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Dr Clare Stovell

@clarestovell.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Sociology of Gender at UCL and member of the Thomas Coram Research Unit. Interested in gender equality in work-care divisions, parental leave policy, decision making at transition to parenthood etc.

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Dr Clare Stovell @clarestovell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Excellent @theguardian.com article about the ‘18 summers’ trend on social media. It‘s yet another emotionally charged way to perpetuate intensive parenting expectations and load guilt onto mothers. These saccharine posts don’t seem to be targeted towards fathers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays | Emma Brockes
Long days with nothing to do is the whole point of summer. Turning it into a ‘making memories’ exercise is creepy and controlling, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New article out now with @clarestovell.bsky.social, which may be of interest to qualitative family researchers! 👇 We consider the idea of internal confidentiality in family research, and how we can protect participant confidentiality when interviewing more than one person in a couple or family.
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Journal of Family Theory & Review | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article draws attention to the ethical and methodological complexities of internal confidentiality in family research and provides field-specific recommendations. Conducting individual (rather t....
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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 20/10/2025
💥 Apps open for 2026/27 entry @sriucl.bsky.social! 📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-... 📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Sociology MSc
The Sociology MSc provides you with the critical skills needed to analyse the defining issues of our time. Through a curriculum that emphasises a plurality of perspectives and rigorous methodological ...
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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 21/10/2025
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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Research in action! @ktwamley.bsky.social, @clarestovell.bsky.social, Peter Moss & Alison Koslowski recently attended the APPG for Fatherhood with @katedeardenmp.bsky.social to discuss extending paternity leave – a vital step for gender equality & family wellbeing. dadshift.org.uk
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The Dad Shift
It's time the UK had a paternity leave policy fit for the 21st century. Join the campaign now.
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Dr Clare Stovell @clarestovell.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This looks like an interesting @nuffieldtrust.org.uk opportunity for anyone with quantitative health/social care research experience www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF549/s...
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Senior Fellow at The Nuffield Trust
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU! @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social
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Dr Clare Stovell @clarestovell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Hear me speak about my research on couple decision-making processes at the transition to parenthood with David Cooper on the @lastshow.bsky.social podcast from 23min46sec shows.acast.com/643568c8c065...
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Journal of Family Studies @jfamstudies.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Recent @jfamstudies.bsky.social publication by Clare Stovell is circulating in the press! Drawing on qualitative interviews with 25 heterosexual professional couples in the UK, this paper explores work-family decisions at the transition to parenthood! Read more here doi.org/10.1080/1322...
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UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
UCL research around leave submitted to the WEC's inquiry, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... They argue that #SPL is not fit for purpose!
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by Dr Clare Stovell @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...
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Lack of discussion drives traditional gender roles in parenthood
Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by a UCL researcher.
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