Constance Beaufils is a postdoctoral fellow at King's College London. She is currently working on the Horizon Europe project TransEuroWorks and is affiliated to the Global Institute for Women Leadership, where she is investigating the wellbeing outcomes of flexible working from a comparative perspective. Her research analyses how gender inequalities in health are related to employment careers, working conditions and caring roles. She has previously held postdoctoral positions at King's College London (ESRC project on work, welfare reform and mental health) and Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques) in Paris. She holds a PhD in Sociology-Demography from the Université Paris-Saclay/Ined, where she studied the impact of career interruptions on women's health in later life using mixed methods and a life course perspective.

Research Interests: 

• Mental health 
• Work and employment
• Gender health inequalities 
• Caregiving 
• Longitudinal statistical analysis 
• Life course research
• Mixed methods 

Awards:

• 2022 Best PhD thesis award, Graduate School in Sociology and Political Science, Paris-Saclay University

Publications:

Beaufils C., Barbuscia A., and Cambois E. (2023). Women’s Employment–Family Trajectories and Well-Being in Later Life: Evidence From France. Journal of Aging and Health, 35(7–8), 577–592. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221147637

Beaufils C. (2023). Women’s withdrawal from the labour market: a fact made invisible by the statistical category of professional inactivity in France. Quetelet Journal 10 (1): 1-25. https://doi.org/10.14428/rqj2022.10.01.01.