Curriculum Vitae
        
            Personal data
            
                Name
: Kovai Cecília
            
            
                Place and date of birth
: Budapest, 
            
            
                Marital status
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            Contact
            
            
	
		|  | Centre | +36 (20) 255-7902 | 
	
		| E-mail |  | kovai(at)rkk.hu | 
	
		| E-mail |  | kovai.cecilia(at)krtk.hu | 
 
        Education and training
| 2005 | — Eötvös Loránd University Budapest- cultural anthropologist | 
| 2005 | — Eötvös Loránd University Budapest- Faculty of Arts in Hungarian language and literature | 
| 2015 | — University of Pécs- PhD (summa cum laude)- cultural studies | 
Places of work and employment
| 2010—2017 | Family Support Center of Pesterzsébet — youth worker | 
| 2015—2016 | Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences — junior research fellow | 
| 2016— | Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences — research fellow | 
Teaching activities
| 2005—2007 | external lecturer, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences | 
| 2008—2009 | external lecturer, University of Pécs | 
Scientific activity
| 2013— | Helyzet Műhely (Public Sociology Working Group "Helyzet"), founding member | 
| 2017— | MTA Köztestület, Tag | 
| 2018— | European Association of Social Anthropologists, member | 
Awards
| 2005—2008 | Doctoral fellowship | 
| 2017— | NKFIH Postdoctoral fellowship | 
Subjects taught
| Theoretical problems of method of participate observation (ELTE, Faculty of Social Sciences)) | 
| Gender question in the Romany Studies (University of Pécs) | 
Research fields
| ethnic relationship, marginality, stigmatization, connection between ethicity and class position as well as working of intersectionality in the Roma communities, development studies | 
Trips abroad
| 2009 | St Andrews University — | 
Presentations
| V. IRI Társadalomtudományi Konferencia., Sturovo — Slovakia | 
| Annual Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association, Budapest — Hungary | 
| XVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Krakkó — Poland | 
| Postsocialist/postcolonial Rural Lifeworlds vs Degrowth, Defuturing, Decoloniality, Telciu — Romania | 
Publications
    
Complete list of publications and citations (MTMT Hungarian Scientific Bibliography)
Selected list of scientific publications
Kovai Cecília (2017): "Gypsy"-"Hungarian" distinction and the kinship system. H'Larmattan Kiadó, Budapest