Academic Profile

Jackie Scott

Summary

Jacqueline Scott is Professor of Empirical Sociology, in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies and a Fellow of Queens’ College Cambridge.  Since 2004, she has been the Director of the ESRC Research Priority Network on Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction. This is the largest research multi-disciplinary network of its kind in the UK.  She co-ordinates projects across eight institutions that are investigating different aspects of the way women and men’s roles and lifestyles have changed.  The common goal of the Network is to understand why gender inequalities remains one of the most pressing social issues of our time and to identify ways that greater equality may be achieved.  For further details see www.genet.ac.uk.

Brief CV

(Full CV is here)

Trained at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she received her PhD in 1987, Jackie has held a variety of survey related positions before joining the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (now PPSIS) in 1994.   She was the Director of the Detroit Area Study, from 1989-1990; and Director of the ESRC Centre on Micro-Social Change, at the University of Essex from 1990-1994, where she was responsible for the initial design and implementation of the British Household Panel Study.

Research Interests

Her research interests focus particularly on changing family and household structures; inter-generational relations; changing gender roles; generational shifts in attitudes and behaviours and ageing across the life course.

Her recent edited books include the 2004 Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families (with Judy Treas, and Martin Richards); the 2005 Sage Benchmark Series of Quantitative Sociology (with Yu Xie) and the forthcoming Edward Elgar Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges (with Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi).

Education

1972: University of Sussex, BA Hons. Comparative Religion

1973:University of London, Institute of Education Graduate Teaching Certificate in Education  (Distinction)

1983: M.A in Sociology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

1987: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Visiting Professorships

Guest Professor, Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA).  Mannheim, Germany (1993, 2005)

Graduate Supervision

I supervise a range of M Phil and PhD Students and welcome inquiries from graduate students interested in working in my area of expertise. Current PhD students are undertaking research on a variety of topics, including changing fertility patterns in the UK and Belgium; changing attitudes in Europe on parenting; and changing families in Chile. Former students have received funding from ESRC and the Gates Foundation to look at topics including women’s wellbeing in mid-life and children’s experiences of bullying in schools. I have also mentored several ESRC post docs in areas that include the influence of family and employment on stress; lone parents and work to welfare; and adolescent identities. I welcome inquiries from graduate students and post-docs interested in working in any of my areas of expertise.

Publications

i)  Edited Books and Journal Special Issues

1994: Buck, N., J. Gershuny,  D. Rose  and J. Scott (eds.) Changing Households: The British Household Panel Survey, 1990-1992.  The ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, University of Essex.

2004: Scott, J., J. Treas and M. Richards (eds.)  Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families.  New York:  Blackwell. 596pp.

2005: Scott, J. and Yu Xie (eds.)  Quantitative Social Science.  4 Volume Set, Sage Benchmark Series,  London:  Sage,  In press.  

2007:Scott, J. and Nolan, J.  ‘New Technology and Gendered Divisions of  Labour: Problems and Prospects for Equality in the Public and Private Spheres’ in Equal Opportunities International, Vol 26, Issue 2, Emerald

ii) Journal Articles
 
1987: Schuman, H. and J. Scott "Problems in the Use of Survey Questions to Measure Public Opinion" Science   236:957-9, 2004

1988: Scott, J. and H. Schuman "Attitude Strength and Social Action in the Abortion Dispute" American Sociological  Review, 53:5, 785-93.

1989: Scott, J. and D. Alwin  "Gender Differences in Parental Strain: Parental Role or Gender Role?"   Journal of Family Issues, vol 10. No. 4 482-503.

1989: Schuman, H. and J. Scott  "Generations and Collective Memories." American Sociological Review, vol 54, 359-381.              
- Reprinted in Sotsiologicheskie Issledoraniya,  vol 2: 47-60. 1992

1989: Schuman, H. and J. Scott  "Response Effects Over Time." Sociological Methods and Research, vol 17. No. 4, 398-408.

1989: Scott. J. "Conflicting Beliefs about Abortion: Legal and Moral Doubts." Social Psychology Quarterly, 52,4,  319-326.

1992: Alwin, D., M. Braun and J. Scott "The Separation of Work and Family: Attitudes Toward Women's Labour Participation in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States." European Sociological Review, vol 8 No. 1, 13-37.

1993: Buck, N and J. Scott "She's Leaving Home, But Why? An Analysis of Young People Leaving the Parental Home" in Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55: 863-74.

1993: Scott, J. and L. Zac "Collective Memories in Britain and the United States." Public Opinion Quarterly,    57: 315-31.

1994: Braun, M., J. Scott and D. Alwin "Economic Necessity or Self-Actualization? Attitudes Towards Women's Labour-Force Participation in the East and West." European Sociological Review, vol 10:1, 29-47

1995: Scott, J. "Using Household Panels to Study  Micro-Social Change." in Innovation, vol 8:1, 61-73.

1996: Scott, J., D Alwin and M Braun. "Generations and Changing Sex-Role Attitudes: Britain in a Cross-National Perspective" Sociology, vol 30: 471-492.

1997: Scott, J.  “Changing Households in Britain: Do Families Still Matter?”, The Sociological Review,  45,4: 591-620.

1998: Scott, J.  “ Changing Attitudes to Sexual Morality: A Cross National Comparison.”  Sociology, vol 32, 4:815-45.

1998: Scott, J.  “Generational Changes in Attitudes to Abortion: A Cross-National Comparison”.  European Sociological Review, vol 14,2:1-14.

1999: Scott, J.  "European Attitudes to Maternal Employment".  International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 19:151-86.

2000: Scott, J.  “Is it a Different World Than When You Were Growing Up? Generational Effects on Social Representations and Child-Rearing Values”  British Journal of Sociology, vol 51:355-76.

2001          Bergman, M and Scott, J.  “Young Adolescents’ Wellbeing and Health-risk Behaviours: Gender and Socio-economic Differences”.  Journal of Adolescence, 24: 183-197.

2002: Burt K. and J.  Scott  "Parent and Adolescent Gender-Role Attitudes in 1990s Great Britain",  Sex Roles, 46: 239-245

2004: Scott, J.  “ Family, Gender and Educational Attainment in Britain:  A Longitudinal Study” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol 35:4, 565-89.

2006: Scott, J   Families and Gender Roles:  How Attitudes are Changing.  Arxius, No 15 143-54.

2007: Scott, J and J. Nolan “ New Technology and Gendered Division of Labour:  Problems and Prospects for Equality in Public and Private Spheres,  Special Edition Equal Opportunities International.

iii) Book Chapters

1990: Scott, J. "Women and the Family" pp 51-72  in Jowell, Witherspoon and Brook (eds) British Social Attitudes, Seventh Report, London: Gower.

1991: Scott, J. and J. Duncombe "Gender-Role Attitudes in Britain and the USA"  pp 51-72  in Arber, S. and Gilbert, N. (eds) Women and Working Lives: Divisions and Change,  London: Macmillan. 

1993: Scott, J. and M Braun and D Alwin "The Family Way" in Jowell et al (eds) pp 23-48 in British Social Attitudes, Tenth Report, Aldershot: Dartmouth.

1994: Alwin, D., M. Braun, J. Harkness and J. Scott “Measurement in Multi-National Surveys” pp 26-39  In Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research,  Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter.

1994: Braun, M., D. Alwin and J. Scott. “Wandel in den Einstellungen zur Rolle der Frau in Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten"(Sex-Role Attitude Change in Germany and the United States) pp 41-70  in M. Braun and P Ph. Mohler (eds), Blickpunkt Gesellschaft 3. Opaladen: Westdeutscher Verlag

1994: Gershuny, Rose, Scott and Buck  "Introducing Household Panels" pp 10-26 in Buck, Gershuny, Rose and Scott  (eds) supra

1994: Buck and Scott "Household and Family Change" pp 61-82. in Buck, Gershuny, Rose and Scott  (eds) supra

1994: Scott, J. and K. Perren . “The Family Album: Reflections on Personal and Family Life” pp 263-290 in Buck, Gershuny, Rose and Scott  (eds) supra

1995: Scott, J. (with M Brynin and R Smith)  "Children as Respondents: The British Household Panel Study",  pp 259-266,  In J. J Hox , B.F. van der Meulen, J.M.A.M. Janssens, L.T. Tavecchio & J.J.F. ter Laak (Eds.) Advances in Family Research.  Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers.

1996: Alwin D and J Scott.  "Attitude Change - Its Measurement and Interpretation Using Longitudinal Surveys."  pp 75-106 In B Taylor and K. Thomson (eds) A Decade of Change in Social Values. Aldershot: Dartmouth.

1997: Scott, J.   “Children as Respondents:  Methods for Improving Data Quality” pp 331-350 In  L. Lyberg et al (eds) Survey Measurement and Process Quality.  New York: Wiley.

1998: Scott,  J. and M Braun and D Alwin "Partner, Parent and Worker:  Family and Gender-Roles". Pp 19-37, In Curtice et al (eds)  British Social Attitudes, European Report, Aldershot: Ashgate

1998: Scott, J. and D Alwin "Retrospective vs Prospective Reports in Family and Household Biographies." pp 98-127, In J. Giele and Glen Elder (Jnr.) (eds), Crafting Life Studies: Intersection of Personal and Social History.  London: Sage.

1998: Braun M. and J. Scott  “Multi-Dimensional Scaling and Equivalence.” pp 129-144. In Harkness, J. (ed.)  Cross-Cultural Survey Equivalence  Zuma-Nachrichten Spezial.

1998: Scott, J.   “Changing Gender-Roles,”  pp 126-140 In G. Dench (ed) Re-negotiating the Sexual Contract,  London: Institute of Community Studies.
- Reprinted by New Jersey:  Transaction Publishers (1999). 

1999: Scott, J. “Family Change: Revolution or Backlash in Attitudes?” pp 98-119  In   S. McRae (ed.)  Population and Household Change.  Oxford: Oxford University Press

2000: Scott, J.  “ Children as Respondents: The Challenge for Quantitative Methods.”  Pp 98-119,  In A. James and P. Christensen (eds) Conducting Research with Children,  Falmer Press.

2004: Scott, J.,  J. Treas and M. Richards.  ‘Introduction’, pp 15-25  in Scott et al (eds) Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families.  New York:  Blackwell

2004: Scott, J.  ‘Children’s Families’.  Pp  109-141.  In  Scott, J. et al (eds.) Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Families.  New York: Blackwell

2006: Scott, J. and M. Braun. ‘Individualisation of family Values? ’  in P. Ester, M.   Braun and P Mohler (Eds). Globalization, Value Change and Generations. Leiden:  Brill

2006: Nolan, J. and Scott, J.  2006.  ‘Gender and Kinship Networks in Contemporary Britain’, in B. Lindlay, M. Richards, F. Ebetehaj, and M Lamb (eds) Kinship, Relationships and Law in a Changing Society, London: Hart.  

2007: O’Brien, C. and Scott, J  ‘The Role of the Family’.  In J. Coleman and A. Hagell  (Eds).  Adolescents at risk.  John Wiley, forthcoming. 

iv)   Selected  Research Reports

1996: Brynin, M and J. Scott. "Family Matters: Young People, Health and the Family".  London: Health Education Authority, 77pp.

1997: Scott, J.  Family Change: Demographic and Attitudinal Trends Across Nations and Time,  Final Project Report,  ESRC.

2002: Scott, J.  Teenagers at Risk:  A prospective study of how some youth beat the odds to overcome family disadvantage.  End of Award Report, ESRC. 

2003: Scott, J. and  C. Chadhary.  Beating the odds:  Youth and Family Disadvantage. Youthwork Press Series on the ESRC Youth, Citizenship and Social Change Programme.  53pp.

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