Introducing the network
The International Network on Leave Policies and Research (LP&R) provides a unique forum for exchange, dialogue and collaboration on issues of care, employment and gender. It consists of over 60 members, all experts on leave issues and who come from 47 countries across the world.
In existence since 2004, LP&R holds yearly seminars in a host country (Programme 2021) and produces a yearly Annual Review (Review 2021).
Coordinators 2021-2026
LP&R is led in a collaborative spirit with shared responsibilities.
Dr Marian Baird
Professor of Gender and Employment Relations and Head of the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Dr Andrea Doucet
Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brock University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, CANADA
Dr Johanna Lammi-Taskula
Research Manager at Welfare State Research Unit at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), FINLAND
Annual review Editors 2021
Dr Alison Koslowski (a.koslowski@ucl.ac.uk), Director of Thomas Coram Research Unit, University College London, UK
Dr Sonja Blum (Hagen University, Germany)
Dr Ivana Dobrotic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Dr Gayle Kaufmann (Davidson College, USA)
Dr Peter Moss (UCL London, UK)
Web & Social Media Coordinators
Dr Eva- Maria Schmidt eva-maria.schmidt@univie.ac.at, Austrian Institute for Family Studies, University of Vienna, Austria (Web)
Merve Uzunalioglu, merve.uzunalioglu.17@ucl.ac.uk, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL London, UK (Twitter)
Research and Administration
Jessica Falk, MA, Social Justice and Equity Studies, Brock University, Canada
Lisa Gulessarian, PhD student, Sydney University, Australia
Founders
LP&R was founded by Fred Deven (CBGS - Population and Family Study Centre) and Peter Moss (Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL) who co-ordinated the leave network until 2015 (see History).
From 2015 to 2021 Margaret O'Brien and Ann-Zofie Duvander shared responsibilities of coordinating the LP&R Network (see photo, P. Moss and F. Deven with A. Koslowski (Editor Review), M. O'Brien, A-Z Duvander).
