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Maternal Employment in Britain and the US

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:24:01 GMT

Work by IER's Dr Clare Lyonette has been featured in an article on the University of Warwick's Knowledge Centre. The article reports on findings from recent research on the differences in couples' decisions to work while children are still young.

The article reflects findings from research undertaken for Dr Lyonette's prizewinning BSA Sage Prize for Excellence paper - ‘We both need to work’: maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA - co-authored by Gayle Kaufman and Rosemary Crompton, which was published in Work, Employment and Society 25: 34-50.

Clare Lyonette Wins BSA Sage Prize for Excellence

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:18:17 GMT

IER's Dr Clare Lyonette has been named as the winner of the 2012 British Sociological Association's Sage Prize for Innovation/Excellence for her paper in the journal 'Work, Employment and Society'. The prize is awarded annually to one paper published in each of the BSA's journals, judged to represent innovation or excellence in the field.

The paper, ‘We both need to work’: maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA, was co-authored by Gayle Kaufman and Rosemary Crompton, and was published in Work, Employment and Society 25: 34-50.

Dr Clare Lyonette and Dr Michael Orton shortlisted for SAGE prize

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:41:26 GMT

Two articles from IER staff, Dr Michael Orton and Dr. Clare Lyonette, have been shortlisted for this year’s SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence, the winner of which will be announced at the BSA conference in April 2012. The prize is awarded annually to one paper in each of the BSA’s four prestigious journals: Cultural Sociology; Sociological Research Online; Sociology; and Work, Employment and Society.

The prize is awarded to the paper published in the previous year’s volume judged to represent innovation or excellence in the field. The IER nominations both appeared in Work, Employment and Society in the previous year and will be considered alongside three other short-listed articles. To find out more about the articles by Clare and Michael, see:

Clare Lyonette, Gayle Kaufman and Rosemary Crompton ‘We both need to work’: maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA, Work, Employment and Society 25: 34-50.

Michael Orton Flourishing Lives: the capabilities approach as a framework for new thinking about employment, work and welfare in the 21st century, Work, Employment and Society 25: 352-60.

Bernard Casey will be presenting at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research International Seminar in Vienna

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:07:41 GMT

Bernard will be presenting on ‘Are we all Confucianists? Similarities and differences between European and East-Asian policies for care of the frail older people’ on 23 July 2010. More information is available on the European Centre for Social Policy and Research website.

Hundreds of families lose their homes

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:25:00 GMT

An article in the Coventry Evening Telegraph on 12 Feb 2008 stated "MORE than 50 homes in Coventry and Warwickshire are being repossessed every week." Dr Michael Orton, of the employment research institute at Warwick University, said: "Studies tend to identify a change of circumstances as a particular cause of indebtedness, losing a job, divorce, anything that causes upheaval can be a real catalyst.