Джендър анализ на релацията „академична кариера-семейство/родителство”

The paper presents the results of the inquiry carried out during 2012-2013 among academic researchers in Bulgaria within the research project “Higher Education and Science in Bulgaria at the beginning of the XXI century” at the Economic Research Institute of the BAS. The following problem areas are analysed: family status of the academics; gender inclinations for child care; conditions for reconciling of scientific career with family engagements and parenthood; estimation of the influence of the analysed relation over the trajectories and gender differences in academic career. The due conclusions are filled out with the analysis of the European gender reports in the field of “parenthood and/or research career”. As a result the place of Bulgaria among EU-countries with a view to the relevant indicators is estimated.