Brendan regularly contributes to public discussion on work, employment, and social change through media commentary, news articles, and conference presentations. he frequently appears across academic, policy, and public forums to share evidence-based insights on contemporary social issues.

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news articles

14 publications

academic honours

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projects

10 grants awarded

journal articles

47 publications

reports

14 publications

book chapters

11 publications

conference proceedings

5 publications

scholarly works

88 publications

news articles

14 publications

academic honours

3 awarded

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The Conversation

Planning, stress and worry put the mental load on mothers – will 2022 be the year they share the burden?

The COVID pandemic has made the very private issue of the domestic division of labour – the way housework and childcare are divided – a very public issue.

The Conversation

No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been so profound, particularly for women, that it threatens to upend the progress on gender equality in recent years.

The Conversation

We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here’s why.

There’s an old maxim: not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

The Conversation

Australia can do more to attract and keep women in parliament – here are some ideas.

The resignation of Kelly O'Dwyer, Federal Minister for Women, Jobs and Industrial Relations, tells us what we have known for some time: Australia’s parliament is a hostile workplace for women and working mothers.

The Conversation

Sorry, men, there’s no such thing as ‘dirt blindness’ – you just need to do more housework.

The problem with housework is that it is never-ending drudgery. As soon as the floor is cleaned, the dog throws up, the kids spill slime ingredients into the wood grain, and the tradie walks through the house with well-oiled work boots. And the cycle begins again.