curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT DETAILS
Dorota Szelewa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute of Social Policy
Department of Journalism and Political Science
Warsaw University, Poland
Social policy expert
International Centre for Research and Analysis (ICRA)
Warsaw, Poland
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2005 - 2009
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Department of Political and Social Sciences.
Doctoral degree in Political and Social Sciences.
2004-2005
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Department of Political Science
Master’s degree obtained in June 2005, graduation with distinction.
1997-2004
Warsaw University
Department of Journalism and Political Science
Master’s degree in International Relations
Master’s degree in Social Policy
2002-2003
Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
Master of Arts in Political Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
from 01.30.2013
Assistant Professor,
Institute of Social Policy,
Department of Journalism and Political Science,
Warsaw University
01.2012-12.2012
Postdoc
Centre for Welfare State Research
Department of Political Science and Public Management
University of Southern Denmark
2009-2011
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences,
University of Bremen, Germany.
2003-2004
Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status for Women and Men in Poland.
Division for International Cooperation and the EU integration.
2002-2003
Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Research assistant
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FELLOWSHIPS
November 2010January 2011
Nordic Centre for Excellence (NordWel) fellowship, Centre for Welfare State
Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
January-May 2008
Visiting researcher, European Research Institute, University of Bath, UK.
June 2007
Visiting fellowship, Danish National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen,
Denmark;
GRANTS AND AWARDS
October 2012
National Research Centre in Poland – founding grant for the position at Warsaw
University, for the project Family policy in Poland and in Europe. Fuzzy sets/ QCA
analysis. Institutional models and explanatory frameworks.
110 000 euro, project ranked #3 on the list of 149 applications.
July 2012
Scholarship covering participation costs in the Gender in Macroeconomics
International Working Group 2012 Summer Institute and Conference, July 17-29,
Krakow, Poland (3200 euro).
January 2010
Research Grant from the European Fund for the Integration of thirdcountry nationals for the project IMAP – “The Map of Integration
Initiatives”.
October 2009September 2011
Postdoctoral fellowship, Bremen International Graduate School of Social
Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany.
September 2007
Doctoral Researcher Prize of Journal of European Social Policy/European
Social Policy Analysis Network
2005-2009
Ph.D. scholarship from European University Institute, Florence, Italy
2003-2004
Warsaw University: Scholarship for Excellent Student’s Performance
2004
Distinction award in the competition for the best master’s and doctoral thesis
organised by the Institute for Labour and Social Issues (IPiSS) together with
the two Deputy Prime Ministers.
INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Szelewa D. (2013), “Gender and class: comparing the situation of single parent households in seven
European countries, in: European Journal of Social Security 4/2013
Szelewa, D. (2012), “Childcare policies and gender relations in Eastern Europe: Hungary and Poland
compared”, Harriet Taylor Mill-Institut für Ökonomie und Geschlechterforschung Discussion Paper 17,
03/2012.
Szikra D. and D. Szelewa (2009) “Welfare et socialisme: de certains concepts relatifs au genre” in: Cahiers
du Genre, no 46/2009.
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski (2008) ”Who cares? Changing patterns of childcare in Central and Eastern
Europe”, in: Journal of European Social Policy 18 (2) 2008: 115-131, Reprinted in Esely – Journal of Hungarian
Social Policy, vol. 1/2009.
Saxonberg S. and D. Szelewa (2007)“The continuing legacy of the communist legacy? The development of
family policies in Poland and the Czech Republic” in: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and
Society, 2007 Fall;14(3):351-379.
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OTHER PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Szelewa D. and Polakowski M. (2011) “Podatki a polityka spoleczna” [Taxes and Social Policy], In:
“Podatki”, seria “Przewodniki” Krytyki Politycznej [Taxes, Handbook series of Political Critique].
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski (2010) „Mitologia stosowana, czyli o „kosztach” imigracji do Polski
[Mythology applied; on the „costs” of immigration to Poland, with Michał Polakowski], in: Krytyka
Polityczna [Political critique], no 24/2010, pp. 113-121.
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski (2010) „Idą Polak Rusek i Niemiec, czyli o podejściu Polaków do zjawiska
imigracji” [Pole, Russian and German - on the attitudes of Poles towards imigration, with Michal
Polakowski], in: Przegląd Powszechny [General Review], no 12/2010, pp. 11-23.
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski (2010)„Liberalny populizm – o reformie polityki społecznej w Polsce
[Liberal populism, on the reform of social policy in Poland, with Michal Polakowski] in: Krytyka
polityczna [Political critique], no 22/2010: 200-211.
Polakowski M. and D, Szelewa (2009) “Zasiłki dla osób bezrobotnych w Europie Środkowowschodniej –
Analiza Porównawcza”[A comparative study of unemployment compensation in the Central and Eastern
Europe] in: Problemy Polityki Spolecznej [Problems of Social Policy] – social policy yearbook of Polish
Academy of Sciences, Vol. 11/2009
Szelewa D. (2004) ‘Szwedzka polityka rodzinna’ [Swedish Family Policy] in: Problemy Polityki Spolecznej
[Problems of Social Policy] – social policy yearbook of Polish Academy of Sciences, Vol. 7/2004.
BOOKS EDDITED
Pawlak P., D. Szelewa et.al eds., Polityka (Dez)Integracji. Zarządzanie integracją obywateli państw trzecich w Polsce
[The Politics of (Dis)Integration. Management of integration of the third country nationals in Poland],
Warsaw, Scholar, 2010.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Aczel Z., D. Szelewa and D. Szikra (forthcoming 2014), “Changing language of social policy in Eastern
Europe: the cases of Hungary and Poland”, in: D. Beland and K. Petersen eds. Analysing Social Policy
Concepts and Language: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, Policy Press.
Pawlak P., D. Szelewa and M. Polakowski, „Od polityki (dez)integracji do migrant-mainstreaming’ [From
the politics of dis(integration) to migrant-mainstreaming], with Patryk Pawlak and Michal Polakowski, in:
Polityka (Dez)Integracji. Zarządzanie integracją obywateli państw trzecich w Polsce [The Politics of (Dis)Integration.
Management of integration of the third country nationals in Poland], Warsaw, Scholar, 2010, Patryk
Pawlak, Dorota Szelewa et al. eds., pp. 5-20.
Szelewa D. „Polityka edukacyjna a integracja społeczna imigrantów’ [Education policy and social
integration of immigrants], in: Polityka (Dez)Integracji. Zarządzanie integracją obywateli państw trzecich w Polsce
[The Politics of (Dis)Integration. Management of integration of the third country nationals in Poland],
Warsaw, Scholar, 2010, Patryk Pawlak, Dorota Szelewa et al. eds., pp. 21-43.
Szikra D. and D. Szelewa “Do Central and Eastern European countries fit the "Western" picture? The
example of family policies in Hungary and Poland”, in: Welfare states and gender inequality in Central and
Eastern Europe, Christinna Klenner and Simone Leiber eds, Brussels, ETUI, 2010, pp. 81-116.
Szikra D. and D. Szelewa (2008) ‘Passen die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder in das ‘westliche’ Bild?
Das Beispiel der Familienpolitik in Ungarn und Polen’, in: Christinna Klenner and Simone Leiber eds.
Wohlfahrtsstaaten und Geschlechterungleichheit in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Kontinuität und postsozialistische
Transformation in den EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, VS Research 2008.
POLICY REPORTS
Szelewa D. (forthcoming) “Political factors influencing social policy” (in Polish) Warsaw Debates on Social
Policy Papers Series#13, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and ICRA Foundation, Warsaw
Szelewa, D. Polakowski M and D. Szelewa (forthcoming) “Crisis and social policy” (in Polish) Warsaw Debates
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on Social Policy Papers Series#10, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and ICRA Foundation, Warsaw
Polakowski M and D. Szelewa (2013) “Unemployment in Poland: between individual strategies and state
policy” (in Polish) Warsaw Debates on Social Policy Papers Series#9, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and ICRA
Foundation, Warsaw
Szelewa D. (2012) “Usługi opiekuńcze dla małych dzieci: główne argumenty za rozszerzeniem dostępu do
publicznych usług opieki nad dzieckiem” [Main arguments in favour of extending the availability of publicly
provided childcare services], ICRA/FES working paper.
Szelewa D. (2012) “Gender w polityce społecznej: teoria i praktyka” [Gender and social policy: theory and
practice], ICRA/FES working paper
Szelewa D. (2011) „The policy on gender equality in Poland”, Note of 11th of May 2011, European
Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C: Citizens’ Rights and
Constitutional Affairs: Gender Equality.
Szelewa D. (2010) „Model integracji społecznej imigrantów z krajów trzecich: dostęp do usług społecznych i
przegląd polityki społecznej’ [Model of social integration of immigrants in Poland: Access to social services
and review of social policy], Raport Centrum Stosunkow Miedzynarodowych [Centre for International
Relations Report], Warsaw, July 2010.
Szelewa D. (2010) „Integracja a problemy rodziny’ [Integration and the problems of family], Raport Centrum
Stosunków Międzynarodowych [Centre for International Relations Report], Warsaw, April 2010.
Szelewa D (2010) „Integracja a Polityka Edukacyjna’ [Integration and Education Policy], Raport Centrum
Stosunków Międzynarodowych [Centre for International Relations Report], Warsaw, March 2010. „Integracja
a Polityka Edukacyjna” [Integration and Education Policy], Raport Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych
[Center for International Relations Report], Warsaw, March 2010.
POLICY COMMENTS AND ARTICLES
Szelewa D. “Urlopy bez ojców” [Parental leave without fathers], for Krytyka Polityczna, 30.06.2013
Szelewa D. and Polakowski M. “Rząd patrzy tylko na statystyki” [The Government pays attention only to the
statistics], for Krytyka Polityczna, 23.05.2013
Szelewa D. “Polski maternalizm” [Polish maternalizm] for Karytyka Polityczna, 15.10.2013
Szelewa D. “Żłobki Polskę wzbogacą” [Creches will make Poland rich], in: Gazeta Wyborcza, 2012-02-22
Polakowski M. and D. Szelewa, „Szkolenia i staże nie wystarczą” [Trainings and interships are not enough],
for Krytyka Polityczna, 07.02.2012.
Polakowski M. and D. Szelewa „Bez dogmatu. Dlaczego trzeba dyskutować o systemie emerytalnym
w Polsce” [No dogma. Why it is necessary to discuss about the pension system in Poland], for Krytyka
Polityczna, 9.02.2011.
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski „Dlaczego warto zrównać wiek emerytalny” [Why it is necessary to equalise
retirement age, with Michał Polakowski], for Krytyka Polityczna, 20.07.2010.
Szelewa D. and M. Polakowski “Polityka społeczna oznacza wydatki” [Social Policy requires spending, with
Michał Polakowski], for Krytyka Polityczna, 7.01.2010.
REVIEWER
American Sociological Review
Journal of European Social Policy
Journal of Social Policy
Policy and Politics
Problemy Polityki Społecznej
Social Politics
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TEACHING
Full-time course
Gender and the Welfare State (in English) – Warsaw University, spring semester 2014.
Gender and Social Policy (in Polish)– Institute for Advanced Studies, Warsaw, spring semester 2013.
Public Administration and Social Management (in English) – Centre for Social Policy, University of
Bremen, Germany, one-semester course, spring semester 2010.
Other
“Reforming familialism? Comparing family policies in enlarged European Union” (lecture), Welfare State
in Eastern and Western Europe, 7th ESPAnet Summer School organised jointly with Network of
Excellence RECWOWE of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), Central European University,
Budapest, Hungary, 25 June-5 July 2011.
“East meets West: concepts, methods and approaches in comparative social policy studies”, workshop for
PhD students, Welfare State in Eastern and Western Europe ,7th ESPAnet Summer School organised
jointly with Network of Excellence RECWOWE of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), Central
European University, 25 June-5 July 2011.
„Gender and Comparative Welfare State Research and Concepts”, Summer School Gender, State and
Welfare in a Global Economy, CEU Summer University. Department of Gender Studies, Central
European University, Budapest, Hungary, July 4-9 2011.
“Welfare states and gender inequality. Social Policy, Poverty in Central and Eastern Europe” - Berlin
School of Economics and Law, Summer School 16–23 July 2010, Where is EU Gender Policy Going?
Balance and Perspectives in the Field of Employment and the Labor Market
PROJECT WORK EXPERIENCE
10.2012-01.2013
Aware Artists – research of the legal awareness of the artists in
Poland.
Tasks: expert work. Designing survey, analysing the results, conducting
interviews and preparing the final report.
01.2012 – 12.2012
New Welfare States
microsimulations model.
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New
Measures.
Tax-benefit
Tasks: coordination, expert work and drafting an article.
Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. EU
FP7 NoE RECWOWE - Reconciliation of work and welfare and the
Nordic Council NoE REASSESS - Reassessing the Nordic welfare
model.
2011-2012
The impact of day care services for children in the Visegrad
countries
Tasks: expert work, research and publication.
Main Institution: Budapest Institute, Hungary.
2009-2011
Reforming Familialism? Comparing Family Policies in 6 of the EU
countries.
Tasks: own research conducted at the University of Bremen, Germany.
2010
I-MAP – the map of pro-integration initiatives
Tasks: policy review and report preparation. In sum, 3 report were
drafted, as well as a book chapter,
Main Institution: Center for International Relations, Warsaw, Poland.
Financed by the European Fund for the Integration of third-country
nationals
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SELECTED SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Scheduled presentation:
“Austerity Meets Conservatism: The Opportunities and Constraints of Social Investment Policies in
Poland” – a paper to be presented at the conference Assessing the social investment strategy, Lausanne (CH), 10
-11 April 2014
Past presentations:
“Demographic challenges in Europe: A review of the basic problems with a focus on East-Central
Europe” and “Myths and reality: the impact of childcare policies on procreation decisions” – papers
presented at the seminar Are there progressive answers to the demographic challenges? that took place in Budapest
(Hungary) on the 17th of September 2013, organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Budapest,
Hungary.
„Procesy Polityczne i strategia zmiany polityki społecznej w Polsce” [Political process and the strategies of
change in social policy model in Poland] - a paper presented at the joint seminar of the ICRA Foundation
and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 4th of December 2013
Co-organiser of Stream 14: “Political economy of welfare state (reforms)”, 11th Annual ESPAnet
Conference Social policy and economic development, Poznań Economic University, 5-7 September 2013.
“Reforming Familialisms? Family policies East-West” a paper presented at the summer seminar Toward a
New Europe: Economic Crisis and the Crisis of Democracy organised by The International Working Group on
Gender, Macroeconomic and International Economics on 15-18 July 2013 in Kraków, Poland.
„Cash- versus service-oriented family support systems in Europe: evidence from micro-simulations” a
paper presented at the international conference co-organised by the NordForsk, Nordic Centres of
Excellence NordWel and REASSESS Shifting to post-crisis welfare states in Europe? - Long Term and Short Term
Perspectives, that took place on the 4-5th of June 2013 in Berlin.
“The Changing Language of Social Policy in Two Eastern European Countries: The Case of Hungary and
Poland”, a paper presented at 37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association
Vancouver, British Columbia, 1-4 November, 2012
“Path dependency in East and Central European welfare – the case of family policies in Hungary and
Poland”, a paper to be presented at the 24th Annual European Association for Evolutionary Political
Economy Conference Economic Policy in Times of Crisis, University of Economics, Cracow, Poland, 18-21
October 2012.
“Cash- versus service-oriented family support systems in Europe: evidence from micro-simulations”, a
paper presented at the Gender in Macroeconomics International Working Group 2012 Summer Institute
and Conference, July 17-29, Cracow, Poland.
“The effects of family policy packages on children well being and development”, a paper presented at the
International Symposium Welfare State Reform and Consequences organised by the Centre for Globalisation
and Governance in cooperation with University of Southern Denmark, University of Hamburg, June 1213, 2012
“Reforming Familialism: comparing the EU family policies”, a paper presented at the international
conference Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Welfare State Development organized by The Nordic Centre of
Excellence (NCoE), The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (Nordwel)
and the Centre for Welfare State Research at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, 14-16 June
2012.
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(Research stream convenor) “Agency and social policy transformation. Bringing actors back in to the
research on social policy” (research stream author and convenor), 9th Annual ESPAnet Conference,
Sustainability and transformation of European Social Policy, Polibienestar Research Institute and the Department
of Social Work and Social Services, University of Valencia, Spain, 8-10 September 2011.
“So Similar, yet so Different: Variety of Skill Formation Regimes in East and Central Europe”, SASE 23rd
Annual Meeting: Transformations of Contemporary Capitalism: Actors, Institutions, Processes, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, June 23-25, 2011.
“Family Policy in Poland before 1939”, Workshop on: Nordic family policy in times of crisis and change,
Pufendorf Institute at Lund University, Sweden, April 7-8 2011.
„Children, Mothers and Doctors – A History of Childcare Services in Poland before the Second World
War’, a paper presented at the 8th ESPAnet Conference 2010 Social Policy and the Global Crisis:
Consequences and Responses, 2-4 September, Budapest, Hungary.
„Administering Europeanization: Public Bureaucrats and the EU Equality Policy in Poland”, a paper
presented at the Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19), Session 4:
Social Europe, European integration and EU enlargement, World Congress of Sociology 2010, 11th-17th
July, Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Do CEE Countries Fit the “Western” Picture? EU Accession, Welfare States and Gender Equality in
Hungary and Poland” [with Dorottya Szikra], at the Conference organised by AKI-DVPW in cooperation
with UACES and CEU, 5 Years After Enlargement: Reinventing the Union or Facing Stalemate?, May 8th-9th 2009.
“Patterns of work-care relations in Central and Eastern Europe” [with Michal Polakowski]. Presented at
IZA / Bertelsmann Foundation Workshop: Balancing Work and Family Life - Comparative Assessment and
Institutional Reform, Bonn, Germany 23rd-24th November 2007.
“The politics of family and gender after communism: comparing childcare policies in the Czech Republic,
Hungary and Poland”. Presented at International Sociological Association's Research Committee on
Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC19) annual academic conference, Florence, Italy, September
6th-8th 2007.
“A comparative study of unemployment compensation in the Central and Eastern Europe” [with Michal
Polakowski], paper presented during the 5th International Research Conference on Social Security,
Warsaw, Poland, March 5th- 7th 2007, Social security and the labour market: A mismatch?.
“Who cares? Patterns of care in Central and Eastern Europe” [with Michal Polakowski], paper presented
during the 4th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2006, Transformation of the Welfare State: Political Regulation and
Social Inequality, September 21st-23rd 2006 Bremen.
MEMBERSHIP
International Centre for Research and Analysis, Warsaw, Poland
International Sociological Association
ISA, Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy RC19
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
European Political Science Association
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English
Italian
German
speaking
writing
reading
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