Sociologist: gender, paid work, unpaid work, families, motherhood, fatherhood, parenting.
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Really happy to see that my new paper
‘It’s a Man’s Job’: Doing Gender and Male Gatekeeping in the Division of Household Labor is out!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Study finds for women without children, an unequal division of cognitive labor (anticipating, filling and monitoring household needs) was a predictor of emotional exhaustion. For mothers, it was unequal child-care responsibilities.
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You are invited to the Inaugural Lecture of FYFF Director @Profatarrant , Professor of Sociology
📅 Wednesday 26th March 2025
🕕18:00 – 19:00 (registration from 17:30)
📍University of Lincoln (MB0312)
See full details and register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural…
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Call for papers by 25 March for ‘Doing Research Differently: Methodological Creativity and Innovation in the Sociology of Families and Relationships’ a @BSA_FARGroup event, 12 June, University of the West of England, Bristol tinyurl.com/2t7sp5a9
ALT Call for papers by 25 March for ‘Doing Research Differently: Methodological Creativity and Innovation in the Sociology of Families and Relationships’ a @BSA_FARGroup event, 12 June, University of the West of England, Bristol https://tinyurl.com/2t7sp5a9
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Just 5% of eligible parents take shared parental leave in the UK: @Ktwamley explains why reform is 'sorely needed', and how to achieve it tinyurl.com/5n8xe5mz #sociology
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New brief by CCF members @pettsric & @schoppesullivan highlights how paternity leave strengthens families & gender equality, yet many US fathers lack access or fear career setbacks. It’s time for policies & workplaces to catch up! Read more: sites.utexas.edu/contemporar…
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📣Call for Abstracts: WES Conference 2025📣
We are now accepting abstracts for the Work, Employment and Society Conference held in Manchester, 8-10 September 2025.
Submit your abstract by 21 March 2025. Details can be found below. 🔗👇
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
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Call for Papers by 21 March for ‘Continuities and Discontinuities in Work and Employment’, the BSA Work, Employment & Society Conference 2025, from 8-10 September at the University of Manchester tinyurl.com/3j52cdmm #Sociology #CFP
ALT Call for Papers by 21 March for ‘Continuities and Discontinuities in Work and Employment’, the BSA Work, Employment & Society Conference 2025, from 8-10 September at the University of Manchester https://tinyurl.com/3j52cdmm #Sociology #CFP
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Book now for ‘Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood’, a free online @BSA_FARGroup Group webinar, 10 January tinyurl.com/339k8y24 #sociology
ALT Book now for ‘Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood’, a free online @BSA_FARGroup Group webinar, 10 January https://tinyurl.com/339k8y24 #sociology
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Dads Survey 2024: Work-Life Balance Findings
🏠 51% of working dads say balancing work & family is difficult/very difficult—over twice the 2022 figure!
👶 45% of dads with babies under 1 feel they rarely have enough family time!
Read full report:
➡️ bit.ly/3Z45Q8o
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Online book launch next week! Celebrating the publication of 'The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood' @policypress with Bren Neale and discussants Owen Thomas from FutureMen and @DrLinziLadlow @drlinziladlow.bsky.social
28 Nov 12 - 1.30.
Sign up here:
flag.leeds.ac.uk/events/book…
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New blog by @SPAFamilyPolicy!
"Why we established a Family Policy Group for the Social Policy Association"
Read more here, and contact the group to get involved if interested: social-policy.org.uk/spa-blo…
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The UK’s first ever female Chancellor has today delivered a budget with some promising green shoots for women. But we need greater ambition both on changes to taxes and on the levels and areas of investment, and on social security. Read our response here: wbg.org.uk/article/some-prom…
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Join our panel of expert speakers from the four Women’s Budget Groups discussing the first budget from this Labour Government and its likely impact on women across England, Scotland, Wales, and NI. #Budget2024
wbg.org.uk/event/autumn-budg…
This looks great from @KTwamley and Charlotte Faircloth - looking forward to a read
Pleased that this paper exploring how first-time parents express 'gender equality' has now been published with SRO! Written with Charlotte Faircloth. @TCRU_UCL @UCLSocRes @UCLSociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf…
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📢 #ISAforum25 Call for Abstracts is now open! Check out the sessions of RC06 (Family research) in this link 🔗isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/f…
Follow @isa_sociology for more updates!!!
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We're delighted to kick off the academic year at CSWG with a fascinating f2f talk by @PerrierMaud, titled "Refuse, Limit, Redirect: Care Workers’ Struggles for Value and the Feminist Critic of Social Reproduction". Join us on Oct 23rd, 3pm - details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociol…
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Congrats to our @LeaveNetwork team on the 20th anniversary issue of this important resource on #parentalleaves and care leaves @_sonjablum @IvanaDobrotic @gakaufman22 Alison Koslowski & Peter Moss @UCLSociology @TCRU_UCL and Marie Valentova
The 20th International Review of Leave Policies is now available! It covers parenting and other leaves in 51 countries. For the first time, it’s accompanied by open-source Excel data, making it easier to reuse the data. @LeaveNetwork
Full report here: doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2frt…
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Event alert! We're organising a fringe event at the Labour party conference to launch our new report, The Feminist Future of Work, to explore the potential gendered impact of the Employment Rights Bill. Find out more 👉 wbg.org.uk/event/wbg-labour-…
