Really pleased to be attending @SungHeeLee1002s webinar this morning exploring Work-Family Balance Policies and womens reproduction in East Asia and Europe, reporting on a The British Academy funded study SPA Family Policy Group

Melanie Channon highlighting government/political rhetoric about lowering fertility rates, highlighting how personal responsibility discourse is shaping arguments for increased fertility yet simultaneously used against those who are childless Sung-Hee Lee

Fascinating discussion by Melanie Channon on family policy attempts to increase fertility in the UK. Lack of affordable childcare absolutely key. Shocking figures! SPA Family Policy Group

Bernice Huang outlines some policies that are more likely to address lower fertility rates than a singular focus on increasing flexibility in work and childcare alone SPA Family Policy Group Sung-Hee Lee

Mauro Migliavacca outlining the impact of the pandemic on fertility rates in Italy, which has one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe) and asks whether the pandemic weakened working prospects for women SPA Family Policy Group

Following and retweeting from this event today on work-family balance policies with international case studies

Manuela Naldini outlines features of the Italian work/family system. Italy not only has low fertility rates but also low womens employment: or dual employment and demographic crises SPA Family Policy Group result of intergen solidarity, gendered labour & demand & welfare arrangements

Manuela Naldini demonstrating the complexity of family policy and the need to consider how different policies interact and intersect. She argues for a package of policies: work-family reconciliation, affordable childcare, employment and housing policies and more SPA Family Policy Group

Jaesung Kim now sharing insights on work-family policy and fertility rates in South Korea. Fertility rates also declining there and are much less than Italy, the lowest in Europe. SPA Family Policy Group

🙌📚We hosted a great workshop with the support of The British Academy and the expert organisation of Sung-Hee Lee and Ruby Chau ! Way to go, comparative social policy research ✌️ NTU Taiwan University of Derby

@SUngHeeLee1002 and I hope to illustrate how the Republic of Korea spends considerably more funding on its early years system than England does in a article for a forthcoming issue of JICSP

We had another excellent #IPHIR meeting last week! Researchers and practitioners from all disciplinary, professional and personal backgrounds working together to build an East #Midlands network working on #HealthInequalities and race. 🧵

Interdisciplinary Research on Health Inequalities. 3rd #IPHIR conference. 4th December 2024 at University of Derby. Book your free place now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/iphir-confer…

Today we are meeting with our SPA policy groups and hearing about their fantastic work over the past year!👏 There are many exciting activities and initiatives coming up. Check out our list of policy groups and how to get involved ⬇️⬇️⬇️ social-policy.org.uk/news/spa-polic…

Join us interested colleagues, some great cross-disciplinary talks! UoN Life Sciences Nottingham Research

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Another excellent IPPR report on early education and childcare offering the metrics evidencing the challenge facing this government in turning the present ECEC system into a more equitable one.

소셜 코리아 포럼: 시대정신과 공론장의 역할. Dec 18 15:00-18:00 (offline event) The Hankyoreh #소셜코리아