MAN YEE KAN Associate Professor in Sociology/ Fellow of Linacre College Department of Sociology, University of Oxford Manor Road Building, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)7896794455; Fax: +44 (0)1865 286171 Email: man-yee.kan@sociology.ox.ac.uk EDUCATION 2011 Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Oxford, UK. 2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Oxford, UK. Thesis Title: Symmetrical Relationships? Influences of Partners Characteristics on Each Other s Housework Participation and Political Choice (Supervisor: Professor Anthony Heath) 2000 Master of Science in Sociology, University of Oxford, UK. 1999 Master of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 1997 Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. CURRENT POSITIONS 2013 Present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2013 Present Official Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2008 2013 Research Councils UK Academic Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2008 2013 Junior Research Fellow, St Hugh s College, University of Oxford, UK 2008 2011 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2006 2008 Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2004 2006 Senior Research Officer, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2008 2013 Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship a tenure-tracking research fellowship and lectureship at University of Oxford, UK 2008 2013 Junior Research Fellowship, St. Hugh s College, University of Oxford, UK 2008 2011 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK July 2011 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship for visiting University of Rostock and DIW Berlin, Germany. 1999 2003 Swire Chevening Scholarship a full scholarship for pursuing MSc and DPhil studies at University of Oxford 1997 1999 Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship (1997-1999) a scholarship for supporting MPhil studies at the University of Hong Kong 1
1996 1997 Henry James Lethrige Memorial Book Prize (1996-1997) an award for outstanding examination results in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong RESEARCH GRANTS 2014 2015 Co-Principal Investigator Oxford University John Fell Fund Project Grant (Joint with Ekaterina Hertog, amount awarded: 7,500) Project title: Workshop on Domestic Labour and Fertility Choice in East Asia. The grant is for us to establish research collaborations with academics from East Asia. 2015 2019 Co-Investigator Economic and Social Research Council Grant on Research Centre on Micro Social Change, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK (PI: Mike Brewer, amount awarded: 5.5M, my part of the grant 31K). My part of the grant is for me to collaborate with Heather Laurie at Essex University on a project about women s employment experiences during economic recessions in the UK. 2013 2016 Principal Investigator British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Project Grant (amount awarded: 10,000) Project title: Time Use and Well-Being in France and UK. The grant is for me to establish research collaborations with academics in France. I have collaborated with Anne Lhuissier at INRA, Paris on analysing time diary data of France and UK. 2009 2014 Co-Investigator Economic and Social Research Council Grant on Research Centre on Micro Social Change, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK (PI: Stephen Pudney, amount awarded: 3.2M, my part of the grant 50K) My part of the grant was for me to collaborate with Heather Laurie and Stephen Pudney at Essex University. One project was about the distribution of wealth and debts between partners in the UK. Another project was about estimating measurement error in time use data. 2008 2013 Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK (Amount awarded 500K) 2008 2011 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK (Amount awarded 270K). 2008 2010 Principal Investigator British Academy/CNRS Joint Project Grant (amount awarded: 5,000). Project title: Family Synchronicity: Work Schedules and Work-Life Balance in France and UK. The grant was for me to establish research collaborations with academics in France. I have collaborated Laurent Lesnard at Sciences Po, Paris on analysing time diary data of France and UK. TEACHING 2010 2016 Lecturer, Applied Statistics for Social Scientists, compulsory course for master students at Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2016 Lecturer, Sociology of Gender, optional paper for master students at Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2
2012 2014 Lecturer, Sociology of Post-industrial Societies, for undergraduate students majoring in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Social History, or Human Sciences, University of Oxford, UK 2009 2011 Lecturer, Introduction to Sociology, for undergraduate students majoring in Human Sciences, University of Oxford, UK 2006 2008 College Tutor, Providing tutorials on Introduction to Sociology, Sociological Theory and Sociology of Post-industrial Societies for undergraduate students at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, UK ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS August 2014 August 2008 Organiser, Workshop on Husbands Domestic Labour and Fertility Choice in East Asia, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK. Number of participants in the conference: 50, including academics from the UK, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia. Session Organiser, Sequence Analysis in the Social Sciences, International Sociological Association Research Committee 33, 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology. Naples, Italy. Number of participants in the session: 40. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2014 2015 Chair of Examiners, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2014 2015 Organiser of Departmental seminars Hilary Term and Trinity Term, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2016 Examination Board, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2016 Education Committee, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2016 College Adviser, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2014 Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2013 2014 Admission Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK 2012 2013 Examiner, Certificate for the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, the Learning Institute, University of Oxford, UK 2008 2013 College Adviser, St Hugh s College, University of Oxford, UK COMMISSIONS OF TRUST 2015 present Outer International Assessment Board member, Irish Research Council Government of Ireland (GOI) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. 2011 2013 Associate Editorial Board, Work, Employment and Society. Refereeing for research grant applications: The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (2010), Economic and Social Research Council, UK (2006, 2010, 2011), Austrian Science Fund (2008), Swiss National Science Foundation (2009), Leverhulme Trust, UK (2009). MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 2014 present Associate Member, Nuffield College, University of Oxford 2015 present Member, Population Association of America 3
2012 present Fellow, The Higher Education Academy, UK 2012 present Member, Women s Budget Group, UK. Participated in writing responses to the UK Government Financial Statements. 2006 present Research Associate, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK Apr 2012 Aug 2012 Consultant, Statistics Directorate, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France. Provided advice on the development of the well-being indices by using time data. 2004 present Member, International Association for Time Use Research 2008 present Member, British Sociological Association 2004 2009 Member, ESRC Gender Equality Network PUBLICATIONS Kan, M. Y. and H. Laurie (2016) Who is doing the housework in multicultural Britain? Sociology. Kan, M. Y. and E. Hertog (eds, forthcoming) Special Issue on Domestic Division of Labour and Fertility Preferences in East Asia. Demographic Research. Kan, M. Y. and E. Hertog (2017) Domestic Division of Labour and Fertility Preferences in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Demographic Research. 36(18): 555-588. Kan, M. Y. and H. Laurie (2014) Changing patterns in the allocation of savings, investments and debts within couple relationships. Sociological Review. 62(2): 335-358. Kan, M. Y. (2014) Household Production and the Labour Market. In G. Razzu (ed). Gender and the Labour Market in the UK. Oxford University Press. Kan, M. Y. (2013) Housework Participation Measurement In A. C. Michalos (ed). Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer. Cooke, L., Erola, J., Evertsson, M, Kan, M.Y. et al (2013) Labor and Love: Wives Employment and Divorce Risk in its Socio-Political Context. Social Politics. 20(4): 482-509. Gershuny, J. I. & Kan, M. Y. (2012) 'Half-way to Gender Equality in Work? Evidence from the Multinational Time Use Study'. In J. Scott (ed). Gendered Lives. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Pp. 74-94. Kan, M. Y., Sullivan, O. & Gershuny, J. I. (April 2011) 'Gender Convergence in Domestic Work: Discerning the Effects of Interactional and Institutional Barriers from Large-Scale Data' in Sociology, 45(2): 234-251. Kan, M. Y. & Lesnard, L. (April 2011) 'Investigating Scheduling of Work: A Two-Stage Optimal Matching Analysis of Workdays and Workweeks' in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. 174(2): 349-368. Kan, M. Y. & Gershuny, J. I. (2010) 'Gender Segregation and Bargaining in Domestic Labour: Evidence from longitudinal time use data. In R. Crompton, J. Scott, & C. Lyonnette (eds) Gender Inequalities in the 21 st Century. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Pp. 153-173. Kan, M. Y. & Gershuny, J. I. (June 2009) Calibrating Stylised Time Use Data with Diary Data Social Indicators Research, 93(1): 239 243. Kan, M. Y. & Gershuny, J. I. (2009) 'Gender and Time Use Over the Life-course'. in M. Brynin & J. Ermisch (eds) Changing Relationships. New York & Oxford: Routledge. Pp.146-160. Kan, M. Y. & Pudney, S. (2008) 'Measurement Error in Stylized and Diary Data on Time Use'. Sociological Methodology, 38, 101-132. 4
Kan, M. Y. (2008) 'Measuring Housework Participation: the gap between "stylised" questionnaire estimates and diary-based estimates'. Social Indicators Research, 86(3), pp. 381-400. Kan, M. Y. (2008) Does Gender Trump Money? Housework hours of husbands and wives in Britain. Work, Employment and Society, 22(1), 45-66. Kan, M. Y. (2007) 'Work Orientation and Wives' Employment Careers: an evaluation of Hakim's preference theory'. Work and Occupations, 34(4), pp. 430-462. Kan, M. Y. & Heath, A. (2006) 'The Political Values and Choices of Husbands and Wives'. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(1), pp. 70-86. PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS Over 30 talks presented at Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, UK, and USA. SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS Kan, M. Y. (29 November 2016) Analysing Family Time with Time Diary Data. Guest Lecture at University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. Kan, M. Y. (18 June 2012) Time Diary Analysis and an Overview of Multinational Time Use Study. Seminar at the Statistics Directorate, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France. Kan, M. Y. (6 December 2011) Measuring Well-being and Social Progress: The Value of Time Use Data. Asia-Pacific Conference on Measuring Well-being and Fostering the Progress of Societies (5-6 December). Tokyo: OECD and United Nations. --- updated Feb 2017 5