What Familydemic is?

Familydemic is a collaborative international project and a network of researchers. Its goal is to advance the theoretical explanations, methods and empirical foundations for studying the diverse immediate and long-term consequences of policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak for the distribution of paid and unpaid work in couples and their labour market and family outcomes in diverse welfare regime contexts. The project and the network is coordinated by Prof. Anna Kurowska from the University of Warsaw. The cooperating countries are: Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the US.

Our focus

In our project, we pay particular attention to

Family dynamics

The mechanisms underlying the changes in the family dynamic between men and women, fertility intentions and work-life balance…

Cultural and economic context

The moderating role of the cultural and economic context for these changes and their effects on family dynamics and labour market outcomes of men and women.

Social distancing and confinement policies

The role of the design of social distancing and confinement policies and the accompanying “cushioning” policies introduced in response to the pandemic for partners’ involvement in paid work and their labour market outcomes.

Team

Anna Kurowska

Anna Matysiak

Andrea Doucet

Sylvia Fuller

Thordis Reimer

Daniele Vignoli

Raffaele Guetto

Gayle Kaufman

Richard J. Petts

Shirley Gatenio Gabel

Ann-Zofie Duvander

Cassandra Engeman

Ilyar Heydari Barardehi

Tsegachew Degu

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Contact

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Anna Kurowska

Head of the project
a.kurowska@uw.edu.pl

Address

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University of Warsaw

Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warsaw, Poland