University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
Dr. Jude Browne
Frankopan Director of Gender Studies
director(at)gender.cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Gender; sex segregation; political and social theories of equality; social dialogue; modern economies and capabilities; social and human rights.
My research, both empirical and theoretical, focuses primarily on issues of gender inequality and social rights. Recent work has scrutinized critically the explanatory power and prescriptive claims of prominent accounts of gender inequality in several different disciplines. These range from various quantitative metrics of gender inequality as well as sociological, psychological and economic causal theories from the social sciences, through to bio-physiological accounts of gender difference in the natural sciences, through to the more abstract accounts of political philosophy. In relation to these accounts of inequality, I have also analysed potential mechanisms available for the enforcement of social rights in both national and international settings. For example, I have examined the social and legal implications of the implementation of the principle of equal treatment in the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice, with particular reference to sex discrimination.
Current PhD candidates
Media Coverage
The Way to Shatter the Glass Ceiling, The Independent, 17 October 2010
Gender's Many Faces, Research Horizons, Issue No 13
Are we from Mars, from Venus, or all just human?, THES, 4 November 2010
Making Babies in the 21st Century: The Rise of Reproductive Technologies The Guardian, 5 November 2010
Gendered Behaviour: what can Science tell us? The Guardian, 24 November 2010
Publications
Books
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Browne, J. (2006). Sex Segregation and Inequality in the Modern Labour Market. Bristol: The Policy Press. |
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Browne, J. (ed.). (2007) The Future of Gender. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. |
| Browne, J. (ed.). Dialogue, Politics and Gender. (Under submission) |
peer reviewed articles
Browne, J., and Morales, H. (2010) (eds.) 'Gender Controversies' Constellations, Vol. 17, No. 4
Browne, J. (2007). 'The Equal Treatment Principle and Gender' in J. Browne (ed.), The Future of Gender. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. pp. 250-279.
Browne, J. (2006). 'Gender Inequality'; 'Segregation'; 'Corporate Ethics,' in M. Bevir (ed.), Sage Encyclopaedia of Governance. London: Sage.
Browne, J. and Stears, M. (2005). 'Capabilities, Resources, and Systematic Injustice: a case of gender inequality' Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 355-373
Browne, J., Deakin, S. and Wilkinson, F. (2005). 'Capabilities, Social Rights and European Market Integration' in R. Salais and R. Villeneuve (eds.), Europe and the Politics of Capabilities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 205-221.
Browne, J. with Deakin, S. (2003). 'Social Rights and Market Order: Adapting theCapability Approach' in T. Hervey and J. Kenner (eds.), Economic and Social Rights under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Legal Perspective. Oxford: Hart. pp. 27- 44.
Browne, J. (2004). 'Resolving Gender Pay Inequality? Rationales, Enforcement and Policy' Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 553- 571.
Browne, J., with Lane, C., Wilkinson, F., Littek, W., Heisig, U., Burchell, B., Mankelow, R., and Potton, M. (2003). The Future of Professionalised Work in Britain and Germany: V 1. An International Report on Human Resource Managers and Business Consultants. London: Anglo-German Fund.
Browne, J., with Lane, C., Wilkinson, F., Littek, W., Heisig, U., Burchell, B., Mankelow, R., and Potton, M. (2003). The Future of Professionalised Work in Britain and Germany: V 2. An International Report on Solicitors and Advocates. London: Anglo-German Fund.
Browne, J., with Lane, C., Wilkinson, F., Littek, W., Heisig, U., Burchell, B., Mankelow, R., and Potton, M. (2003). The Future of Professionalised Work in Britain and Germany: V 3. An International Report on Pharmacists. London: Anglo-German Fund.
Browne, J., with Lane, C., Wilkinson, F., Littek, W., Heisig, U., Burchell, B., Mankelow, R., and Potton, M. (2003). The Future of Professionalised Work in Britain and Germany: V 4. An International Report on Counselling Psychologists and Psychotherapists. London: Anglo-German Fund.
Browne, J., with Blackburn, R., and Brookes, B., Jarman, J. (2002). 'Explaining Gender Segregation' British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 513-36.
Current projects
Browne, J. Fourfold Typology. This project aims to develop a heuristic devise for thinking about the ways in which a range of theories function and how they help us in deciding what action is appropriate.
Browne, J. Female Quotas - Why Not? This project assesses the question of state administered affirmative action policies in the corporate sector drawing on both political philosophy and social policy.