About me

I am a sociologist and an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics (Dept of Methodology), where I am also a Faculty Associate at the International Inequalities Institute. I am an Affiliated Scholar at Stanford’s VMWare Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab

The key question animating my research is: How do economic risk and uncertainty permeate and shape people’s subjectivities, gendered practices, and social relationships in the institutions of work and family? In my first book Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment (University of California Press, 2020) I zoomed in on how unemployment catalyses the gendered organisation of family life. In ongoing work, I examine how job loss shapes a larger variety of social and workplace relationships, starting with a focus on workers’ sense of an ethical self.

My research cuts across the subfields of work, gender, family, economic sociology and emotions. I have published in journals such as the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Gender & Society, Journal of Marriage and Family, Work, Employment and Society. My research has received multiple awards and recognition from organisations including the American Sociological Association and the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award. My research has been featured in mainstream venues like The Atlantic, The New York Times, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Quartz, and Harvard Business Review.

I currently serve on the editorial board of Gender & Society. I previously also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Marriage and Family. I am elected member of the Organisation, Occupations, and Work section of the American Sociological Association.