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Thanks to everyone who made the 2026 @wfrn.bsky.social conference, Centering Care Across the Life Course, such a huge success. Some fun facts: More than 500 scholars and stakeholders registered. 130 sessions.....https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ #WFRN2026
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Exciting news! You can now watch both the 2026 Presidential Plenaries and Award Ceremonies from the @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 Conference on the WFRN Video Channel. #1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD7H... #2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf5B... More here: wfrn.org/news/watch-t... #WFRN2026
2026 Presidential Plenary 1 - Providing Care Across the Life Course and WFRN Awards Ceremony
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Open Access: Pregnancy Discrimination Is a Family Affair: Examining Crossover Effects in Couples - Paustian‐Underdahl - Journal of Organizational Behavior - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Pregnancy Discrimination Is a Family Affair: Examining Crossover Effects in Couples
Research consistently finds that workplace discrimination is harmful for employees. However, less is known about how these stressful experiences may affect employees' family members. This question is...
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WFRN.bsky.social@wfrn.bsky.social · last mo.Call for Papers: @cwfjournal.bsky.social Special Issue – Centering Care Across the Life Course: Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load. Deadline 11/1/26. Stems from the 8th Biennial Work Family Researchers Network Meeting in Montreal, CA, 6/17-20/26. wfrn.org/news/call-fo... #WFRN2026
In 2027, @wfrn.bsky.social will elect a new President, Vice President, Secretary, and 2 Members at Large. Nominate yourself or others. wfrn.org/news/are-you...
Are you interested in serving on the WFRN Leadership Team? - Call for nominations - Work and Family Researchers Network
Are you interested in serving on the WFRN Leadership Team? Would you be interesting in nominating or suggesting someone else? Below is information on the nominations process. In 2027 the WFRN will ...
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You can listen to Hugh Bainbridge's recorded remarks from @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 conference: Who Is Caring for People with Disabilities Across the Lifecourse? wfrn.org/news/recorde... #WFRN2026
Recorded Remarks: Who Is Caring for People with Disabilities Across the Lifecourse? - Work and Family Researchers Network
As part of the 2026 WFRN Conference panel, Who Is Caring for People with Disabilities Across the Lifecourse?, Hugh Bainbridge recorded opening remarks for the session. We are pleased to make it availa...
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We're hiring! Open area search for assistant professor of sociology at UC Berkeley. Come be our colleague! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05416
Assistant Professor - Open Field - Sociology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Open Access. Back to Work! Perceived Overqualification, Proactive Helping Behaviors, and Work Adjustment Among Reentering Mothers - Boenke - 2026 - Journal of Organizational Behavior - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Back to Work! Perceived Overqualification, Proactive Helping Behaviors, and Work Adjustment Among Reentering Mothers
In the present study, we investigate the impact of perceived overqualification on the return-to-work process following maternity leave. Based on Person-Environment (P-E) fit theory's underutilized ca...
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Read the @wfrn.bsky.social Newest Featured Scholar Interview with Sophie Mathieu, Asst Prof, School of Applied Politics, Université de Sherbrooke, CA To read Dr. Mathieu’s interview in French: wfrn.org/wp-content/u... To read Dr. Mathieu’s interview in English: wfrn.org/wp-content/u...
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Attended the @wfrn.bsky.social conference at Montreal in June, great experience! And the pre-conference writing workshop was wonderful!
Know anyone appropriate??? Are you interested in serving on the @wfrn.bsky.social Leadership Team? Would you be interested in nominating or suggesting someone else? Learn more here: wfrn.org/news/are-you...
Are you interested in serving on the WFRN Leadership Team? - Call for nominations - Work and Family Researchers Network
Are you interested in serving on the WFRN Leadership Team? Would you be interesting in nominating or suggesting someone else? Below is information on the nominations process. In 2027 the WFRN will ...
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Call for Papers and Sessions – 21st International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress. Submission Deadline: September 28, 2026. More here: wfrn.org/news/call-fo...
Call for Papers and Sessions - 21st ILERA World Congress - Work and Family Researchers Network
21st ILERA World Congress – 30 August – 3 September 2027 Call for Papers and Special Sessions The Call for Papers and Special Sessions are now open, and we encourage you to submit your abstract or spe...
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Call for Papers: @cwfjournal.bsky.social Special Issue – Centering Care Across the Life Course: Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load. Deadline 11/1/26. Stems from the 8th Biennial Work Family Researchers Network Meeting in Montreal, CA, 6/17-20/26. wfrn.org/news/call-fo... #WFRN2026
Call for Papers: Community, Work & Family Special Issue - Centering Care Across the Life Course: Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load - Work and Family Researchers Network
Call for Papers: Community, Work & Family Special Issue Centering Care Across the Life Course: Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load Submissions due November 1, 2026 Overview: Allison Dami...
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🎉 Congratulations to @llhipp.bsky.social, @olgaleshchenko.bsky.social, and @sauermann.bsky.social on winning the Best Presentation Award at The Work and Family Researchers Network Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load Preconference! @wfrn.bsky.social #WFRN2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/3b4seuc8
From @pewresearch.org. For Working Parents, the Boundary Between Work and Family Is Often Blurred. Moms and lower-income parents face distinct challenges. Highlights the experiences of working parents in the US today and how their work and family life overlap. www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...
For Working Parents, the Boundary Between Work and Family Is Often Blurred
Parents – especially moms – often carry the mental load that comes with trying to balance what their families need with what their job demands. And with so many obligations, it’s not surprising that w...
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Congrats to the winners of the @ellengalinsky.bsky.social Generative Researcher Award -- Sarah Flood, @melissamilkie.bsky.social, and @lsayer.bsky.social for their development, support, and use of time use data. Learn more about their exceptional work here: wfrn.org/ellen-galins...
The Ellen Galinsky Generative Researcher Award - Work and Family Researchers Network
The Ellen Galinsky Generative Researcher Award This award recognizes a work-family researcher or research team who have/has contributed break-through thinking to the work-family field via theory, meas...
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Did you attend the Better Life Lab's Writing Workshop at the @wfrn.bsky.social Conference? Here's how to move forward. Do you have an idea, research, or story you want to write, or to connect with others who could? You can get help as well as those unable to attend. wfrn.org/news/did-you...
Did you attend the Better Life Lab’s Writing Workshop at the WFRN Conference? Here is How to Move Forward - Work and Family Researchers Network
Did you attend the Better Life Lab’s Writing Workshop at the WFRN Conference? Do you have an idea, research, or story you want to write, or to connect with others who could? The Better Life Lab team w...
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Call for Papers — Personnel Review Special Issue – “Navigating the Work–Family Interface in the Digital Era: Challenges and Strategies” Deadline 11/30/26. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...
Navigating the Work–Family Interface in the Digital Era: Challenges and Strategies
Examining challenges and strategies for managing work–family dynamics in the digital era, focusing on boundary blurring, technostress, and sustainable integration across diverse work contexts.
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Call for Nominations! Interested in serving on the @wfrn.bsky.social Leadership Team? Would you be interested in nominating or suggesting someone else? wfrn.org/news/interes...
Interested in Being a WFRN Mentor or Mentee? Sign Up For a Mentorship Pairing for the 2026 Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
As part of the 2026 WFRN 8th Biennial Conference, we are pleased to offer a Mentorship Program designed to foster meaningful connections among scholars at all career stages within the Work and Family ...
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promoting myself (and wfrn) for a minute! I love the WFRN community so much and was thrilled to receive a poster award from them, especially because I love the paper I presented. it’s a paper i’ve been thinking about for awhile and i’m excited to move it forward this summer
WFRN.bsky.social@wfrn.bsky.social · last mo.Congratulations to the @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 Best Poster Award Recipients at the 2026 Conference: Kylie Jaeyun Yim for her poster on parental leave and Kimberly McErlean for her article on marriage as a gendering institution. Full titles here: wfrn.org/news/congrat... #WFRN2026
one of my dear friends Kerry also won a much deserved poster award for her dissertation - that she also recently successfully defended! Go Dr. Waldrep 🎉
WFRN.bsky.social@wfrn.bsky.social · last mo.Congratulations to Kerry Waldrep, University of Texas at Austin for Best Poster @wfrn.bsky.social Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load Preconference. “How Moms Make it Work: Work-Care Arrangements and the Timing of Cognitive Labor for Lawyer Mothers.” #WFRN2026
@ccfamilies.bsky.social (CCF) Research Conference and Public Scholarship Workshop. Family Upheaval: Contemporary Debates and Current Challenges on 10/2/26 at U of Utah. FREE. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/family-uphea...
Family Upheaval: Contemporary Debates and Current Challenges, a CCF Workshop - Contemporary Families - The University of Utah
Join CCF’s "Family Upheaval: Contemporary Debates and Current Challenges” workshop on October 2nd, 2026, at the University of Utah. Explore key family policy issues and public scholarship training thr...
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Congratulations to the @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 Best Poster Award Recipients at the 2026 Conference: Kylie Jaeyun Yim for her poster on parental leave and Kimberly McErlean for her article on marriage as a gendering institution. Full titles here: wfrn.org/news/congrat... #WFRN2026
Congratulations to the WFRN 2026 Best Poster Award Recipients - Work and Family Researchers Network
Congratulations to the WFRN 2026 Best Poster Award Recipients Kylie Jaeyun Yim Necessary but Insufficient: The Impact of Parental Leave on Working Women’s Transition to Parenthood in South Korea Kimbe...
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Congrats to @wfrn.bsky.social 2026 Best Conference Paper Award Recipient, Eunsil Oh. Low Fertility Politics, Policy and Demography: The Korean Experience examines how rigid workplace expectations, structural gender inequality, & societal norms converge to create a demographic crisis. #WFRN2026 S
Congratulations to Meg Kowta and Casey Scheibling, Univ of Nevada, Reno for Best Graduate Student Work at the @wfrn.bsky.social l Understanding Cognitive Labor & the Mental Load Preconference. "I Feel Like a Grief Sponge’: Communicating and Commiserating about Men’s Mental Load on Reddit.” #WFRN2026
Congratulations to Kerry Waldrep, University of Texas at Austin for Best Poster @wfrn.bsky.social Understanding Cognitive Labor and the Mental Load Preconference. “How Moms Make it Work: Work-Care Arrangements and the Timing of Cognitive Labor for Lawyer Mothers.” #WFRN2026
Congrats to @llhipp.bsky.social, @olgaleshchenko.bsky.social, and @sauermann.bsky.social--winners of the best pre-conference pres at @WFRN.bsky.social Understanding Cognitive Labor and Mental Load Preconf for “Unequal Burdens?Income Gradients in Mental Work & Burden Among Coupled Women in Germany.”
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Congrats Meiying Li! @wfrn.bsky.social recognizes Meiying Li as the recipient of the 2026 Kathleen Christensen Dissertation Award. Dr Li’s dissertation, A Tale of Two Labor Markets... wfrn.org/christensen-... #WFRN.2026
The Kathleen Christensen Dissertation Award - Work and Family Researchers Network
The Kathleen Christensen Dissertation Award This award recognizes a recent graduate of a doctoral program who has already made a significant contribution to the work and family knowledge base. The Kat...
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