Performance and Visibility

How does the Hungarian Academy of Sciences support women researchers?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ahea.2026.637

Keywords:

women's publication performance, women's academic advancement, performance enhancing measures of HAS, recognition of women’s performance, HAS measures to enhance visibility of women in academia

Abstract

The study identifies performance and visibility as the two most important prerequisites for the academic advancement of women researchers, and presents the measures introduced by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to facilitate and strengthen their fulfillment. The Presidential Committee on Women in Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS; Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) has been working to improve the research conditions for women since 2017. Their aim is to enhance women’s publication performance, from the acquisition of the PhD degree to election as a member of the Academy. In addition to these measures, the Committee has also contributed in several ways to increasing the visibility of women researchers: it has organized conferences and supported research projects that have explored the causes of the publication lag often observed among women researchers, as well as the possibilities for overcoming these disadvantages. Moreover, it has presented the model life paths of women scientists of the past in various Hungarian- and English-language publications to facilitate greater recognition shown to women scholars and scientists.  The career trajectories presented in these publications attest to a competitive academic context in which women performed as strongly as their male colleagues, yet often without the recognition they would have deserved.

Author Biography

Enikő Bollobás, Eötvös Loránd University

Enikő Bollobás (D.Litt.), Professor Emerita of Literature at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, has published extensively on American and Hungarian literature. Her books include two histories of American literature (Osiris, 2005 and 2015); surveys of American free verse and non-lyric poetries (Akadémiai, 1986 and 2020), monographs on the poetries of Charles Olson (Twayne, 1992), Emily Dickinson (Balassi, 2015), and Géza Szőcs (Balassi, 2025); and theoretical inquiries into poetics, subjectivity, and performativity (Eötvös 2021; Balassi, 2020; Balassi, 2015; Peter Lang, 2010). Her numerous essays have appeared in international and Hungarian scholarly journals. Professor Bollobás is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and editor-in-chief of the Academy’s monthly journal, Magyar Tudomány (Hungarian Science).

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2026-08-21

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Vol. 19 (2026)

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