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Professor Heejung Chung is a leading authority in Work and Employment at King’s College London, where she serves as the Director of the King’s Global Institute Women's Leadership. Her research focuses on comparative labour market studies, emphasizing work-family dynamics, gender social inequalities, and the well-being outcomes of workers' experiences with work-life balance. Professor Chung is currently investigating flexible working arrangements including remote and hybrid models, the stigmatization faced by marginalized workers (especially women and BAME individuals), and the implications these factors have on ideal worker notions and policy solutions. Her expertise spans work-family research, advanced quantitative methods, and cross-national comparative research. She is an active contributor to pivotal discussions on gender equality and flexible working in policy contexts, with her research influencing significant directives such as the European Commission’s Work-Life Balance Directive. Her work has been published in prestigious journals and she is a member of several editorial boards and research networks. Professor Chung values the role of social sciences in shaping meaningful and impactful policies and actively engages in public discourse around work and family issues.
King's Global Institute Women's Leadership • London, England
Leading research and initiatives on women's leadership and gender equality.
King’s Business School, King’s College London • London, England
Professorship in Work and Employment, focusing on research, teaching, and public engagement in social policy.
University of Kent • Kent, England
Conducted research and taught courses in Sociology and Social Policy.
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