Salud mental
How can we reduce the 'mental load' placed on mothers by the pandemic?
The COVID pandemic has made the very private issue of the domestic division of labour – the way housework and childcare are divided – a very public issue.
I am a sociologist who studies work and family issues. I am particularly interested in how institutional environments impact individuals' work and family experiences. To this end, I have published articles looking at the impact of gender equality on housework divisions and conflict as well as the impact of childcare policies on conflict between work and family. My latest publication looks at family-work conflict and finds men report more conflict in more egalitarian countries like Sweden. Currently, I am researching modern family forms including same sex and biracial couples and their time with family.
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Paridad de género
Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work
Multitasking has traditionally been perceived as a woman’s domain. A woman, particularly one with children, will routinely be juggling a job and running a household – in itself a frantic ...
Educación y habilidades
Why couples sleep better in more gender-equal societies
Night is supposed to be a period of rest and restoration – but for many of us, this simply isn’t the case. Our new study of European couples has found the daily demands of family for wome...
Fuerza laboral y empleo
Why increased work-life balance will probably just make you want more
Workers in countries where shorter working hours are the norm are more likely to complain of poor work-life balance, according to our research recently published in the journal Social For...
Paridad de género
Women spend twice as much time on housework as men. Here's how we can end this inequality
We live in the golden age of housework, where robot vacuums can spend hours pirouetting around the living room. The problem is these labour-saving devices often amplify standards of clean...