Curriculum Vitae Erzsébet Fanni Tóth Academic title: Occupation: Dr. scient.pth. (equivalent to PhD), M.A. researcher, university lecturer Education: September, 2008 June, 2012 Doctoral studies in Psychotherapy Sciences (specialisation in social aspects of migration-related trauma narration), Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria; PhD defence passed with Summa cum laude September, 2007 June, 2008 September, 2004 June, 2007 MA in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; BA in Psychology and Socio-cultural Anthropology, Roosevelt Academy - International Honours College of Utrecht University, The Netherlands; September, 2000 June, 2004 Selye János Gimnázium, Komárno, Slovakia; specialisation in Arts and Humanities and foreign languages (Hungarian, English, German and Slovak) Research employments: September 2012 present Post doc researcher and lecturer at Sigmund Freud University English PhD Programme; Vienna, Austria Main research tasks: design, coordination and lead in an international research on the psychological forces behind lifestyle and cultural migration of Japanese individuals in Western Europe. 1
September 2012 present Researcher at Demographic Research Institute of the Institute of Informatics and Statistics in Bratislava, Slovakia Main tasks: research work within the SEEMIG Managing migration and its effect in south-east Europe project; research methodological consultancy, coordination of foresight exercises in eight south-east European countries, workshop facilitation, data analysis, writing research methodological papers and research reports. December, 2009 May, 2012 Researcher at Demographic Research Institute of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office in Budapest, Hungary Main tasks: research work in cooperation with Max Plank Institute in Rostock (Germany), Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna, organisation of English, Hungarian and Slovak research seminars, international communication, research administration etc. Specialisation: migration in Central and Eastern Europe, decision making processes in relation to migration, and change in citizenship. April, 2008 August,2009 Project coordinator and sociological analyst at Kempelen Farkas Research Association (Slovakia) in a project of mapping the future perspectives of Hungarian high school and university students in Slovakia. Main tasks: designing survey guidelines and questionnaires, conducting and analysing paper-based and on-line qualitative sociological surveys, coordination and training of student research assistants in entering data into statistical software (SPSS), presenting the results at conferences and in professional journals. June, 2008 August, 2008 Research Assistant and translator of English-Hungarian- Slovak languages of Dr. Susan Faludi, a Pulitzer Prizewinner writer in a social memory research project; Main tasks: conducting semi-structured interviews in Hungarian and English, library and archival research, 2
January, 2008 June, 2008 and April, 2009 July, 2009 arranging interviews, translation of texts from Hungarian to English. Research Assistant of Dr. Alexandra Kowalski in a research project about the renewal of Budapest Jewish District; Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Main tasks: literature research and translation of Hungarian sociological texts into English, conducting interviews, research administration January, 2006- June, 2007 Research Assistant of Prof. Dr. Mark Janse; Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands, Project title: Sociolinguistical analysis of Capadocians Main tasks: entering data into SPSS, basic data analysis (descriptive), preparation of Power Point presentations Academic teaching assignments: Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria: Fall semester, 2013/14 Spring semester, 2012/13 Scientific Research Projects III for Master students Citation, reception and discourse research, lecture for PhD students Doctorate research seminar, seminar for PhD students Comparative psychotherapy science, lecture for Master students Qualitative research methods, lecture and seminar for Master students Fall semester 2012/13 Scientific Research Projects III for Master students Methods and methodology of psychotherapy research, lecture for PhD students Doctorate research seminar, seminar for PhD students 3
Project works (descending list by date): June, 2011 present Dec., 2009-May,2012 July, 2007 January June, 2006 March, 2004 Summer 2004 & 2008 SEEMIG Managing migration and its effects in south-east Europe: member of the project grant application team, design of the project, construction and management of the international consortium, research methodological consultancy, data analysis, qualitative reserach methods trainer and analyst. Population Europe The European Population Partnership: active participation in a collaborative network of European demographic research centres to contribute reliable research findings to public discussion of population issues V4Radio Developing a plan for establishing a radio station to enhance cultural cooperation of the youth in the Visegrad Four countries (Slovakia, Hungary Poland, the Czech Republic) Developing a psychological and social pedagogical plan for a special educational institution for high school drop-outs (Gouden Slikke, Middelburg, The Netherlands) Sharing Cultural Backgrounds Tool for minorities inclusion, Brassov, Romania Students without Boundaries program coordinator at an international exchange programme for the youth of Central Eastern Europe, organised by the Canadian Rákóczi Foundation Studies and advanced trainings: January, 2013 present February, 2013 Women Entrepreneurship Forum training in leadership, strategic planning and communication, PR Presentation skills training and coaching by Nathan Gold (http://democoach.com) Speeches at conferences: February,11-13, 2013 SEEMIG Transnational Working Group Meeting in Vienna, Austria; Title of presentation: Methods of foresight exercise for mapping migration and its effects in Southern and Eastern Europe. 4
September 19-20, 2012 June, 13-16, 2012 November, 30, 2011 SEEMIG-Managing migration and its effects in south-east Europe, Launching conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. Title of presentation: Analysing future: An introduction to foresight exercise European Population Science Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. Title of poster presentation (with I. Gödri): The tipping points in migration From intention to realisation We are also here Conference on issues related to contemporary Jews, Menház, Komárno Slovakia, Title of presentation (Hungarian): Stereotypes of minorities among the students Considerations and opportunities. December, 10, 2010 VI. Annual Meeting of Young Economists, University of H. Selye, Komárno Slovakia, Title of presentation (Hungarian): Perception of future among the Hungarian Youth in Slovakia. November, 12-14, 2010 October, 15, 2010 September, 5, 2010 March, 25-27, 2010 September, 2-4, 2009 May, 21-24, 2009 RODOSZ-conference, Association of Hungarian Doctorate Students in Romania, Cluj Napoca, Romania, Title of presentation (Hungarian): Heszká magyarka mám Female narratives of the 1947-1949 deportations Roundtable of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia, Komárom, Title of presentation (Hungarian): Sociological survey of ethnic Hungarian youth in Slovakia Symposium of Jewish culture, Komárno, Slovakia, Title of presentation (Hungarian): Jews, as the Hungarian youth sees them Spring Wind Conference of the Association of Doctorate Students in Hungary, Pécs, Hungary, Title of my presentation (English): Narrating Traumatic Memories: Case study of ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia. "Borders on our mind, borders of the mind", St. Petersburg University, Russia; Title of the presentation: Discourses of ethnic identification in the context of a new state: case study of Slovakia Hungarian doctorate education in Slovakia and the opportunities of ethnic Hungarian graduates in the academic world in Slovakia, Conference of the Association of Doctorate Students in Hungary, Szeged, Hungary 5
April, 14, 2009 March, 27-28, 2009 March, 19-22, 2009 Migration, identity and future perspectives study of ethnic Hungarian university students from Slovakia in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Márton Áron Szakkollégium, Budapest, Hungary Language, Identity and Education in Own Language, Hungarian College of Ferenc Rakoczi II, Beregszasz, Ukraine. Title of the presentation: Perceiving one s ethnic identity: case study of ethnic Hungarian students in Slovakia East European versus West European Mentalities: Can We Hope to Understand One Another?, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria. Title of the presentation: How did the international tourism in Post-Socialistic Hungary change memories, in relation to culture: Budapest as an example. Journal articles (descending list by publication date): Tóth Erzsébet Fanni: Qualitativ, das bin ich! Initiationsritual einer qualitativen Forscherin, IN: Psychotherapie & Sozialwissenschaft, 2012. Tóth Erzsébet Fanni: Heroes and Victims in One Person Negotiation of Masculinity in Narratives of Deportation, IN: XII. RODOSZ Konferencia-kötet, Romániai Magyar Doktoranduszok Országos Szövetsége, 2011. Gödri Irén Tóth Erzsébet Fanni: Eltérések és hasonlóságok-magyarország, Románia és Szlovákia migrációs folyamatai a rendszerváltozások után (Differences and similarities: Migratory processes of Hungary, Romania and Slovakia after the democratic transitions), Demográfia, 2010/2-3, 2010. Tóth Erzsébet Fanni: Trauma, shock or nice reminiscences?: Communicating memories of deportations and forced labour, IN: Tavaszi Szél Konferencia konferencia-kötet, Doktoranduszok Országos Szövetsége, 2010. Tóth Erzsébet Fanni: Heszká magyarka mám Az 1947-1979-es deportálás női narratívái ( I have a nice Hungarian woman Female narratives of the 1947-1949 deportations), IN: XI. RODOSZ Konferencia-kötet, Romániai Magyar Doktoranduszok Országos Szövetsége, 2010. Tóth Erzsébet Fanni Morvai Tünde: Identitás és nyelvhasználat a szlovákiai magyar egyetemisták körében (Identity and language use among ethnic Hungarian university students in Slovakia), IN: Karmacsi Zoltán és Márku Anita: Nyelv, identitás és anyanyelvi nevelés a XXI. században, II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola és Hodinka Antal Intézet, 2009. 6
E-book: Tóth Erzsébet Fanni Morvai Tünde: Szlovákiai magyar ifjúságkutatás: A végzős középiskolások jelen- és jövőpercepciója (2008-2009), (Perceptions of present and future of ethnic Hungarian high school graduates in Slovakia, 2008-2009), Kempelen Farkas Társaság, http://www.kft.sk/ebook/ebook_ifjusagkutataskonyv.pdf Grants and prizes: Sept., 2008 May, 2012 March, 2008 Sept., 2007-June, 2008 Scholarship for doctoral studies at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria. Jewish Studies Thesis and Research Support Grant, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Full scholarship from the Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary for graduate studies at Central European University Sept., 2004-June, 2007 Rotary Scholarship for undergraduate studies in the Netherlands Language skills: Mother tongue: Other languages: Hungarian English fluent Slovak fluent German intermediate Dutch - elementary Other skills: Windows, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS Outlook, Internet, OCR, Computerised data analysis: SPSS, MaxQDA, Atlas.ti, Academic software: Grammarly, EndNote Strengths: Interests: International experience, flexibility, positive thinking, good communication skills, good analytical skills, working well in a group as well as individually Migration, social memory, identities, gender, leadership, travelling, theatre, reading, music. Vienna, 12 th of September, 2013 7