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Marta Dominguez-Folgueras is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, affiliated with the Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) and a member of the Gender Studies Programme Steering Committee. Her research focuses on gender inequality, family dynamics, and domestic work, with empirical studies centered on Spain and France.
Her research interests include the sociology of family, gender ideologies, parental leave policies, and the motherhood penalty. She investigates how economic crises, public policies, and cultural norms shape the division of domestic labor and affect gender equality within households. She contributes to Trans Parent, a European research program studying gendered divisions of domestic duties among couples.
Her recent publications show a consistent focus on gendered labor divisions, motherhood, and policy impacts, particularly in Southern Europe. Her work combines qualitative and quantitative methods, often analyzing longitudinal data or conducting narrative interviews. She has published in journals such as Social Politics, Journal of Family Issues, and Demographic Research, addressing topics like breastfeeding, cohabitation, and the effects of the pandemic on unpaid work.
- Resisting Intensive Motherhood? Women's Accounts on Infant Feeding in Spain (2025)
- Gender Ideologies in Spain: A Latent Class Approach (2025)
- The Motherhood Penalty in Spain (2022)
- Division of unpaid work during the pandemic in France (2022)
Marta Dominguez-Folgueras has supervised PhD students including Ida Gaede and Clara Le Gallic-Ach, whose theses explore migrant mothers and gender violence reporting in France. She teaches undergraduate courses such as Introduction to Sociology and Sociology of Family at Sciences Po. She has received research funding through projects like Trans Parent and has contributed to policy reports for DREES.
She is affiliated with the Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at Sciences Po, a leading interdisciplinary research center focused on social stratification, inequality, and policy. Her work bridges academic research and social policy, particularly in the areas of gender and family.
