Books by Rodrigo Rosa
Research Handbook on Academic Labour Markets , 2024
Academic staff face complex hurdles in combining work and private life. Productivity, competition... more Academic staff face complex hurdles in combining work and private life. Productivity, competition and accountability requirements, rising precarity and the concomitant need of transnational mobility create new challenges. This chapter discusses the concept of work–life balance from a critical standpoint and outlines a framework for intersectionality-sensitive research and policy in the 2020s. Drawing on some fundamental insights and proposals from feminist gender studies and social theory, the author contends that the gender mechanisms underlying the social construction of the concept of work–life balance are inexorably entangled with other forms of inequality and axes of power resulting in marginalisation. This chapter outlines an intersectional framework for advancing research on work–life balance in the higher education sector and contributes to the counter-hegemonic knowledge which questions the (dis)advantages of the work-centric model that colonises academia today.
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Família em portugal, 2005
Este livro analisa os principais traços das famílias portuguesas no fim do século XX. O inquérito... more Este livro analisa os principais traços das famílias portuguesas no fim do século XX. O inquérito nacional, representativo de Portugal continental, foi realizado em 1999 e teve como principal objectivo fazer um retrato actual e diversificado das familias de casais com filhos na sociedade portuguesa, relacionando as suas dinâmicas internas (conjugais, parentais, familiares) com os factores sociais, temporais e de género que as influenciam.Viver em casal e em familia hoje já não significa adaptar-se a um modelo único de relações familiares, antes se demonstrando a sua pluralidade, desde formas mais institucionais até estilos mais igualitários e modernos de família. Os resultados apontam para percursos variados de entrada na conjugalidade e na parentalidade, para modos diversos de divisão familiar do trabalho, para uma mistura de valores institucionais e companheiristas, para solidariedades familiares atravessadas por desigualdades sociais. O livro revela seis principais tipos de família, explica o seu funcionamento e a sua ancoragem social e examina o impacto dos diferentes momentos de vida familiar.
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2016
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2015
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2013
Preocupada em demonstrar as implicações da vida conjugal na cristalização das desigualdades socia... more Preocupada em demonstrar as implicações da vida conjugal na cristalização das desigualdades sociais, a investigação sociológica tem privilegiado o momento da escolha do cônjuge. Este estudo procura trazer à luz do dia o papel da própria intersubjectividade conjugal, que a perspectiva da escolha do cônjuge deixa, forçosamente, na penumbra. Os intrincados mecanismos do género, que perpassam a vida conjugal, reforçam frequentemente as condições desigualitárias entre homens e mulheres na sua projecção enquanto sujeitos sociais para além do universo da família. Através da análise de entrevistas em profundidade a mulheres que vivem em casal com filhos e cujas elevadas qualificações ampliam, à partida, as possibilidades de carreira e correspondente elevação social, o autor observa as condições relacionais que contribuem para definir o campo de possibilidades no que às soluções encontradas para articular a vida profissional e a vida familiar diz respeito, analisando particularmente os seus efeitos na desigualdade entre os cônjuges.
ICS-UL/CITE, 2016
O principal objetivo do Livro Branco Homens e Igualdade de Género em Portugal é o
de sintetizar i... more O principal objetivo do Livro Branco Homens e Igualdade de Género em Portugal é o
de sintetizar informação considerada relevante sobre homens, papéis masculinos e
igualdade de género e contribuir para a identificação de desafios e recomendações no
âmbito deste tema, a debater e a ponderar por todas as entidades e atores sociais interessados na promoção da igualdade de género na sociedade portuguesa.
Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment, 2017
The main objective of the White Paper Men and Gender Equality in Portugal is to summarize relevan... more The main objective of the White Paper Men and Gender Equality in Portugal is to summarize relevant information on men, male roles and gender equality and to help identify challenges and recommendations in this area, to be discussed and weighed up by all bodies and social actors interested in promoting gender equality in Portuguese society.
The Gender-Sensitive University A Contradiction in Terms?, 2020
Over the last 20 years, scholarship on gender and academia has analysed the diverse range of obst... more Over the last 20 years, scholarship on gender and academia has analysed the diverse range of obstacles to the attainment of gender equality in higher education institutions. In the context of neoliberalism, there is a growing trend towards precarity at entry to academic careers, which has adverse and highly gendered outcomes. Academic institutions seek to promote gender equality and diversity through Gender Equality Plans to address the gendered division of work. In this context, management and senior leadership is constructed as ‘male’ work while other under-recognised roles, such as teaching, administration, pastoral care, are constructed as ‘female’ work. This chapter focuses on how gender equality and intersectionality can challenge this gender regime and the role of feminist scholarship in meeting this objective.
The Gender-Sensitive University A Contradiction in Terms?, 2020
Universities are important in promoting gender equality, diversity and inclusion but, despite man... more Universities are important in promoting gender equality, diversity and inclusion but, despite many positive changes, they remain deeply gendered institutions. The lack of gender parity at senior professorial and decision-making grades has adverse consequences for innovation, research and a negative impact on economic growth in the wider society. The pathway towards making institutions of higher education gender sensitive has a long and global history. The role of the European Commission has been central, as have innovations by institutions in different countries. This chapter examines the degree to which academia is gendered in core areas such as the engagement of decision-makers. Charting the evolution of EU initiatives and policies helps to contextualise gender equality policy and the growing requirement for institutional Gender Equality Plans.
Papers by Rodrigo Rosa
Sociology, 2017
In studies which analyse the social distance between spouses at the moment a couple is formed, an... more In studies which analyse the social distance between spouses at the moment a couple is formed, and which attempt to understand the role of the family, and in particular of marriage, in crystallising social divisions, the concept of homogamy has often been purely descriptive. This article questions this static approach and seeks to pinpoint the changes which social homogamy undergoes in the course of conjugal life, addressing women’s decisions on work–family articulation. Drawing on a critical approach to the concept of rational choice, the article intends to demonstrate the merit of an interpretative approach by analysing how members of a sample of 27 university-educated Portuguese partnered mothers take their decisions in the context of an interdependency framework in which the dynamics of family interaction tend to thwart individual career path development, rendering spouses dependent on each other.
Journal of Gender Studies, 2022
While universities can be powerful institutions for promoting gender equality, diversity and incl... more While universities can be powerful institutions for promoting gender equality, diversity and inclusion in the higher education context and in society at large, they remain both gendered and gendering organizations. This Special Issue gathers a host of approaches that address, from a critical standpoint, the mechanisms that underpin the (re)production of gender inequalities in academia. Drawing on contrasting perspectives, such as feminist institutionalism, social constructivism, poststructuralism, matricentric feminism, feminist perspectives on care, interdisciplinary feminist epistemology, transnationalism and intersectionality, the assembled papers contribute to current academic debates and policy practice on advancing gender equality in higher education institutions and research. Using a wide range of both quantitative and qualitative methodological strategies, the original articles present, analyse and discuss several areas of intervention to be addressed by policy mechanisms such as Gender Equality Plans in the post-pandemic era.
Community, Work & Family, 2015
This article examines work-family reconciliation processes in order to understand if, over the co... more This article examines work-family reconciliation processes in order to understand if, over the course of marital life, women become socially closer or further away from their partner. Drawing on work-life interviews with highly qualified women in Portugal and Britain, we compare these processes in two societies with different historical and social backgrounds. Findings reveal three main configurations of social (in)equality which emerge during married life: growing inequality in favour of the man, in favour of the woman or equality between spouses. With due attention to the importance of national specific factors, we present three main conclusions. First, (in) equality is built up over the course of marital life and female strategies for reconciling family and work are at the core of this process. Second, the national specificities can mould the effects of cross-national gender mechanisms. Third, the intersection between cross-cultural phenomena such as conservative attitudes towards domestic work and national specificities (such as the availability of part-time options) is a rather complex process which needs further research.
Journal of Gender Studies, 2021
The rise of neoliberal governance in the higher education sector and the growing demands that the... more The rise of neoliberal governance in the higher education sector and the growing demands that the values of equality be institutionally embedded represent two potentially conflicting trends. In this context, the steady deployment of a neoliberal agenda to organizations has come to interfere with the work–life balance. Whereas the demands of the neoliberal university rely upon a hegemonic work-centric model that can affect academics irrespective of gender, women are more likely to experience work–life conflict and its associated impacts. This article focuses on how work–life conflict has been studied with three main objectives. First, to map the challenges of combining work and private life in the neoliberalised university. Second, to conduct a systematic review of the literature on work–life balance in academia. Third, to discuss findings and limitations in order to propose research recommendations. As the COVID-19 pandemic raises new and specific challenges to work–life balance, more gender inclusive and theoretically informed studies are needed to tackle the blind spots found here.
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CIES e-WORKING PAPER N.º 79, 2009
This paper aims to show certain distinctive features of the femininity proposed by the channel S... more This paper aims to show certain distinctive features of the femininity proposed by the channel SIC Mulher, which appeals strategically to the differentiation of the female public to define its “editorial identity”. Our research was based on the hypothesis that the media have framed the changes in gender relations in the representations that characterise the shared knowledge-scheme of differentiation between the sexes. Findings reveal that the features of femininity promoted on the channel are a combination of feminine stereotype elements such as women’s fusion with family, and reflexivity, mainly by addressing different gender dimensions and dilemmas as the contradictory roles conflict or the transformations in gender relations. An analysis of both producers’ discourses and discursive/thematic universes emphasized in the channel was carried out in order to identify the femininity proposed.
The EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality Instruments to foster long- term paternal involvement in family work Comments, 2018
This mutual learning seminar was hosted by the German government on the 4th and 5th October 2018 ... more This mutual learning seminar was hosted by the German government on the 4th and 5th October 2018 in Berlin. It explored approaches to promoting long-term paternal involvement in family work with a particular focus on parental leave arrangements. Good practices from Germany were presented and reviewed. Representatives and experts attended from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK. The European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality also participated.
Community, Work & Family, 2016
This article examines work–family reconciliation processes in order to understand if, over the co... more This article examines work–family reconciliation processes in order to understand if, over the course of marital life, women become socially closer or further away from their partner. Drawing on work–life interviews with highly qualified women in Portugal and Britain, we compare these processes in two societies with different historical and social backgrounds. Findings reveal three main configurations of social
(in)equality which emerge during married life: growing inequality in favour of the man, in favour of the woman or equality between spouses. With due attention to the importance of national specific factors, we present three main conclusions. First, (in)equality is built up over the course of marital life and female strategies for reconciling family and work are at the core of this process. Second, the national specificities can mould the effects of cross-national gender mechanisms. Third, the intersection between cross-cultural phenomena such as conservative attitudes towards domestic work and national specificities (such as the availability of part-time options) is a rather complex process which needs further research.
Sociology, 2018
In studies which analyse the social distance between spouses at the moment a couple is formed, an... more In studies which analyse the social distance between spouses at the moment a couple is formed, and which attempt to understand the role of the family, and in particular of marriage, in crystallising social divisions, the concept of homogamy has often been purely descriptive. This article questions this static approach and seeks to pinpoint the changes which social homogamy undergoes in the course of conjugal life, addressing women’s decisions on work–family articulation. Drawing on a critical approach to the concept of rational choice, the article intends to demonstrate the merit of an interpretative approach by analysing how members of a sample of 27 university-educated Portuguese partnered mothers take their decisions in the context of an interdependency
framework in which the dynamics of family interaction tend to thwart individual career path development, rendering spouses dependent on each other.
Teaching Documents by Rodrigo Rosa
SAGE Final Event - Session 3:SAGE Legacy –Tools & Outputs, 2019
Conference Presentations by Rodrigo Rosa
II Conferência Internacional Género, Sexualidades e Interseccionalidade, 2018
Book Reviews by Rodrigo Rosa
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Books by Rodrigo Rosa
de sintetizar informação considerada relevante sobre homens, papéis masculinos e
igualdade de género e contribuir para a identificação de desafios e recomendações no
âmbito deste tema, a debater e a ponderar por todas as entidades e atores sociais interessados na promoção da igualdade de género na sociedade portuguesa.
Papers by Rodrigo Rosa
(in)equality which emerge during married life: growing inequality in favour of the man, in favour of the woman or equality between spouses. With due attention to the importance of national specific factors, we present three main conclusions. First, (in)equality is built up over the course of marital life and female strategies for reconciling family and work are at the core of this process. Second, the national specificities can mould the effects of cross-national gender mechanisms. Third, the intersection between cross-cultural phenomena such as conservative attitudes towards domestic work and national specificities (such as the availability of part-time options) is a rather complex process which needs further research.
framework in which the dynamics of family interaction tend to thwart individual career path development, rendering spouses dependent on each other.
Teaching Documents by Rodrigo Rosa
Conference Presentations by Rodrigo Rosa
Book Reviews by Rodrigo Rosa
de sintetizar informação considerada relevante sobre homens, papéis masculinos e
igualdade de género e contribuir para a identificação de desafios e recomendações no
âmbito deste tema, a debater e a ponderar por todas as entidades e atores sociais interessados na promoção da igualdade de género na sociedade portuguesa.
(in)equality which emerge during married life: growing inequality in favour of the man, in favour of the woman or equality between spouses. With due attention to the importance of national specific factors, we present three main conclusions. First, (in)equality is built up over the course of marital life and female strategies for reconciling family and work are at the core of this process. Second, the national specificities can mould the effects of cross-national gender mechanisms. Third, the intersection between cross-cultural phenomena such as conservative attitudes towards domestic work and national specificities (such as the availability of part-time options) is a rather complex process which needs further research.
framework in which the dynamics of family interaction tend to thwart individual career path development, rendering spouses dependent on each other.