Sirin Sung

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
Contemporary Social Issues and Policy

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 3469
Emails.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

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Women’s experiences of Balancing Work and Family Care in South Korea: Continuity and Change
Sung, S., 05 Mar 2019, Women of Asia: Globalization, Development and Gender Equity. Najafizadeh, M. & Lindsey, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 98-110 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution

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Childcare Policies in the UK
Sung, S., 10 Dec 2018, The Social Security System in the UK. Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs: Prime Minister's Office and Office for Government Policy Coordination, p. 529-556 27 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Gender, work and care in policy and practice: Working mothers’ experience of intergenerational exchange of care in South Korea
Sung, S., 01 Aug 2018, In: Critical Social Policy. 38, 3, p. 589-608 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Book Review: Gender and the work-family experience: an intersection of two domains
Sung, S., 09 May 2016, In: Community, Work & Family. 19, 5, p. 621-624 4 p., 4.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Development of Work-family Balance Policies in Korea: Continuity and Changes
Sung, S., 24 Jul 2014, p. 1. 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

Athena SWAN Bronze Award
Sung, Sirin (Recipient), 29 Apr 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Leverhulme Study Abroad Fellowship
Sung, Sirin (Recipient), 12 May 2010
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

21 Publication peer-review
19 Participation in conference
8 Other
4 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Imagine: The 7th Annual Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics
Lisa Smyth (Organiser), Sirin Sung (Invited speaker), Catherine McNamee (Invited speaker), Danielle Turney (Invited speaker) & Clara Fischer (Chair)
24 Mar 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) Academic Adviser
Sirin Sung (Advisor)
01 Jan 2020 → …
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
International Sociological Association (ISA) Conference, Research Committee 06
Sirin Sung (Speaker)
18 Oct 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Edward Elgar Publishing (Publisher)
Sirin Sung (Peer reviewer)
21 Mar 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
All Party Assembly Working Group on Early Education and Childcare
Sirin Sung (Participant)
05 Nov 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Other

Baby boom or bust: why South Korea is desperately trying to boost its birth rate
Sirin Sung
10/10/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour
Sirin Sung
08/08/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment