-Doctoral Scholarship of the Ministry of Education, September 2005 to September 2006.

VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATION International and Interdisciplinary Research Project, “History of Social Work and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe 1900-1960”, Research Fellow, from April 2004 to April 2006.

OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE, BUDAPEST, Research Support Scheme Program, Research Fellow, „Early Hungarian Social Insurance Legislation in a European Context” From January 1999 to January 2000.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND CONVENING

Round Table discussion. “The future of the welfare state: Paths of social policy innovation between constraints and opportunities.” 7th Annual Conference of ESPAnet, Urbino, Italy, 17-19. September 2009.

Stream convener with Prof. Tomasz Inglot at 7th Annual Conference of ESPAnet, Urbino, Italy, 17-19. September 2009.

“Making the Poor Work. Productive Social Policy and Anti-Semitic Exclusion before and during the Second World War in Hungary.” Paper presented at the NCoE NordWel International Conference, Labour Markets and Welfare States. The Nordic Model in Comparative and Transnational Historical Perspectives. Stockholm, Sweden, 13-15 May 2009.

Together with Dorota Szelewa, “Do Central and Eastern European Countries Fit the ‘Western Picture’? The Example of Family Policies in Hungary and Poland.” Paper presented at the conference: Enlargement: Five Years After: The State of European Integration and New Challenges. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 8-9 May 2009.

“State controlled Co-operatives. The role of the Hungarian ‘welfare co-operatives’ in the implementation of Anti-Semitic legislation before and during the Second World War.” Paper presented at the workshop “Co-operatives and the 'social question' - ideology, networks and organising”. Åbo Akademi University, Finland, 28 April 2009.

“Welfare Nationalism in Eastern Europe. The Case of Hungary.” Citizenship, collective identity and welfare state nationalism. Workshop organized by NCOE Nordwel and the Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark. 18 November 2008.

“Eastern-European Faces of Familialism: Hungarian and Polish family policies in a Historical Perspective.” Family policy and equality policy today: New feminism? Modernisation? Re-traditionalisation? Conference organized by the German Association of Political Science (DVPW). Potsdam, Germany, 26 – 28 September 2008. “Social Policy in East Central Europe. Major Trends in the 20st Century.” Learning from the Eastern Experience: “Welfare State Transformations and Adaptations in Central and Eastern Europe” East-West Round Table – European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAnet) Annual Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 19 September 2008.

“Child Care and Pre-School Education in State Socialist Hungary. A Maternalist Welfare State?” The German Half-Day Model: A European Sonderweg? The ‘Time Politics’ of Child Care, Pre School and Elementary School Education in Post-War Europe, International and Interdisciplinary Conference, Köln, Germany. 1-3 March 2007. “The History of Social Policy: The Development of Social Rights in the Wider Europe, 1890-1990” Stream organized together with Bela Tomka 20-22 September 2007, Vienna, Austria ESPAnet Annual Conference.

“The Hungarian Pension System Now and Then: Reforms in the 1950s and the 1990s”, Institutions, Knowledge and Change – The Danish Pension System in International Comparison, University of Southern Denmark. 23-24 April, 2007. Odense, Denmark

“Social Policy and Anti-Semitic Exclusion before and during World War II in Hungary. The Case of the Productive Social Policy”, 27 Lisbon, Portugal, European Social Science History Conference, 28 February – 1 March 2007

’Activation policies” between the two World Wars in Hungary. The Case of Productive Social Policy. William Thompson Lecture Series, University College Cork, Ireland, 12 February 2007.

„Hungarian Family and Child Support in a Historical and Comparative Perspective” Welfare State Regimes, Public Education and Child Care. Theoretical Concepts for a Compoarison of East and West.” Interdisciplinary Workshop organized by the International and Interdisciplinary Research Group „The German Half-Day Model: A European Sonderweg? The ’Time Politics’ of Public Education in Post-war Europe”, Potsdam, Germany. March 31-April 1, 2006.

(Together Borbala Juhasz and Eszter Varsa) „Women and Social Work in Hungarian History.” Women and the History of Social Work, Seminar. Ultrecht University. Presentation and Workshop 27 March, 2006. Ultrecht, Holland.

(together with Eszter Varsa) „Everyday Social Work in the Hungarian Settlement Movement: A Case Study of the Kozma Street Settlemen Project, 1942-1950.”. European Social Science Histrory Conference. Holland, Amsterdam: 22-25 March 2006. „Family and Child Support in a Post-Communist Society. Origins of the Mixed Hungarian Welfare Capitalism.” ESPAnet Annual Conference. University of Fribourg, Switzerland. 22-24 September 2005.

(together with Eszter Varsa) „Hungarian Social Work in the 1930s. The Case of the Kozma-Street Settlement. Issues of Gender, Race and Class.” Closing Conference of the Project of ’History of Social Work and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe 1900-1960’. Köln, Germany, 16-18 September 2005.

„Central and Eastern European Welfare Capitalism: The Case of the Hungarian Family and Child Support System.” Fighting Poverty and Reforming Social Security: What Can Post-Soviet States Learn from New Democracies of Central Europe? Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, East European Studies Program, Washington, D.C., 10 June 2005

“Hungarian Welfare Development and Social Work in the 1930s.” Joint Conference of the Project ’History of Social Work and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe 1900-1960’ and ATHENA-2 Program, Prague, Czech Republic. 1-6 December, 2004.

“Hungarian Workers’ Insurance in a European Context” ESPAnet Annual Conference, Oxford, Great Britain. 9-11 September, 2004.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK (ESPAnet), Member of Board
HILSCHER REZSŐ SOCIAL POLICY ASSOCIATION, Hungary, Member of Board
MICHAEL POLANYI PHILOSOPICAL ASSOCIATION, Budapest, Member

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent English and German; (native Hungarian)