Podcast- Undervaluing the Work of Care

Nancy Folbre is Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research explores the interface between political economy and feminist theory, with a particular emphasis on the value of unpaid care work.

Her current writing on the political economy of care provision can be seen on her blog, Care Talk. 

Naomi Lightman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her areas of research expertise include care work, migration, gender, and critical research methodology.

She is co-author of the second edition of the textbook Social Policy in Canada. Her academic work has been widely published and she regularly collaborates with social agencies and government bodies.

Shereen Hussein leads the Care Workforce Change Research Group for the Centre for Care. Shereen is a Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

She is an established multi-disciplinary research leader with extensive social care and health research experience working primarily with policymakers in the UK and internationally. Her background is in medical demography, statistics and computer science.

In the Centre for Care, Duncan works with Dr Liam Foster in the Care Workforce Change research group. They are currently researching care workers’ organising activities, including their role in trade unions, campaign groups and community organising. This piece introduces the study.