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Title
Sirin Sung
Category
undergraduate
UUID
1f3fc760070b4950b3254f767854c55b
Source URL
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/
Parent URL
https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/social-policy-sociology-ba-ll43/
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2026-03-23T18:57:48+00:00
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# Sirin Sung

**Source**: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/
**Parent**: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/social-policy-sociology-ba-ll43/

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# Sirin Sung

Dr

- Senior Lecturer, [School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/school-of-social-sciences-education-and-social-work/)
- [Centre for Inclusion, Transformation and Equality (CITE)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/centre-for-inclusion-transformation-and-equality-cite/)

- Phone+44 (0)28 9097 3469
- Email[s.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

2002Research output 2002: 1Research output 2003: 1Research output 2004: 3Research output 2005: 1Research output 2006: 2Research output 2007: 4Research output 2009: 2Research output 2010: 4Research output 2011: 2Research output 2012: 4Research output 2013: 3Research output 2014: 6Research output 2016: 1Research output 2018: 2Research output 2019: 1Research output 2022: 1Research output 2023: 1Research output 2025: 52025

Research activity per year

## Personal profile

## Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Sirin Sung is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

- [6](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/similar/)
  Similar Profiles

- 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

[View full fingerprint](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/fingerprints/)

## Research output

- [7](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontoconference%2Fpaper)
  Paper
- [5](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Farticle)
  Article
- [3](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fchapter)
  Chapter
- [3](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fpeerreviewedchapter)
  Chapter (peer-reviewed)
- 5
  More

  - [**3** Other contribution to conference](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontoconference%2Fother)
  - [**2** Book](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fbookanthology%2Fbook)
  - [**2** Book/Film/Article review](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fbook)
  - [**1** Scholarly edition](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fbookanthology%2Fscholarly)
  - [**1** Other chapter contribution](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fother)
  - [**1** Special issue](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Fspecial)

- ### [Balancing work and family in policy and practice: coping strategies for Korean working mothers in dual-earner families](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/balancing-work-and-family-in-policy-and-practice-coping-strategie/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/), 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](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/conclusion-towards-gender-egalitarian-family-policies/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/), 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](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/gender-family-and-policy-international-perspectives/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/), 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](https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105005672582#tab=citedBy)
  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](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/gender-and-workfamily-balance-in-the-time-of-pandemic-a-comparati/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) & [McNamee, C. B.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/catherine-mcnamee/), 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](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/introduction-gender-family-and-policy-international-perspectives/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/), 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

[View all 44 research outputs](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/publications/)

## Prizes

- ### [Athena SWAN Bronze Award](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/prizes/athena-swan-bronze-award/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Recipient), 29 Apr 2016

  Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

  - Gender Equality
- ### [Leverhulme Study Abroad Fellowship](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/prizes/leverhulme-study-abroad-fellowship/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Recipient), 12 May 2010

  Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

  - Work-Family Balance

## Activities

- [14](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Fpublicationpeerreview)
  Publication peer-review
- [11](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fconferenceparticipation)
  Participation in conference
- [5](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fother_activity)
  Other
- [2](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fattendance%2Fworkshopseminarcourseparticipation)
  Participation in workshop, seminar, course
- 14
  More

  - [**4** Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fconsultancy%2Fcontribution_to_the_work_of_national_or_international_committees_and_working_groups)
  - [**4** Membership of peer review panel or committee](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fcommittee)
  - [**3** Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Finvited_or_keynote_talk_at_national_or_international_conference)
  - [**3** Invited talk](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Ftalk%2Finvited_talk)
  - [**2** Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fconsultancy%2Fwork_on_advisory_panel_to_industry_or_government_or_non_government_organisation_)
  - [**2** Other examination](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fexamination%2Fother_examination)
  - [**2** Hosting a school group or open day](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fotheractivity%2Fpublicengagement_schoolsengagement)
  - [**2** Research and Teaching at External Organisation](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fvisitother%2Fresearch_and_teaching_at_external_organisation)
  - [**2** Visiting an external academic institution](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fvisitother%2Fvisitother)
  - [**1** Editorial activity](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Feditorialwork%2Feditorial)
  - [**1** PhD external examination](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fexamination%2Fexamination)
  - [**1** Membership of external research organisation](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fcouncil)
  - [**1** Membership of network](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Factivity%2Factivitytypes%2Fmembership%2Fnetwork)

- ### [Journal of international and comparative social policy (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/journal-of-international-and-comparative-social-policy-journal-3/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Peer reviewer)

  16 Dec 2025

  Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
- ### [ESRC Assessor College (External organisation)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/esrc-assessor-college-external-organisation/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Member)

  09 Oct 2025 → …

  Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
- ### [Social Policy & Society (Journal)](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/social-policy-amp-society-journal-4/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (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](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/social-policy-association-and-east-asian-social-policy-network-jo/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Session chair)

  02 Jul 2025 → 04 Jul 2025

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
- ### [Transforming Care Conference](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/activities/transforming-care-conference/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/) (Speaker)

  25 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025

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

[View all 91 activities](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/activities/)

## Press/Media

- ### [Baby boom or bust: why South Korea is desperately trying to boost its birth rate](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/baby-boom-or-bust-why-south-korea-is-desperately-trying-to-boost-/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/)

  10/10/2019

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/bbc-radio-4-womans-hour/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/)

  08/08/2019

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment
- ### [Welfare state and economic crisis in Britain and Korea](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/clippings/welfare-state-and-economic-crisis-in-britain-and-korea/)

  [Sung, S.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/sirin-sung/)

  19/02/2011

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Expert Comment