Why do some people decide not to have children in Poland?
with Dorota Szelewa
Despite the increase of pro-natalist policies in Poland, some individuals decide to be childless. To understand when and why family policy does not work, Dorota Szelewa (University College Dublin, Ireland) explores the motives and welfare attitudes of Polish society and explains why some people in the country decide to have no children.
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About the Speaker
Dorota Szelewa is an assistant professor in social justice at the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland, and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Family Studies. She graduated from the European University Institute and worked at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and at Warsaw University. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and include the issues of gender, politics, comparative social policy, transformation in post-communist countries, reproductive rights, migration, and Europeanization.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-2025