Intra-family Engagement? A Study of Female Academic Staff at the University of Belgrade
Intra-family Engagement? A Study of Female Academic Staff at the University of Belgrade

Author(s): Jelena Ćeriman, Irena Fiket
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: academics; patriarchal norms; engagement; family; science and higher education
Summary/Abstract: According to the results of various studies, women remain responsible for most household duties. This distribution is also reflected in the position of women in academia, since the family-dominant model tends to be reproduced within the academic community as well. This imbalance is reflected in the distribution of “lower rank” jobs in academia, and the shifting of most responsibilities for such jobs to women, leaving men with more time to pursue academic work. This situation, originating in the issue of family responsibilities, actually raises academic questions. The analysis in the paper is based on empirical insights from a 2017 survey conducted among academic staff at the University of Belgrade, and focuses on the following question: what factors lead to engagements within the family which seek to change patriarchal patterns as expressed in the unequal distribution of domestic and family care work, and which indirectly affect the distribution of responsibilities between men and women in the academic sphere?

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