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• Family plans and career plans among higher education students in the field of social sciences based on a pilot study in Eastern Hungary

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  Márta Mohácsi

  Hajnalka Fényes

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  72

  Our paper explores the family and career plans of social sciences students at Hungary’s second largest university based on a questionnaire-based pilot study. Nowadays, careers include more than the traditional vertical promotion within an organisation, as seen from the emergence of the self-directed “protean” career type, which prompts organisations to adapt to individuals’ values, attitudes, and own career definitions. In addition, the Kaleidoscope Career Model sets out that individuals adapt their career goals to their life stages. Thus, students’ career and family plans matter to prospective employers. Our results show that a modern self-directed career type has emerged among students, for whom it is a priority to meet their own expectations. In several cases, starting a family is preceded by career goals. Furthermore, despite the “feminine” nature of social sciences, our pilot study shows that male students in the field still tend to conform to traditional gender roles regarding the importance of family and career. Our research implies that prospective employers need to adapt their HR strategies to young people’s family and career plans. Moreover, organisations should support students in gaining relevant work experience and in achieving their subsequent career plans.

• Central European Innovative Practices Supporting Active Ageing

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  Ildikó Bihari

  Ibolya Czibere

  Judit Csoba

  Noémi Kerekes

  Andrea Rácz

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  57

  The study presents through international examples of how the security and quality of life of elderly and disabled people can be enhanced. 12 partners in eight Central European countries carried out pilot activities within the framework of the HELPS project. The aim of this international project is to contribute to the decrease of the social exclusion of elderly, and to elaborate practises through which seniors would not be constraint to institutional care, and can live in their homes on a longer term. The study presents the outcomes of these pilots and the ensuing primary experiences. The presented innovative solutions offer possibilities in various fields (housing, services, career, practises, information of relatives) for the home care of elderly and people living with disabilities. Prior to the elaboration and put into practice of the development ideas and plans, the partners evaluated the health care system and related services offered to elderly and disabled people in their homeland. The analyses revealed those shortage areas, where further developments would increase the possibility to keep and care for the target group in their homes.

• New ways in exporting Society: The potential of donation.based digital data collection

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  Kmetty Zoltan

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  41

  More and more digital data is being generated every day, and more and more social science
  analyses are using Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook data. Many international and national studies
  have already explored the social science opportunities and dilemmas raised by the phenomenon
  of ‚big data’ - but the issue of ‚access to data’ has only been touched upon tangentially. And
  access to data is becoming increasingly difficult. What can we do if market players close the
  access to their data, and, if we find data available, the Research Ethics Board tells us to stop? The
  answer is simple: go to the users and ask them for the data. This approach is what the literature
  calls data donation. This paper will describe the data donation approach in detail, focusing on
  how researchers can access data through users on the current major Western platforms. The
  practical feasibility of data donation access will be illustrated based on a domestic pilot study.