How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse
My department @sociologyoxford.bsky.social , in association with Nuffield College, is seeking to hire an Associate Professor. We are open to different areas of empirical specialisation. Apply by 05 January 2026.
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We're hiring a Research Assistant in Quantitative Analysis of Fundamental British Values. Deadline: 24 November 2025
📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative.
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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📢 We’re inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowships!
This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work.
📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025!
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📢 We’re also holding an online info session for those considering applying for the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! 👨🎓
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👩🎓 Are you planning to apply for the MSc in Sociology at Oxford?
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Join us next Tuesday (28th) 09:00 - 13:00 for a family-fun guessing game about invisible forms of work at the Museum of Oxford! 🧹🧽🍳👩🍼Cute tokens to win, and you get to hear a bit about our work! @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
The GenTime team @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social will be hosting family-friendly guessing games about 'Invisible Work' at the Museum of Oxford, 28th Oct 👉Click to find out more! www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/invisible-work @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival
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Quote from Dr Grace Change: "Understanding adolescent behaviours enables demographers to identify early life cycle factors contributing to gender inequality, examine their effect on transitions to adulthood, and assess their long-term implications for population change and behaviour."
📝💡 New research by Prof @manyeekan.bsky.social & Dr @gczching.bsky.social finds that teenage girls spend more time on domestic work than boys - with the largest gender gaps found in Western societies, though still pronounced in East Asia.
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Check out #GenTime research led by @gczching.bsky.social on adolescents' #timeuse in Japan, Korea, UK & Finland across 3 decades. Gender differences in time use emerge in adolescence. Girls already undertake twice as much domestic work as boys. @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
I'm also pleased to see my current and former PhD students Zerui Tian, @yan-zhang.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social & students of my former PhD students Yujiao Hou. Academic life brings its own lifecourse transitions - delighted to share that I’ve become a granny! @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
I enjoyed #BSPS2025 conference! #GenTime group @gczching.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @zhuofeilu.bsky.social, organised 2 sessions: #gender #timeuse & attitudes. We can't fully address demographic challenges eg low fertility tackling gender inequalities. @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
Yujia on comparative APC effects on gender division of paid and unpaid work. Between 1985-2020, the gap in paid and unpaid work have significantly narrowed except for Japan. Gender gaps narrow across cohorts, but with some exceptions. Inverted U shape across age. @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
Zerui Tian on how online dating relates to fertility & marital outcomes across GGS countries ⬇️ Likelihood of marriage & childbearing but no diff in rel. satis or break ups. Little diff in types of matches by demog char (hypergany/hypogany) online Vs offline @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025
@zhuofeilu.bsky.social on working from home pre-, during & after COVID on wellbeing in the UK. Mothers work from home less than any other groups. Mothers have lower enjoyment levels when working from home instead of working on site @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #bsps2025
I was really happy to host the gender ideologies session, and do the first presentation of our work using the UK GGS on gendered division of labour and gender ideologies on wellbeing with @matthewhluo.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social #bsps2025 @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
Congratulations 🎉 to @scarlettng.bsky.social for passing the viva for her doctoral thesis with minor corrections @sociologyoxford.bsky.social . Her thesis, jointly supervised by Heather Hamill & me, investigates how queer Chinese migrant women in the UK maintain intimacy and family relationships.
📢 Call for Papers – Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference 6th December 2025. Abstract submissions are open until 19 September. I’m honoured to be giving a keynote at the conference and look forward to engaging with fellow scholars.
Honored to give a keynote at the Asian Families Workshop at National Taiwan University. Learnt so much from the brilliant work shared. Huge thanks to Lake Lui & Puk Tee for the kind invitation and for organizing such a fantastic conference! #timeuse #genderinequality @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
Advert for job: Departmental Lecturer in Sociology. Deadline: 27 June 2025
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We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on MSc, MPhil and BA programmes - leading on courses in life course research and quantitative methods, as well as examining.
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Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025
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Oxford Sociology is looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on our MSc - leading on the qualitative methods and political & civil conflict papers, as well as supervising dissertations.
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Call for abstracts! Submit your abstracts to the GenTime #timeuse and #gender ideologies sessions at the upcoming #BSPS2025 conference! @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
🎉🎂 Last year, we marked 25 years of the Department of Sociology!
Our anniversary conference was a chance to celebrate a quarter-century of impactful research, learning & community with staff, students & alumni 🤝👩🎓
Watch our keynote lectures here ⬇️
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Our 1st lecture was by alum Vikki Boliver, who explored the hyper-commodification of higher education in England 💰🏦
With tuition fees & loans replacing public funding, has England’s system become uniquely market-driven?
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🔸 Unpaid work limits women's careers
🔸 Gender gaps in time use narrowed in 1980s-2000s but have now stalled
🔸 Men still do little unpaid work & change is too slow
To close these gaps, we need paid parental leave, flexible work & cultural shifts.
#InternationalWomensDay
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Grace Chang presents the first @sociologyoxford.bsky.social seminar of this term. The topic is adolescent #timeuse patterns. @gentime_erc
Reminder: The first deadline for 2025-26 applications is 9th January! ⏰
This is the latest deadline for most Oxford scholarships, so if you're applying for our MSc, MPhil or DPhil programmes, make sure to submit your application by then 🧑🎓
We are delighted to announce a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue on ESR @europeansocreview.bsky.social
Education and Social Mobility: Celebrating Richard Breen’s Contribution to Sociology
Deadline for submission: 15 of June 2025
More details on the call 👇
