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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 13d

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 15d

📝💡 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.

🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...

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."

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · 26d

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

Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · 26d

#HappyFriday! Happy that my paper with @manyeekan.bsky.social is out! www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... Can I also say the managing editor for DR is incredibly nice, efficient, and patient!

https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/53/17🥳

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 3

@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

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Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Aug 30

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.

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 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.

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 Job alert! 🚨

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.

Apply by 27 June ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Advert for job: Departmental Lecturer in Sociology. Deadline: 27 June 2025

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 We're hiring!

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.

Apply by 30 May ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Apr 10

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

Grace Chang @gczching.bsky.social · Apr 9

Our GenTime crew: @manyeekan.bsky.social @zhuofeilu.bsky.social & Matthew Henglong have a strand on ♀️♂️Gendered time use inequalities and 💭Gender Ideologies at #BSPS2025 @bspsuk.bsky.social this year! Short abstract, 250 words, 5pm, 09 May! www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

Annual Conference

The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.

www.lse.ac.uk

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

🎉🎂 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 ⬇️
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

25th Anniversary Conference - YouTube

To mark our 25th anniversary in March 2024, the Department was joined by staff, students, alumni and friends for a conference celebrating a quarter-century o...

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

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?

📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEHG...

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 8

🔸 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.

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 8

For #IWD2025, we spoke to Man-Yee Kan & Grace Chang about their research on gender inequality in time use 👩⌛️

The GenTime project tracks how men & women spend time ⏲️

The findings are clear - women still do far more unpaid work than men.

Read more ⬇️

www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/gend...

Gender and Time Use: The Hidden Gender Inequality Shaping Everyday Life

8 March 2025

www.sociology.ox.ac.uk

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Jan 20

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Jan 20

Grace Chang presents the first @sociologyoxford.bsky.social seminar of this term. The topic is adolescent #timeuse patterns. @gentime_erc

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Jan 6

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 🧑‍🎓

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European Sociological Review @europeansocreview.bsky.social · Dec 9

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 👇

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Dec 5

✍️ If you're applying to study with us in 2025-26, you may be eligible for a St Antony's College Swire Scholarship!

The scholarships are open to applicants who are permanent residents of Japan, Chinese mainland or Hong Kong SAR.

Find out more here ⬇️
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/study-here/f...

Swire Scholarships - St Antony's

The Swire Scholarships at St Antony’s are generously funded by the Swire Charitable Trust, founded by John Swire & Sons. Four fully funded scholarships are available to graduate students demonstrating...

www.sant.ox.ac.uk

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thanks again for your great talk and fit being a wonderful examiner! Would love to see you in London!

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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · Dec 2

Congratulations to my student @Aneesa Qadri for passing the viva for her doctoral thesis with corrections. Her thesis is about working arrangements and well being. Thanks examiners @Lindsay Richards & @heejungchung.bsky.social ! @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

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