Sociologist researching gender equality in working life, work–family dynamics and parental leave
Sigtona Halrynjo is a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research and a sociologist specializing in gender equality, working life and work–family relations. She holds a cand.paed. degree in Education and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oslo, and has been a visiting scholar at the UC San Diego, and MaxPo (Sciences Po, Paris).
Halrynjo combines qualitative and quantitative methods in her research on the interplay between working life, care responsibilities and family and gender equality policies across professions and sectors. Her recent research explores the dilemmas of different time dynamics and substitutability structures in working life. Halrynjo is affiliated with CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality and is a member of several international research networks on work–family relations and gender equality, including the International Network on Leave Policies & Research (LP&R) and ESA RN13 Sociology of Families and Intimate Lives.