Sirin Sung

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Sirin Sung

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• Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work

• Centre for Inclusion, Transformation and Equality (CITE)

• Phone+44 (0)28 9097 3469

• Emails.sung@qub.ac.uk

• Room 01.007 - 3 College Park East

United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am open to PhD applications in the fields of:\ - Gender and Social Policy: comparative perspectives\ - Gender, Work and Family\ - Qualitative research relating to the issue of gender

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Research activity per year

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• Policy Social Sciences

• Gender Social Sciences
• Work Social Sciences
• UK Social Sciences
• Women Social Sciences
• Korea R Social Sciences
• Korea Social Sciences
• Unpaid Work Social Sciences

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Research output

• 7 Paper
• 5 Article
• 3 Chapter
• 3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

• 5 More

• 3 Other contribution to conference

• 2 Book
• 2 Book/Film/Article review
• 1 Scholarly edition
• 1 Other chapter contribution

• 1 Special issue

• Balancing work and family in policy and practice: coping strategies for Korean working mothers in dual-earner families

Sung, S., 18 Feb 2025, Gender, Family and Policy: International Perspectives. Sung, S. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 78-96 18 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Parental Leave
• Korea
• Working Mothers
• Semi-Structured Interview
• Working Hours

• Conclusion: Towards gender-egalitarian family policies

Sung, S., 18 Feb 2025, Gender, Family and Policy: International Perspectives. Sung, S. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 257-264 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access

File

• Family Policy
• Occupational Career
• Culture of Work
• Unpaid Work
• Domestic Work

• Gender, family and policy: international perspectives

Sung, S., 18 Feb 2025, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 277 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Family Work
• Family Policy
• Gender and Family
• Parental Leave
• UK

1 Citation (Scopus) - ### Gender and work–family balance in the time of pandemic: A comparative study of policy and practice in the UK and South Korea

Sung, S. & McNamee, C. B., 12 Mar 2025, (Early online date) In: Journal of international and comparative social policy. 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

• UK
• Comparative Study
• Work-Life Balance
• South Korea
• Unpaid Work

33 Downloads (Pure) - ### Introduction: Gender, family and policy: international perspectives

Sung, S., 18 Feb 2025, Gender, family and policy: international perspectives. Sung, S. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 1-19 19 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Family Work
• Family Policy
• Gender and Family
• Parental Leave
• UK

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Prizes

• Athena SWAN Bronze Award

Sung, S. (Recipient), 29 Apr 2016

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

• Gender Equality

• Leverhulme Study Abroad Fellowship

Sung, S. (Recipient), 12 May 2010

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

• Work-Family Balance

Activities

• 14 Publication peer-review
• 11 Participation in conference
• 5 Other
• 2 Participation in workshop, seminar, course

• 14 More

• 4 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

• 4 Membership of peer review panel or committee
• 3 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
• 3 Invited talk
• 2 Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
• 2 Other examination
• 2 Hosting a school group or open day
• 2 Research and Teaching at External Organisation
• 2 Visiting an external academic institution
• 1 Editorial activity
• 1 PhD external examination
• 1 Membership of external research organisation

• 1 Membership of network

• Journal of international and comparative social policy (Journal)

Sung, S. (Peer reviewer)

16 Dec 2025

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review - ### ESRC Assessor College (External organisation)

Sung, S. (Member)

09 Oct 2025 → …

Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee - ### Social Policy & Society (Journal)

Sung, S. (Peer reviewer)

28 Aug 2025

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review - ### Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Network Joint Conference

Sung, S. (Session chair)

02 Jul 2025 → 04 Jul 2025

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - ### Transforming Care Conference

Sung, S. (Speaker)

25 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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Press/Media

• Baby boom or bust: why South Korea is desperately trying to boost its birth rate

Sung, S.

10/10/2019

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour

Sung, S.

08/08/2019

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### Welfare state and economic crisis in Britain and Korea

Sung, S.

19/02/2011

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment