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The 11th International Community, Work and Family Conference is coming to Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹

📍 University of Porto
🗓️ 1–3 September 2027

Conference theme, Call for Papers & more details coming soon!

#CWF2027 @wfrn.bsky.social @sociofamilyisa.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
📅 Save the date!

The 11th International Community, Work and Family Conference is coming to Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹

📍 University of Porto
🗓️ 1–3 September 2027

Conference theme, Call for Papers & more details coming soon!

#CWF2027 @wfrn.bsky.social @sociofamilyisa.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
📣 Call for Papers! Community, Work & Family is seeking submissions for a special issue on cognitive labor and the mental load of care across the life course.

📅 Deadline: Nov. 1, 2026

Details: tinyurl.com/42at3d7e

@wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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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...
wfrn.org
July 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
What shapes the way work, care, & family life fit together?

The latest issue of CWF brings together research on gendered inequalities, mental labor, childcare, working time, work-family conflict, & family wellbeing.

Explore Volume 29, Issue 3:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2...

@wfrn.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
2 years after the onset of Covid-19, most families reported little change in how housework & caregiving responsibilities were divided.

This study examines the pandemic's longer-term impact on unpaid labor within households.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1366...

@wfrn.bsky.social @sociofamilyisa.bsky.social
June 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NEW ARTICLE 👉 "Parental nonstandard work schedule and children’s educational outcomes"

Authored by: Abay Asfaw (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366...

@wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
📢 The latest issue of CWF is now available!

This issue explores:
• Work–family conflict, care, & worker wellbeing
• Organizational structures & flexibility
• Boundary management in everyday life

Browse at the link: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2...

@wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
March 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"How does remote-first work impact fathers’ engagement with domestic tasks and the provision of child-related care, and...how does the experience of working remote-first impact fathers’ relationships with their children and partners?"

Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366...
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS to the 2026 WFRN.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship Recipients. This program is designed to deliver a variety of supports for advancement to secure senior-level positions, as well as assist with attendance at the 2026 Conference. wfrn.org/news/announc...
WFRN.bsky.social (@wfrn.bsky.social)
The Work and Family Researchers Network is the premier 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association for work-family scholars and leaders.
WFRN.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Are. you a grad student? Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! Call for Graduate Student Preconference Applications. Due 1/15/26. Information about the 2026 WFRN.bsky.social conference and the preconference application: wfrn.org/2026-work-an... #WFRN2026
2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
ABOUT THE EVENT Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada.  More than 400 scholars and stakeholders will convene to discus...
wfrn.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📘 New Issue Out Now | Community, Work & Family

Vol. 28 Issue 5 explores how work–family policies, gender dynamics, care roles, emotional labor, & caregiving stress shape family well-being in contemporary societies.

👉 Read the latest research: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/c...

@wfrn.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New #OpenAccess article from University of Warsaw researcher, Agnieszka Kasperska!

Read at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366...

#RemoteWork #WorkFromHome @tandfresearch.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New #OpenAccess article on the case of Lithuanian single mothers who migrate from Mykolas Romeris University researcher, Greta Skubiejute.

Read at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366...

@tandfresearch.bsky.social @asamigration.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#Sociology doesn’t sit on the sidelines in times of crisis.

Explore this FREE article collection from @tandfonline.bsky.social featuring CWF and other prominent journals in the field!

#OpenAccess 🔓https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/sociology-at-times-of-crises-article-collection-2025/
August 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We are proud to have a presence at the @asanews.bsky.social annual meetings this year!

👉 Please join us for a session exploring how journals, books, and their communities are supporting the field, and how publishing can respond to emerging challenges in sociology.

@tandfresearch.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🎤✨ Join us in Chicago for the 2025 AKD Distinguished Lecture at the @asanews.bsky.social Annual Meetings!

This year, we welcome Dr. Mary Romero, Professor Emeritus at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social, to discuss her work on "Reimagining Domestic Work Through an Intersectional Lens"

#Sociology #ASA2025
June 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
From our latest issue!

👉 "Time-intensive occupations and the #motherhood gap in authority" authored by Rebecca Glauber of the University of New Hampshire.

Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366...

#MotherhoodPenalty
#WorkFamilyBalance
#SociologyOfWork
#GenderInequality
#AcademicResearch
July 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🤗 We are pleased to share that our new issue is now LIVE via @tandfresearch.bsky.social online!

This issue covers perspectives on partnership & parenthood as well as intersectional approaches to community, work & family.

Please browse and enjoy at the link! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/2...
June 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Excited to share that my paper with Julia Tuppat has just been published in @cwfjournal.bsky.social! We examine how work-family conflict relates to drinking frequency and quantity among parents using Australian panel data.

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Unraveling gender dynamics in the impact of work-family conflict on alcohol consumption among Australian parents
This study examines the relationship between work-to-family conflict (WTFC) and family-to-work conflict (FTWC) and drinking frequency and quantity by gender. Using longitudinal data from the Househ...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨New Pub Alert!

Read "Should I stay home, or should I go to the office? A conjoint experiment on the considerations that drive employees’ preference to work from home" from Samantha Alexandra Metselaar at the link!

➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1366...

@wfrn.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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My paper in @genderandjustice.bsky.social exploring how gender norms are constitutive of parents’ care capabilities and the consequent implications for evaluation of work-family policy, such as the UK’s SPL, in providing parents (normative) means to imagine sharing leave / care as they aspire to...
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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So excited to be at the 2025 @cwfjournal.bsky.social conference in Bielefeld
Here's a bit of a word cloud of the topics and themes we are looking at @sonjablum.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Excited to finally visit one of the centers of German sociology and educational expansion! #brutalism
Looking forward to inspiring discussions on work and family at ICWF 2025 in Bielefeld! @cwfjournal.bsky.social #sociology #demography #family #parenthood
March 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📑 New Pub from Southwest Jiaotong University researchers!

"Research on the configuration of remote workers' boundary management tactics" from

Access via @tandfresearch.bsky.social at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366...

#RemoteWork #BoundaryManagement #WorkFamilyBalance @wfrn.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New #OpenAccess article from Heidi M. Baumann of @illinoisstateu.bsky.social: "A new perspective on transfer of training: when does training at work transfer to family?"

Read at the link: doi.org/10.1080/1366...

@wfrn.bsky.social @tandfonline.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM