Interested into "family policy change", how to conceptualise and measure it? Then this piece we put together with Sonja Blum may be of interest to you.... journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Our new paper is in Social Politics: One Size Fits Few: The Evolution of the European Union’s Work–Life Balance Agenda over Three Decades academic.oup.com/sp/article/d...

This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open. The deadline for submissions is the 16th of January 2026. More information at: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️ 🌟 Open Section 💡 Welcomes proposals that do not fit readily into the other accepted Sections 🪑 @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social, Anna Elomäki ⌛👇 Deadline: 7 Nov buff.ly/O1INkqY

And Excel file for 2023 to 2025 is here: osf.io/t7sw4/?fbcli...

Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting the recently published @reusilience.bsky.social book of ours at the ESPAnet. Available at www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o... @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 & 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨? This was the central question in our National Event in Croatia, moderated by rEUsilience researcher ivanadobrotic.bsky.social and featured prominent voices in Croatian social policy. Find out more: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

#rEUsilience researchers @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social and @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social contributed to the 10th International Community, Work & Family Conference, organised by Bielefeld University. 💻 Find out more here 👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda... #ICWF2025 #WorkFamilyBalance #WorkLifeBalance

Very proud that our @reusilience.bsky.social project has been listed as a success story by the @ec.europa.eu 🤩

Join us here as we continue discussing #familyresilience by sharing updates on the #rEUsilience research project. You can also keep following us on: 👉 rEUsilience Website: reusilience.eu 👉 rEUsilience Newsletter: lnkd.in/dMSQtFmW 👉 rEUsilience LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/reus...

Papers invited on the politics and policies shaping access to social rights, e.g.: How do policy actors perceive social citizenship + deserving groups? How is social citizenship redefined? 🇮🇹 ESPAnet Milan ⏳CfP til 24 April @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...

Paid parenting leaves are vital for gender equality, poverty reduction, and parents' well-being. But understanding their true impact requires quality data. Read our comprehensive review of existing data to learn more about the Parenting Leave Policy Data Gaps. #COST #CA21150 osf.io/preprints/so...

The EU Work-Life Balance Directive that came into effect in 2022 took a huge step towards equal access to paid parenting leave. But do we have the data to truly measure its impact? Our latest policy brief dives deep into this crucial question. osf.io/preprints/so... #COST #CA21150

📣Announcement📣 Politics & Gender Conference 2025 A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. 📅 May 28-29, 2025 📍 Rutgers University CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202... Website: www.pagconference.org Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...

1)To all members of the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Gender & Politics, please VOTE in the steering committee elections, that opened today! There are 4 places to join myself, @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social, Ayse Dursun & Dorota Szelewa on the committee!

Are you doing #research on #pensions and want to discuss your results with a wide international audience of adademics, policymakers and stakeholders? Still one week (dl 5 December) to submit your proposal for the first ETK Pension Research Forum in March 2025. 👇 www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...

Just joined Bluesky? Here is an aspirational starter pack on social policy! I hope it is a useful nudge to connect the network: go.bsky.app/AvJWyV4

I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

Going to ISA 2025, 6-11 July, Rabat? Please consider submitting to the stream Family Policy, Gender and Intersecting Inequalities Marga Leon and myself are hosting

Where are parenting leave policy data gaps & how to work towards improving data to examine the significance of paid parenting leave policy for sustainable societies? Read more in Sustainability@Leave COST Action report 👇 osf.io/preprints/so...

10th International Community, Work and Family Conference: Exploring changing structures, policies, and practices in a global perspective Bielefeld University, 25-28 March 2025 Session proposals invited until 31 January. Details: blogs.uni-bielefeld.de/blog/soziolo... Polisky Gendersky #Sociology

In Croatia, financial struggles, caregiving-related pressures and grievances associated with inadequate services dominated the discussions. The full report is co-authored by myself, Anja Iveković Martinis and @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social and is available here reusilience.eu/publications...

Spread the word or apply! A great (and COST-funded) opportunity for learning, networking, but also exploring beautiful Dubrovnik 😍