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Dr Clare Stovell

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Lecturer in Sociology of Gender at UCL and member of the Thomas Coram Research Unit. Interested in gender equality in work-care divisions, parental leave policy, decision making at transition to parenthood etc.

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The Dad Shift It's time the UK had a paternity leave policy fit for the 21st century. Join the campaign now.

Research in action! @ktwamley.bsky.social, @clarestovell.bsky.social, Peter Moss & Alison Koslowski recently attended the APPG for Fatherhood with @katedeardenmp.bsky.social to discuss extending paternity leave – a vital step for gender equality & family wellbeing.
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20.10.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This looks like an interesting @nuffieldtrust.org.uk opportunity for anyone with quantitative health/social care research experience www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF549/s...

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU!

@susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

Apply by 21 Aug πŸ‘‰ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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11.08.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hear me speak about my research on couple decision-making processes at the transition to parenthood with David Cooper on the @lastshow.bsky.social podcast from 23min46sec shows.acast.com/643568c8c065...

04.03.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recent @jfamstudies.bsky.social publication by Clare Stovell is circulating in the press! Drawing on qualitative interviews with 25 heterosexual professional couples in the UK, this paper explores work-family decisions at the transition to parenthood! Read more here doi.org/10.1080/1322...

27.02.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UCL research around leave submitted to theβ€―WEC's inquiry, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... They argue that #SPL is not fit for purpose!

13.02.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lack of discussion drives traditional gender roles in parenthood Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by a UCL researcher.

Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by Dr Clare Stovell @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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