Speakers
1:15-1:45 pm
Inequalities in Access to Parental Leave in Europe: Challenges for Fathers and Mothers
Margaret O'Brien, University College London
Professor O’Brien is a Professor in Child and Family Policy at UCL's Thomas Coram Research Unit. Her research focuses on fathers, parental leave and family life on which she has published widely. She is Vice-Chair of the EU Cost Action CA21150 Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability (2022-2026) and is a UK representative of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research. In this lecture she will draw on one of her EU funded projects which examines inequalities in access to parental leave across the EU.
iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile
1:45-2:15 pm
The impact of employment precariousness on parental leave benefits: Evidence from Southern European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece)
Susana Atalaia, University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa)
Susana Atalaia is a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), member of the LIFE Research Group and the Observatory on Families and Family Policies (OFAP). She has participated in several national and international scientific projects, developing research on stepfamilies, public policies, parenting and gender. She is co-author of the WHITE BOOK Men and Gender Equality in Portugal (2016), of the book chapter "Why are caring masculinities so difficult to achieve? Reflections on men and gender equality in Portugal " (2018) and the article " The gender(ed) division of labour in Europe: patterns of practices in 18 EU countries" (2019).
https://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/pessoa/susana-atalaia
2:45-3:30 pm
What makes a good mother? Practices and social norms around good motherhood
Eva-Maria Schmidt, Austrian Institute for Family Studies
Eva-Maria Schmidt is a sociologist and ethnologist. She has been a research associate at the Austrian Institute for Family Studies (OIF) since 2017. Her research and publications focus on the topics of unpaid and paid work, parental leave organization, gender roles, parenthood and social norms, intergenerational relationships in families and non-marital cohabitation. Eva-Maria Schmidt is i.a. a member of the Parental Leave Network and spokesperson for the Family Research Section of the Austrian Association for Sociology (ÖGS). Together with Andrea E. Schmidt, she is the author of the "Austrian Country Note" in the annual report of the Parental Leave Network.
https://www.oif.ac.at/institut/team/eva-maria-schmidt/
3:30-4:15 pm
Parents’ dual reconciliation of gainful employment and childcare: Empirical evidence from Austria
Gerlinde Mauerer, University of Vienna
Gerlinde Mauerer works in the empirical social research at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna. She is currently working on her new research project "Gender and Family in Motion" (https://genfam.univie.ac.at/). Her research and publication activities focus on gender and family studies, masculinities, health and social inequalities. She is an associate member of the international Parental Leave Network and has been teaching at universities of applied sciences and universities in Austria since 2002.