Dezso Mate has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Sociology from the Eotvos Lorand University. Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher at The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities – Das Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI). As an Academy in Exile@KWI Fellow, Dezso continues his work on the situation of Romani people in Europe and anti-Roma racism with a special focus on LGBTQ+ rights.
Dezso Mate is a former Research Fellow of the Romani Studies Program at the Central European University. He was a Visiting Research Associate at the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research, University of Sussex and a Junior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He worked as an international consultant at the Open Society Foundations, where his work focused on the intersectional challenges in public healthcare settings faced by Romani LGBTI people.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4602-9939
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Dimensions of intersectional antigypsyism;
- Manifestations of racism, sexism, LGBTI-phobia, and ableism;
- Social movements, and injustices, Feminism, Gender rights, Hate crimes and speech;
- Public Health – Psychical and mental health prevention – Social resilience, and resistance.
- Concept of social responsibility, social movement alliances and leadership building.
ACADEMIC CAREER
2021 September – present
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities – Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) -Postdoctoral Academy in Exile@KWI Research Fellow
2019 -2021
Central European University – Romani Studies Program – Research Fellow / Summer School Coordinator
2017 -2020
Open Society Foundations – International Program Consultant at Community Youth Fellowship – Romani LGBTQ Project
2013 – 2018
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Institute for Minority Studies – Junior Research Fellow
2015 -2017
University of Sussex – Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research – Visiting Research Associate
2012- 2016
T- Tudok Centre for Knowledge Management and Educational Research Centre – Researcher – Project Coordinator
EDUCATION
2015- 2020
Doctor of Philosophy – PhD.
Eötvös Loránd University – Interdisciplinary PhD Program at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Thesis: Generational changes of the Roma graduates – the impact of social resilience
2010- 2014
University of Pécs – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Media Studies – Film Theory and Romani Studies – Teacher – Master’s degree
Thesis: Turkish – German Women representations in German Cinematography
2011
Fontys University of Applied Sciences – Applied Social Sciences Studies – Erasmus Master’s Program
Thesis: Roma, Sint and Travellers Housing and Educational Exclusions in the Netherlands
2006- 2009
University of Pécs – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Romani Studies – Communication and Media Studies – Bachelor’s degree
Thesis Unsolved Issues of the Romani Children in the Hungarian Education System – Policy and Law Analyses
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
Framing Romani LGBTIQ Equality Emancipation and Intersection In: My Story, Mijn verhaal, Mon historie, Faber publishing house – ERGO Network, Balkan LGBTQ. pp.128-131, 2020
Eleven signature pedagogies related to the fostering of creativity and critical thinking In: OECD „Fostering Students‘ Creativity and Critical Thinking – What it Means in School”, 2019
Chapter 3 – pp.77-79.
Chapter 8 – Hungarian Team. pp.217-22.
Authors: Máté Dezső – Fülöpné Kádár Judit- Kaderják Anita – Lannert Judit – Németh Szilvia
The First Sparks of Romani LGBTQ In: Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER). University of Sussex School of Education and Social Work. pp.1- 6, 2017
Faced with Multiple ‘Values’ – From the Perspective of the Roma LGBTQ Community In: Roma Rights (2): Nothing About Us Without Us? Roma Participation in Policy Making and Knowledge Production, ERRC Roma Rights Journal of The European Roma Rights Centre. pp.95- 100, 2015
Generációs változások a roma diplomások életútjában, a társadalmi reziliencia hatása II. (A paradoxon diskurzusa) In: Marginal Position III. – Peremhelyzetben, Debreceni Egyetem. pp.49-70, 2018
Reziliens romák identitáskonstrukciói In: Erdélyi Társadalom 13 (01), Presa Universitara Clujeana. pp.43-55, 2015
HONOURS AND AWARDS
• Romaversitas Foundation Scholarship
• Roma Education Found Scholarship
• National Excellence Scholarship – 2017
MEMBERSHIPS
European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) – Berlin