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Professor Wendy Sigle

Professor Wendy Sigle

Professor of Gender and Family Studies

Department of Gender Studies

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+44 (0)20 7955 6024
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PAN.11.01
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Languages
English
Key Expertise
Feminist quantitative research; stratification; family and social policy

About me

Wendy is on Sabbatical Leave in 2024-25.

Wendy Sigle is Professor of Gender and Family Studies at the Department of Gender Studies and has worked on a variety of issues related to families and family policy in historical and contemporary societies.

Drawing on my training in economics and demography, my research brings a feminist critical perspective to the way micro-level quantitative methods are applied and how quantitative evidence is, often problematically, interpreted and used to inform policy.    One strand of my research explores and evaluates the assumptions researchers often make when analysing  secondary survey data or data drawn from official government records.   This work explores the ways that a strong reliance on particular quantitative methods, the emphasis on causal inference, and the use and interpretation of demographic indicators such as age, ethnicity, nativity, and relationship status can exacerbate the marginalization of minority groups.    A second strand of my research focuses on the validity of indicators of development or policy success.   For example, how and with what effect are concepts like reproductive health or gender equality operationalized and used to depict success or “progress” cross-nationally or over time?   I would be interested in supervising PhD students who are interested in conducting research that explores these or similar issues.

Member of the PhD Supervisory team of Zuzana Dancikova, Ross Barker (Methodology) and Sopie Legros (International Development). 

 

Expertise Details

Feminist family studies; comparative policy analysis; critical quantitative methods; complex inequalities; feminist micro-economics; feminist population studies.

Publications

2022

..Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 21. 

2021

Sigle, W. Reid, A. and Sear, R. . Population Studies, 75(sup1), 1-5.

Sigle, W. . Population Studies, 75(sup1), 235-251.

Sigle, W., & Kravdal, Ø. . Comparative Population Studies, 46.

2019

Sigle, W. and Goisis, A. “Mind the Gap: The Health Advantages that Accompany Parental Marriage Vary by Maternal Nativity”, Population Studies, 73(3): 369-86.

Goisis, A., Martinson, M., & Sigle, W. “When Richer Doesn't Mean Thinner: Ethnicity, Socio-Economic Position and The Risk of Child Obesity in the U.K.” Demographic Research, 41(23): 649-678.

2018

MacMillon, R., Shofa, N. & Sigle, W. “” Demography, 55: 1905-1934.

Marczak, J., Sigle, W. & Coast, E. “,” Population Studies, 72: 202-216.

2016

Marczak, Joanna and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Coast, Ernestina (2016) . In: European Population Conference, 31 August - 03 September 2016, Mainz, Germany

Goisis, Alice and Özcan, Berkay and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2016) Ministry of Justice Analytical Series, Ministry of Justice, London. ISBN 9781840997361

2014

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Lyngstad, Torkild H. and Andersen, Patrick Lie and Kravdal, Øystein (2014) Journal of Marriage and Family, 76 (1). 161-174. ISSN 0022-2445

Goisis, Alice and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2014) Demography, 51 (5). 1821-1841. ISSN 0070-3370

2013

Goisis, Alice and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Keizer, Renske (2013) In: Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S and Cabrera, Natasha, (eds.) Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge, New York, USA, 81-96. ISBN 9780415878678

Kravdal, Øystein and Kodzi, Ivy and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2013) Studies in Family Planning, 44 (3). 275-297. ISSN 0039-3665

2012

Hobcraft, John and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2012) In: Scott, Jackie and Dex, Shirley and Plagnol, Anke, (eds.) Gendered Lives. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 23-47.

Hobcraft, John and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2012) In: Scott, Jacqueline and Dex, Shirley and Plagnol, Anke, (eds.) Gendered Lives. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 23-47. ISBN 9781849806268

Perelli-Harris, Brienna and Kreyenfeld, Michaela and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Keizer, Renske and Lappegård, Trude and Jasilioniene, Aiva and Berghammer, Caroline and Di Giulio, Paola (2012) Population Studies, 66 (2). 167-182. ISSN 0032-4728

Adsera, Alícia and Ferrer, Ana M. and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Wilson, Ben (2012) The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 643 (1). 160-189. ISSN 0002-7162

2011

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Tunberger, P. (2011) Journal of European Social Policy, 21 (3). 225-237. ISSN 0958-9287

2010

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2010) Feminist Economics, 16 (2). 1-26. ISSN 1354-5701

Perelli-Harris, Brienna and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Kreyenfeld, Michaela and Lappegård, Trude and Keizer, Renske and Berghammer, Caroline (2010) Population and Development Review, 36 (4). 775-801. ISSN 0098-7921

2009

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2009) In: Andress, Hans-Jürgen and Hummelsheim, Dina, (eds.) When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., Cheltenham, UK, 155-177. ISBN 9781848441934

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2009) Twenty-First Century Society, 4 (2). 137-148. ISSN 1745-0144

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2009) Demografie, 51 (4). 258-265. ISSN 0011-8265

Lupton, Ruth and Tunstall, Rebecca and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Obolenskaya, Polina and Sabates, Ricardo and Meschi, Elena and Kneale, Dylan and Salter, Emma (2009) Tenant Services Authority, London, UK.

Hobcraft, John and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2009) Social Policy and Society, 8 (1). 87-98. ISSN 1475-7464

Steele, Fiona and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Kravdal, Øystein (2009) Demography, 46 (3). 553-574. ISSN 0070-3370

2008

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2008) In: Østreng, Willy, (ed.) Complexity: Interdisciplinary Communications 2006/2007. The Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway, 93-95. ISBN 9788299636759

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2008) Demographic Research, 19 (15). 455-502. ISSN 1435-9871

2007

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Waldfogel, Jane (2007) Feminist Economics, 13 (2). 55-91. ISSN 1354-5701

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Waldfogel, Jane (2007) Journal of European Social Policy, 17 (4). 299-318. ISSN 0958-9287

2006

Perrons, Diane and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2006) 46. Equal Opportunities Commission, Manchester, UK.

Perrons, Diane and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2006) 47. Equal Opportunities Commission, Manchester, UK. ISBN 184206181X

2005

Ni Bhrolchain, Maire and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2005) Population, 60 (1-2). 39-70. ISSN 1634-2941

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Hobcraft, John and Kiernan, Kathleen (2005) Demography, 42 (3). 427-446. ISSN 0070-3370

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2005) Journal of Marriage and Family, 67 (3). 735-753. ISSN 0022-2445

Hobcraft, John and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2005) CASEpaper, CASE/95. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2004

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Kenney, Catherine (2004) In: Scott, Jacqueline and Treas, Judith and Richards, Martin, (eds.) Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. Blackwell companions to sociology (9). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 457-477. ISBN 9780631221586

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and McLanahan, Sara (2004) In: Moynihan, D.P. and Rainwater, L. and Smeeding, T., (eds.) The Future of the Family. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, USA, 116-155. ISBN 9780871546289

Hobcraft, John and Hango, Darcy and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2004) . In: Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 10-12 Jun 2004, Bergen, Norway

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2004) CASEpaper, CASE/78. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

2003

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2003) In: Fass, Paula S., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: in History and Society. Macmillan, 365-366. ISBN 9780028657141

2002

Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire and Wilson, Tom and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2002) Population Trends (109). 27-35. ISSN 0307-4463

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2002) In: Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S and Cabrera, Natasha, (eds.) Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780805837025

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and McLanahan, Sara (2002) Population, 57 (3). 509-526. ISSN 1634-2941

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Garfinkel, Irwin (2002) In: Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. and Cabrera, Natasha J., (eds.) Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., 409-430. ISBN 9780805837025

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and McLanahan, Sara (2002) Demography, 39 (3). 415-433. ISSN 0070-3370

2001

Rushton, Neil S. and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2001) Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 32 (2). 193-216. ISSN 0022-1953

2000

Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and Kertzer, David I. and White, Michael J. (2000) Journal of Family History, 25 (3). 326-340. ISSN 0363-1990

1999

Kertzer, David I. and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy and White, Michael J. (1999) Population Studies, 53 (3). 303-315. ISSN 0032-4728

1998

Kertzer, David I. and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (1998) Continuity and Change, 13 (2). 201-220. ISSN 0268-4160

Teaching

Wendy is on leave during the 2024-25 Academic Year