Grants and awards

Outstanding Contribution Award

University of Bath

Runner Up: Best Article of the Year Prize

European Sociological Review

Nominee for the Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Work and Family

Purdue University Center for Families

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant

University of Bath

Principal Investigator on the project, ‘Too Old to Hire, Too Young to Retire? Women’s Job-Seeking Experiences After Age 50.'

Returning Parents Support Fund

University of Bath

ESRC New Investigator Grant

University of Oxford

Principal Investigator on the project, ‘Welfare State Interventions and Occupational Gender Segregation: Paradise or Paradox?’

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

University of Southampton

Principal Investigator on the project, ‘Social Policies to Support Women’s Employment and Achieve Gender-Friendly Workplaces.’

The Doctoral College Research Award Nomination

University of Southampton

Nominated for The Doctoral College Research Award by the University of Southampton for ‘exceptional contribution to research group, disciplinary, Faculty and University research strategy/environment.’

Doctoral Researcher Prize Essay

University of Southampton

Awarded by The European Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) and Journal of European Social Policy for ‘exciting, innovative and scholarly’ work and featured as a university highlight in the Vice Chancellor’s presentation of his Ten-Year Plan.

Social Policy Association Grant and Centre for Population Change Grant

University of Southampton

Social Policy Association Grant (£350) and Centre for Population Change Grant (£350). Covered travel expenses for speakers and catering costs for the ‘Lone Parents in the UK Today’ conference held at the offices of Gingerbread (UK charity), London, which I co-organised with Dr Tina Haux.

Sociology and Social Policy MSc Dissertation Prize and MSc Performance Prize.

University of Southampton

Awarded by the University of Southampton for best overall performance and highest dissertation mark.

ESRC 1+3 Studentship Award

University of Southampton

Awarded to support completion of the MSc in Social Policy and Social Research and a PhD in Social Policy that looked at the relationship between welfare states and women’s employment outcomes in comparative perspective.

Peter G Richards Bursary, Liam O’Sullivan Prize, Heather Packwood Prize, and Politics and International Relations Year 1 Performance Prize.

University of Southampton

Awarded by the University of Southampton for best overall performance in each year of the BSc and for highest dissertation mark.