An EconoTimes perspective

Heejung Chung

Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent

Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent I am a labour market & welfare state researcher and Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, a part of the University of Kent, UK. My research interest lies in explaining work-life balance and labour market insecurities of individuals through working conditions and welfare state institutions in a comparative perspective. I am also interested in gender inequalities within the labour market and in the household. I was the Principal Investigator of an ESRC funded project that examines flexible working, its prevalent and its outcomes on a wide range of issues including work-family conflict. see http://www.wafproject.org for more I am currently working on a Government Equalities Office Funded project examining how shared child care between mothers and fathers in hetrosexual couple household lead to a wide range of well-being outcomes for the family.