Veronika Paksi, PhD is a research fellow at the Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence). Her main research interests are gender (in)equality in Research&Development; women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); Gender Equality Plans; gender and precariry, obstacles to academic careers; work-life balance; childbearing. She is an adjunct professor at the Department for Sociology, University of Szeged; board member of the Association of Hungarian Women in Science (NaTE), and Co-Chair of the Section for the Sociology of Work and Social Inequality of the Hungarian Sociological Association. She has participated in several domestic and international research projects, currently works in Beyond Barriers Horizon Europe project (2026-2029).