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‘Tradwife’ influencers are trending, but what’s really behind their appeal? Join us for an evening that goes beyond the headlines, with new data on what young women want. 🗓️ 15 Oct ⏰ 18:15–20:30 📍 Science Gallery London 👉 Register: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/tradw... #Tradwife #ESRCFestival @ukri.org

That gap. 32% see immigration as one of the most important issues facing Britain — more than any other issue. Just 4% see it as something that's important in their own life — one of the lowest shares, and a fraction of the numbers for inflation or the NHS.

A new study by @ucl.ac.uk Equalise member @baowenxue.bsky.social, in collaboration with King's College London and @citystgeorges.bsky.social, reveals gender disparities following a major reform designed to make flexible working more accessible. Access the paper here 👉 jech.bmj.com/content/earl...

🛠️🇨🇭Swiss job ads are moving beyond the ‘ideal worker’ norm: A new study from @uzh.ch and @giwlkings used machine learning to analyze 20+ years of job adverts, revealing early signs of a cultural shift: more emphasis on flexibility, gender equity, and work–life balance.

So happy to have our paper with Jan Mueller published in Gender Work & Organisations. It theorises the multidimensionality of the ideal worker culture to ask the question, do we see a move away from it. The results in Switerland says yes - but only certain aspects. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/job-adv...

Just found out about Random dance - which is where people meet up on the street and there is a stage (street) and random k pop songs play in snippets and anyone who knows the dance can join... and I'm thinking where were you when I was a teenager???? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyCB...

The best thing I love about the whole huntrix success is that Hollywood always thought and still think only white voices and experiences transcend across the world and makes money. This movie effing shot that notion out of the water.

Listen to radio 5 this morning at 10am to hear me speak about working from home, taking Friday afternoons off and working while travelling. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Omg Sarina weigman ... How is this even possible. Well done England!! We are the champions!!!! #womenseuro2025

I've been trying to buy shorts and my old ones are full of holes. Realised that both of those companies seems to have disappeared and or cut down significantly and didn't have the shorts and all I can find are hot pants or denim long shorts. What happened to good old mid length khakis ???

Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars . It will end up impacting the rest of us as we. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Not save of the tournament but of the year!! Maybe ever!! Women's Euros 2025: Ann-Katrin Berger delivers the 'save of the tournament' - BBC Sport share.google/iHvkzeYhSivh...

Omg Berger. What drama and what amazing come back!! I thought the Sweden Vs England was dramatic but today with Germany Vs France .. Things are getting really interesting! #womensEuros24

Work and families research network conference abstract submission are now open to October! Don't forget to submit your abstract! wfrn.org/2026-work-an

My most recent interview with the Lithuania broadcasting service on the gender polarisation trends we observe across the world www.lrt.lt/naujienos/pa...

A must see short documentary on the Korean 4b movement It tries to go beyond the hype to explore exactly what is behind this growing trend in the country with the lowest and falling birth rates www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCN-...

My most recent interview with @josiecox.bsky.social on why workplaces are failing dads which have negative impact on the unequal division of work at home but also in the labour market, and larger social consequences. www.businessinsider.com/millennial-d...

"the insights in her book have been described as essential for HR leaders designing people-centric policies" We're delighted to see HR Magazine name GIWL Director @heejungchung.bsky.social in their ‘Most Influential’ list for this year. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/two-kin...

If you don’t know how cooked we are. This is where we are at. This pot is boiling, frogs, and we’d better put out the fire and fast. Because that man is not alone in thinking this way. We are all about to be served on platters for oligarchs.

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

This is such a great podcast with two of my most favourite people? Speakers? Thinkers? In the world Trevor Noah and John Stewart. Listen. Great bit about DEI around 1h20 open.spotify.com/episode/7B3f...

“If you want to maintain our current standard of living and if you want to maintain economic growth, this is something we should take extremely seriously” GIWL affiliate Dr Alice Evans in @thetimes.com on implications and solutions to the global fertility crisis ➡️ www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

The @ukdataservice.bsky.social’s Labour Force and Annual Populations User Conference 2025 is now underway, with a packed room of intrigued attendees. The keynote speaker - @heejungchung.bsky.social has been providing fascinating insights into her global research on the impact of remote working.

What do we need to change in our labour force surveys and working conditions surveys for it to fit with the new rise of remote working and digitalisation of work? Hear me rant on at 10am as a part of the LFS/APS survey conference! www.youtube.com/live/UFiICJt... ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/labou...

This week on Everybody’s Business, @chafkin.bsky.social and I talk with @kedseconomist.com about the impact of immigration on the economy @businessweek.bsky.social @bloomberg.com #immigration #jobs #iceraids

“Anyone facing a return to office mandate should hold their ground – resistance is more than reasonable...In the UK at least, flexibility is the norm – and will continue to be so." @heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in the Telegraph on trends in working from home

‘Precisely because they are so likely to be overlooked, women have the potential to be the best spies of all.’ Prescient piece from @helenwarrell.bsky.social three years ago where she interviewed Blaise Metreweli, who has now been appointed the new head of MI6 on.ft.com/3Fxbq9w

I love this Native woman’s spunk! However this should NEVER have happened.

Congratulations US. You've elected your own Kim Jung un.

Yet another example of knee jerk reaction to an issue which needs more careful consideration. Bosses are asking workers to come back Monday/Friday just because they don't TRUST workers to know what is best for their productivity, even without ample office space to do this. www.ft.com/content/f583...

🎓 Scholarship opportunity Are you a woman in business, thinking about studying the King’s Executive MBA? Did you know that offer holders can apply for our Women Excelling in Business scholarship? ➡️ If you’re ready to take the next step, get in contact with us: www.kcl.ac.uk/business/exe...

A new report from @commonswec.parliament.uk confirms what working parents already know: our system is outdated, unequal, and exclusionary. UK fathers get just 2 weeks of leave. Mothers can get 52. This entrenches outdated gender roles and widens the gender pay gap

‘the UK already punches above its weight when it comes to R&D. Reeves needs to… find a model for the universities where much of this research is conducted to be financially stable.’ My @newstatesman.com piece ahead of the spending review www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

"...even just speaking about women and men feels more fraught than it ever has, and I've written about this for a long time" @lexytopping.bsky.social at our panel event last week, discussing @cordeliafine.bsky.social's new book, Patriarchy Inc ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1yV...

This feud between musk and trump is making me want to go back to X

South Korea gender divide update 😲 Young men lean right by 50 points (74% conservative vs 24% centre-left) Young women lean left by 22 points (58% centre-left vs 36% cons)

Tonight we are joined by @cordeliafine.bsky.social discussing her new book 'Patriarchy Inc: What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work', with Jeremy Davies, Aneeta Rattan, @lexytopping.bsky.social, and @heejungchung.bsky.social 📺 Live: www.youtube.com/live/A1yVl29...

"If you ask workers right now 'what is the most important thing when you look fora job?'... they talk about flexibility, work life balance as the very top items" @heejungchung.bsky.social spoke to @roysocmed.bsky.social last week about the challenges and opportunities of the changing workplace

Young voters shifted dramatically toward Republicans in 2024. But now their net approval rating of Trump's job as president (-20) is back to their vote margin for him in 2020. Dems have to figure out how to capitalize on that. Economics is a good place to start www.economist.com/interactive/...

"A lot of young men feel like, 'We’re actually in a worse state than women.'" @heejungchung.bsky.social is quoted in this Telegraph long read on the gender divide in political attitudes and behaviour now seen in many countries around the world

"The genie is out of the bottle, you can't put it back in, flexibility is now a baseline expectation" @heejungchung.bsky.social speaking at the launch of our latest report on return-to-office mandates and what is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/uk-work...

“...organisations should be looking to formalise hybrid models, invest in remote collaboration tools, and set up coordinated in-office days to maximise engagement” @heejungchung.bsky.social on our new report on return-to-office requirements, in @thetimes.com ➡️ www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

📝 Got an essay with feminist analysis from your degree programme? Turn your academic work into a chance to win £600 and be published! The Brenda Trenowden Essay Prize is now open to all UG and PGT students at King's. ➡️ More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/brenda-...

We also find that Black and minority ethnic workers are more likely to comply with return-to-office mandates, raising questions about discrimination and job security

NEW: Return-to-office mandates: What is at stake for workers, companies, and gender equality? Our latest research reveals less than half of UK workers now say they’d comply with an order to work in-person full-time, with women and some parents showing the strongest resistance 🧵 ⬇️

Join us tomorrow at 1pm for a webinar where we will unpack our findings and discuss broader trends with an expert panel of @heejungchung.bsky.social, Shiyu Yuan, @juliahobsbawm.bsky.social, @emmavj.bsky.social & Ellen Scott ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...

💡 Our director, @heejungchung.bsky.social, is delivering the morning keynote on flexible working and wellbeing at this Society of Occupational Medicine event, "Health and employment in transition: Challenges in a changing era" ⬇️

🗓️ EVENT: Return to office mandates: what's at stake for workers and gender equality? Join us and an expert panel to discuss our new research which examines workers' responses to RTO mandates and investigates potential biases against home-based workers. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/retur...