The December 2023 issue of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter includes a special focus on women and work.
2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Mary P. Rowe’s tenure at MIT, where she began as the Special Assistant to the President and Chancellor for Women and Work—a role that evolved into an early organizational ombuds, listening to workplace concerns, from both men and women, throughout the Institute.
For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.
How do women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.
In April, the MIT Alumni Association announced the winners of the volunteer leadership awards, which honor outstanding accomplishments and service to the MITAA and the Institute. Among the 2023 award recipients were five MIT Sloan alumni.
The Journal of the International Ombuds Association (JIOA) has announced plans for a special issue focused on the scholarly contributions of MIT Sloan Adjunct Professor Mary P. Rowe and their impact on our understanding of the ombuds profession.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges facing women in the workforce, it is only the most recent catalyst to illuminate the ways women’s careers are differentially impacted by homelife.
It is no small vision. Entrepreneurship guru and Juli Founder/CEO Bettina Hein, SF ’08 and her spouse Andreas Goeldi, SF ’08—a venture capital investor and successful serial entrepreneur—have embarked on an ambitious mission to help create 5,000 jobs in new enterprises that thrive on diversity of le...
Kristen Robinson Darcy, EMBA ’13, chief operating officer at Fidelity Charitable, co-chaired the Women’s Leadership Group at Fidelity Investments for two years and endeavored to create an atmosphere of conscious inclusion.
Emma came to MIT with a passion for math. At the end of her junior year, she applied to the MBAn program at MIT Sloan and graduated from both programs in 2018. Learn how this woman in tech built the advanced analytical and managerial skills to excel in her role as a product analyst at Google Health....
