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Shira Offer is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar-Ilan University and a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and was a Research Analyst at the Alfred P. Sloan Center on Parents, Children, and Work. Her main research interests include personal networks, work and family, gender relations, social inequality and poverty. As a sociologist studying families, Offer's research is motivated by the concern of how the current social, cultural, and economic climate affects the well-being and functioning of parents and children of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. She is currently a Research Fellow in the UC Berkeley Social Networks Study where she studies the role of kin in personal networks (http://ucnets.berkeley.edu/). She has published articles in such journals as the American Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and Family, Social Forces, Social Science Research, The Sociological Quarterly, Community, Work, and Family, Racial and Ethnic Studies, Current Sociology. 

Research Topics:

  • Personal Networks
  • Social Support and Reciprocity
  • Intergenerational Relationships
  • The Work-Family Interface
  • Parenting
  • Gender Inequality among Dual-Earner Families
  • Low-Income Families

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Education/Academic qualification

PhD

Jan 2000Jan 2006

Award Date: 1 Jan 2006

Master

Oct 1998Jun 2000

Award Date: 30 Jun 2000

Bachelor, Tel Aviv University

Oct 1995Jun 1998

Award Date: 30 Jun 1998

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