Dr Valeria Insarauto
BA, MA, MSc, PhD
Management School
Lecturer in Work & Employment
Full contact details
Management School
D042a
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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Valeria Insarauto is a Lecturer in Work and Employment in the Sheffield University Management School.
After obtaining her PhD from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, she was a Teaching and Research Fellow at Centre for Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology of Aix-Marseille University. She was then a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Madrid School of Advanced Hispanic and Iberian Studies, and a Senior Researcher and a Lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lausanne.
Valeria is a sociologist who specialises in labour market gender inequalities. Her research focuses on atypical employment and socio-economic vulnerability, the work-family interface, and discrimination and sexual harassment across occupations and workplaces, from a quantitative and international comparative perspective. Recent publications include articles in Work, Employment and Society, and Journal of Professions and Organization.
- Qualifications
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- PhD Sociology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
- MSc Social Policy Analysis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- MA Labour Studies, University of Milan, Italy
- BA Organisation and Human Resources, University of Milan, Italy
- Research interests
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Valeria is a sociologist of work and employment specialising in labour market gender inequalities. Her research interests and activities focus on three main themes: a) atypical employment and gendered patterns of socio-economic vulnerability among marginal workers; b) the intertwining of discriminations and sexual harassment across occupational groups and workplace contexts; c) the work-family interface, including the ways it shapes gender roles and attitudes via patterns of occupational sex segregation.
To study these themes, she draws on a strongly interdisciplinary perspective, where she integrates contributions from the sociology of work, employment, and occupations, organizational studies, and research in social stratification, with those from gender and feminist scholarship. Quantitative methods and international comparison lie at the heart of Valeria’s research approach, that she applies to investigate how the interplay between social institutions and gender norms shapes the structures and patterns of work, employment and social reproduction across national contexts, and the ways this (re)produces or challenges gender inequalities.
- Publications
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Books
- Più uguali, ma non troppo i problemi irrisolti del lavoro femminile tra fragilità territoriali e squilibri nella divisione dei lavori familiari.
Journal articles
- Dissatisfied, but not discouraged: the effects of French female lawyers perceiving gender discrimination. Journal of Professions and Organization, 9(3), 303-317.
- Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain. Work, Employment and Society, 35(4), 621-639.
Chapters
- Models of Professionalism and Perceptions of Gender Discrimination in the Legal Profession, Professionalism and Social Change (pp. 81-102). Springer International Publishing
- Più uguali, ma non troppo. I problemi irrisolti del lavoro femminile in Italia tra fragilità territoriali e squilibri nella divisione dei lavori familiari. In Mingione E (Ed.), Lavoro: la grande trasformazione. L'impatto sociale del cambiamento del lavoro tra evoluzioni storiche e prospettive globali Milano: Feltrinelli Editore.
- Les femmes et les jeunes face à la dégradation de l’emploi In Boffartigue P, Lamathe A & Giannini M (Ed.), Lavoro e crisi: l'Europa del Sud, un laboratorio? Travail et crise : l'Europe du Sud, un laboratoire? FrancoAngeli
- Précarité de l'emploi et du travail : analyse comparée d'un concept polysémique In Boffartigue P, Lamanthe A & Giannini M (Ed.), Lavoro e crisi: l'Europa del Sud, un laboratorio? Travail et crise : l'Europe du Sud, un laboratoire? FrancoAngeli
- Work-life balance through the lens of the dynamics of individualisation in France In Blöss T, Blöss-Widmer I, Ambrosetti E, Pagès M & Oliveau S (Ed.), Ageing, Lifestyles and Economic Crises. The New People of the Mediterranean London: Routledge.
- Stratégies de conciliation et usages sociaux du travail à temps partiel : quelles transformations pour les mères en emploi ? In Association Déméter-Coré (Ed.), Travail et maternité dans l'aire méditerranéenne réfléchir pour mieux agir Editions L'Harmattan
Book reviews
- Book review: Padres y madres corresponsables. Una utopía real. European Journal of Women's Studies, 26(2), 226-229.
- Catherine Marry, Laure Bereni, Alban Jacquemart, Sophie Pochic, and Anne Revillard, Le plafond de verre et l’État. La construction des inégalités de genre dans la fonction publique [The glass ceiling and the State. The construction of gender inequalities in the public service sector]. International Sociology, 34(2), 234-237.
- Comptes rendus. Sociologie du Travail, 57(3), 383-385.
Reports
- Young women and access to and progression in managerial positions: the Italian case
- Reducing precarious work in Europe through social dialogue : the case of France
Other
- Gender equality in the EU. Why we need a renewed commitment to gender mainstreaming.
- Più uguali, ma non troppo i problemi irrisolti del lavoro femminile tra fragilità territoriali e squilibri nella divisione dei lavori familiari.
- Research group
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- Centre for Decent Work
- Teaching interests
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Valeria has extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience from multiple universities, in different countries, on a variety of subjects. Among others, she has been teaching courses in the domains of sociology of work and employment, social inequalities, and social sciences research methods.
She believes that teaching is much more than sharing knowledge, and that effective teaching should aim to increase students’ motivation, reinforce their autonomy, develop their problem-solving skills, and prompt their cooperation and communication abilities. Her teaching approach is research-led and relies on a mix of self-direct and project-based learning, to give students the opportunity to acquire knowledge through experience by putting theoretical concepts into practice, and to foster interactive moments in the classroom.
Thanks to her experience with multidisciplinary, international, and multilingual groups of students, she is also very attentive to maintain openness and flexibility in her teaching activities, to make sure that every student feels engaged with and included in the learning process all along.
- Teaching activities
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- MGT650 Managing People in Organisations
- MGT3003 Work and Employment in the 21st Century
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of the Editorial Board of Work, Employment and Society Member of the Editorial Board of Papers Revista de Sociologia
- Member of the research network Gender relations in the Labour Market and Welfare State (RN14), European Sociological Association.
- PhD Supervision
Valeria is interested in supervising PhD students working on topics related to her research interests and expertise, especially students interested in gender and intersectionality and/or in international comparative research.