Maaike van der Vleuten

About me

I am an associate professor in sociology (Docent) at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, Sweden.

At SOFI, I conduct research within the GENPARENT project, which is funded by the European Research Council (ERC). This project studies care- and work-related concequences of parenthood of same-sex couples and different-sex couples in Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. 

In 2022, I received funding for the project "Why do gender inequalities in work and care persist? Parents' division of labor across contemporary families" from Riksbankens Jubileumfonds to research the concequences of parenthood for other contemporary families in the Nordic countries. In 2023, I started my VENI grant which studies life course trajectories of male and female same-sex couples in Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands (funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) . 

My research interests are gender inequality, same-sex families, division of labor and work-family lives. 

Find more information about my research projects on my homepage: www.maaikevandervleuten.com

Research projects

Ongoing

Completed

GENPARENT

A multi-method approach to the transition to parenthood in different-sex and same-sex couples.

Why do gender inequalities in work and care persist?

Parents' division of labor across contemporary families. The transition to parenthood is critical in producing and amplifying gender inequalities in work and family life. After parenthood, mothers take on the vast majority of childcare responsibilities. This project reveals sources of gender inequality in work and care after parenthood.