Changing Gender Roles Workshop 31st March – 1st April, 2016 University of Kent

Eastern ARC Eastern Academic Research Consortium across Kent, UEA, Essex Started since 2013../2014-15, will continue for five years as a first stage Build research synergies across three institutions to react to a larger range of research funding Build stronger PG training network/sharing of expertise Social sciences focus on Quantitative Social Science However, focused on various thematic areas – gender, aging, conflict analysis, experimental methods

Changing gender roles in work and family Wide range of people from across three institutions working in this area Very interdisciplinary – sociology, economics, psychology, law, politics etc.. Both qualitative and quantitative methods Looking across the world – UK, Europe, outside EU Key themes – women/mother/parent’s employment patterns, and large trends in employment, women and leadership, Parenting/parenting time and separation, division of household tasks/childcare

Today Employment patterns and parenthood 1st session – focus mostly on women/mother’s employment patterns 2nd session – larger trends in changes in employment and income patterns, work-family conflict, parenting and separation Dinner!

Tomorrow 1st session – women in leadership 2nd session – parenting, parenting time and separation 3rd session – division of household work Brain storming session  New horizons in gender role research? Networking!(also during coffee/lunch/dinner) Result in real proposals for future collaboration Tell us if you have any ideas of break out groups

Potential bits of money to look out for ESRC standard grant, ESRC seminar series, British Academy small grant Eastern ARC Seed Funding for QSS – Kent – up to £700 (deadline Nov 2016) Kent Social Science Faculty Inter-school Networking fund – up to £1500 (deadline 1st May 2016) Eastern ARC PG Events fund – Kent – up to £3000 (deadline late 2016) Eastern ARC PG mobility fund for collaboration – up to £500 (ongoing)