Man-yee Kan
@manyeekan.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
GenTime, ERC project.
Research on gender inequalities, time use, migration & ethnicity.
GenTime, ERC project.
Research on gender inequalities, time use, migration & ethnicity.
How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse
Using Time Use Data to Investigate Gender Inequalities: Enduring Patterns and New Dimensions
Research on the gender revolution highlights the slowing convergence between men and women in paid and unpaid work time. This review considers both seminal studies from the 2000s and more recent anal....
dx.doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How can time-use data help us better understand gender inequalities? Our latest article in Sociology Compass answers this question — have a look! dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4... Yucheng Wu, Muzhi Zhou #timeuse
My department @sociologyoxford.bsky.social , in association with Nuffield College, is seeking to hire an Associate Professor. We are open to different areas of empirical specialisation. Apply by 05 January 2026.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE046/a...
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE046/a...
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Associate Professorship in Sociology at University of Oxford
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My department @sociologyoxford.bsky.social , in association with Nuffield College, is seeking to hire an Associate Professor. We are open to different areas of empirical specialisation. Apply by 05 January 2026.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE046/a...
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE046/a...
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
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📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative.
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
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November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Prof @aksoyundan.bsky.social on a project evaluating the DfE's Fundamental British Values initiative.
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
🔗➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
🌟 Perfect for those who've done an undergrad in sociology, politics or economics!
🔗➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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📢 We’re inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowships!
This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work.
📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025!
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work.
📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025!
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
Oxford Sociology invites applications for Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026
31 October 2025
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📢 We’re inviting Expressions of Interest for the 2026 @LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowships!
This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work.
📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025!
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
This scheme supports early career researchers to carry out a major piece of publishable work.
📅 Apply with @OxfordSociology by 1 Dec 2025!
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
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📢 We’re also holding an online info session for those considering applying for the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! 👨🎓
Sign up now to learn more ✨➡️ forms.office.com/e/DTt26zSjwL
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October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📢 We’re also holding an online info session for those considering applying for the MPhil in Sociology & Demography! 👨🎓
Sign up now to learn more ✨➡️ forms.office.com/e/DTt26zSjwL
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👩🎓 Are you planning to apply for the MSc in Sociology at Oxford?
Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✨
✍️ forms.office.com/e/mmMRmqz7vF
Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✨
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October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
👩🎓 Are you planning to apply for the MSc in Sociology at Oxford?
Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✨
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Don’t miss our online info session for prospective students - sign up today! ✨
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Join us next Tuesday (28th) 09:00 - 13:00 for a family-fun guessing game about invisible forms of work at the Museum of Oxford! 🧹🧽🍳👩🍼Cute tokens to win, and you get to hear a bit about our work! @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
🗓️ The #ESRCFestival of Social Science returns from 20 Oct–7 Nov!
📍 Join us across Oxford & online for free, interactive and family-friendly events exploring our working lives through engaging and impactful #socialsciences research
❓ Discover the full programme 👉 www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/festivalofso...
📍 Join us across Oxford & online for free, interactive and family-friendly events exploring our working lives through engaging and impactful #socialsciences research
❓ Discover the full programme 👉 www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/festivalofso...
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us next Tuesday (28th) 09:00 - 13:00 for a family-fun guessing game about invisible forms of work at the Museum of Oxford! 🧹🧽🍳👩🍼Cute tokens to win, and you get to hear a bit about our work! @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
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The GenTime team @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social will be hosting family-friendly guessing games about 'Invisible Work' at the Museum of Oxford, 28th Oct 👉Click to find out more! www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/invisible-work @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival
Invisible Work
28 October, 10am-1pm, Museum of Oxford
www.socsci.ox.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The GenTime team @zhuofeilu.bsky.social @matthewhluo.bsky.social @manyeekan.bsky.social will be hosting family-friendly guessing games about 'Invisible Work' at the Museum of Oxford, 28th Oct 👉Click to find out more! www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/invisible-work @sociologyoxford.bsky.social #ESRCFestival
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📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research!
If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓
Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz
If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓
Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 Calling all Oxford academics doing sociological research!
If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓
Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz
If you’re faculty, a researcher or DPhil student at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes, join our community for collaboration & knowledge exchange across sociology & related fields 🎓
Sign up ✍️➡️ forms.office.com/e/TViD46Kdxz
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📝💡 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...
🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
September 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📝💡 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...
🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
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
#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🥳
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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
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
September 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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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
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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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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
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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@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
September 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@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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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
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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.
August 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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.
📢 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.
August 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📢 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.
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
June 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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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🚨 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...
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...
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨 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...
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...
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🚨 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...
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...
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨 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...
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...
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
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
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April 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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
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🎉🎂 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...
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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March 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎉🎂 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...
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...
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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...
With tuition fees & loans replacing public funding, has England’s system become uniquely market-driven?
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEHG...
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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...
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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🔸 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.
#InternationalWomensDay
🔸 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.
#InternationalWomensDay
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...
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
March 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🔸 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.
#InternationalWomensDay
🔸 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.
#InternationalWomensDay