Agnese Vitali wins ESRC Future Leaders Grant

Dr Agnese Vitali has won a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders grant. Dr Vitali's research will investigate the prevalence of female-breadwinner families (families in which women are the sole or main income provider) in Europe. Despite the increase of female-breadwinner families in developed countries, little is known about who these couples are, how and why they emerge, and what trends in female breadwinning mean for women, men and children.

Dr Vitali said "It's really exciting to have been successful in this grant, I am excited to start work on the research and contribute to our understanding of female-breadwinner families."

The ESRC Future Research Leaders scheme aims to enable outstanding early-career social science researchers to acquire the skills set to become the future world leaders in their field.

You can keep up to date with Dr Vitali's research on the project page.

Posted 18/01/2016 17:08