Berit Brandth is professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. She is a member of the International Network on Leave Policy and Research. Her work in the area of gender, work, and family policies has focused on fathering and the parental leave system. Some of her publications with Elin Kvande include “Flexible Work and Flexible Fathers” (Work, Employment and Society 2001), “Reflexive fathers: negotiating parental leave and working life” (Gender, Work & Organization 2002), Flexible Fathers (In Norwegian) (Norwegian University Press, 2003). Gendered or gender-neutral care policies for fathers? (The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009), The making of the father’s quota in Norway (The Politics of Parental Leave Policies, Policy Press 2009). She is currently engaged in a Nordic comparative project on parental leave, care policies and gender equality.

Expertise: Child Care, Paternity Leave, Work-Family Balance