Susan Harkness

Susan Harkness is a Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bristol and a Visiting Professor at CASE (Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion) since 2019. Her research focuses on family change, gender inequalities, and cross-national institutional differences affecting socio-economic outcomes.

Research Interests

• Labor markets
• Gender equality
• Single parent families
• Welfare policy
• Inequality and poverty

Current Projects include The implications of family change for the UK welfare system (2024–2027, Principal Investigator) and research on gender pay gaps (2020–2023, Co-Investigator). Her work often uses comparative perspectives across industrialized nations.

Publications & Grants

Recent articles analyze pandemic-era mental health impacts and gendered job mobility. Funded by Nuffield Foundation, ESRC, and NORFACE initiatives.

Affiliations

Linked to LSE Housing and Communities themes and STICERD (Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines) at LSE.