CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal details
Name Kairi Talves
Date of birth 23rd of January 1978, Estonia
Citizenship Estonian
Phone, e-mail +372 7375 930 (at work); kairi.talves[at]ut.ee
Address Tiigi 78-219, Tartu 50410, Estonia;
Present occupation Unit of Gender Studies at the University of Tartu, extraordinary researcher
Education:
Since 2007 PhD studies in Sociology, University of Tartu
2005 – 2007 University of Tartu, MA in Sociology
2000 – 2005 University of Tartu, BA (MA) in Sociology
1984 – 1996 Tartu Tamme Gymnasium, secondary education
Language skills:
Estonian native speaker
English excellence in speaking and reading, good in writing
Russian satisfactory in speaking and reading, poor in writing
Employment history:
Since 2005 Unit of Gender Studies at the University of Tartu
2006-2008 European Social Survey – national coordinator ESS Round 3, Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences
2004-2007 ETNA Estonia (NGO), FEM project – expert of female entrepreneurship strategy and female entrepreneurship survey, member of the board, since 2006 national project leader of FEM project
1999-2001 Esmofon Tartu (Ltd.), office manager
1997 Student Union at the University of Tartu, assistant
II. Project experience
GVEI 2007-2009: DAPHNE project Proposing New Indicators: Measuring Violence’s Effects, co-researcher
ESS 2006-2007: European Social Survey Round 3, National Coordinator
BASNET 2006-2007: EU FP6 project Baltic Network BASNET: Women in Science and High Technology, co-researcher
STEREOTYPES 2005-2006: EU Community Framework project Tackling Stereotypes – maximising the potential of women in SET coordinator
EGG 2002-2005: EU FP5 project Enlargement, Gender and Governance researcher
FEM 2004-2007: INTERREG IIIB project FEM – Female Entrepreneurs’ Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region, expert of female entrepreneurship survey and strategy of female entrepreneurship, since 2006 national project manager of the project
CBC 2005: PHARE CBC project Roots of entrepreneurship – networks of rural women entrepreneurs - new possibilities for cooperation in international, expert of survey
III. Research and development
Major research fields:
Non-traditional employment (women and entrepreneurship, atypical work time, flexible work, women in SET), qualitative methods, mixed methods, gender equality policies in Estonia
List of publications:
Talves, K (2008). Flexible working patterns and work-life balance strategies in Estonia, published in Perspective of Women in the Labour Market, Gender Studies o.p.s, Praha
Talves, K (2007). Atypical working time and reconciliation of work and family life in Estonia: case of evening and night time workers, MA Thesis in Sociology, University of Tartu, Tartu.
Laas, A, Talves, K (2007). Women’s perception of work and family conflict in the Baltic Sea countries, paper will be presented at LoWER Network Conference What is Working for Women? 10-11 September 2007, Volos, Greece. Selected papers from the conference will be published in the special issue of journal Oxford Economic Paper.
Talves, K (2005). Ettevõtlusest Eesti naisettevõtja pilgu läbi
[Entrepreneurship from women’s perspective: Estonian case] BA thesis in Sociology, University of Tartu, Tartu
Talves, K; Laas, A (2005). Maanaiste ettevõtlus 2005: aruanne
[Rural Women in Business 2005. FEM - Female Entrepreneurs Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region: Survey Report], Tartu
Talves, K (2003). Naised poliitikas [Women in Politics], in Eesti naised eneseteostamise võimalustest [Fulfillment Possibilities for Estonian Women], Tartu: TÜ Multimeediakeskus
Talves, K (2002). Taxi services in Tartu: interviews with taxi drivers – survey report, in Entrepreneurship Survey in Tartu 2002, Tartu
Presentations at conferences:
Talves, K, Laas, A (2007). Naised teaduses tõendamiskohustusega [Women in science with burden of proof], konverentsil Akadeemiline soouurimus Eestis – hetkeseis ja tulevikuvisioonid (presented at Coference of Gender Studies in Academia – Present and Future Visions), 14th of September 2007, Tartu
Laas, A, Talves, K (2007). Blending spheres and gender roles: A case of managers in four
European countries, paper will be presented at 8th European Sociological Association Conference, 6-8 September 2007, Glasgow
Laas, A, Talves, K (2007). Women’s perception of work and family conflict in the Baltic Sea countries, paper will be presented at LoWER Network Conference What is Working for Women? 10-11 September 2007, Volos, Greece
Talves, K, Laas, A (2007). Riots in the family: influences of decision making in Estonian and Swedish families, presented at Conference Past, Present, Future: From Women’s Studies to Post-Gender Research, 14-17 June 2007, Umea, Sweden
Laas, A, Talves, K (2006). Athena sinisilmsusest – Eesti naisteadlaste raha- ja staatuseretoorika [Unbinding Athena in Estonia – Women in Science], Conference of project Baltic States Network: Women in Sciences and High Technology (BASNET), 21-22 November 2006, Tartu, Estonia
Talves, K (2005). Naisettevõtlus Eestis – FEM projekt [Female Entrepreneurship in Estonia – FEM project], National Entrepreneurship Day: Women, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, September 27, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia.
Talves, K, Laas, A (2005). Female Entrepreneurship in Estonia, International Conference of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Management, Marketing, Economic Aspects, August 29-31, 2005, Lefkada, Greece
Talves, K (2005). Maanaiste ettevõtlus. FEM – Naisettevõtjate kohtumised Baltimere regioonis [Rural Women in Business – Female Entrepreneurs Meetings in the Baltic Sea Region], Annual Meeting of Estonian Women’s Organisations Beijing10+, January 22, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia
Talves, K (2003). Naised poliitikas [Women in Politics], IV Annual Conference of Estonian Social Sciences, November 21-22, 2003, Tallinn, Estonia
Grants:
Tartu University Foundation, Autumn 2004
January 2008