Brendan Churchill
@brenchurchill.bsky.social
| ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in #Sociology
| Co-chair, Work Futures Hallmark Research Initiative
+ Tasmanian export at The University of Melbourne
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy #FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy #FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
Great paper! Looking forward to discussing next week
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Great paper! Looking forward to discussing next week
Reposted by Brendan Churchill
Some key takeaways:
🏠 Household mental load is a hidden factor in political inequality.
📊 It shapes who pays attention to in politics—and thus who participates.
We can’t talk about political equality without addressing it.
Full article here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
🏠 Household mental load is a hidden factor in political inequality.
📊 It shapes who pays attention to in politics—and thus who participates.
We can’t talk about political equality without addressing it.
Full article here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
The political consequences of the mental load
Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Some key takeaways:
🏠 Household mental load is a hidden factor in political inequality.
📊 It shapes who pays attention to in politics—and thus who participates.
We can’t talk about political equality without addressing it.
Full article here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
🏠 Household mental load is a hidden factor in political inequality.
📊 It shapes who pays attention to in politics—and thus who participates.
We can’t talk about political equality without addressing it.
Full article here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
Not these demographers. Quality jobs, affordable childcare and housing!!!!!
August 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Not these demographers. Quality jobs, affordable childcare and housing!!!!!