Prof. Sue Yeandle

Professor of Sociology and Director Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE)
University of Sheffield, UK

Sue Yeandle PhD is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Sue’s research focuses on policies and practices which affect caring roles throughout the life course and includes carers and their support needs; the paid care workforce; the role of technology in systems of care and support; and comparative international analysis of policy on care, carers and caring. With Teppo Kröger, Sue co-edited Combining Paid Work and Family Care: policies and experiences in international perspective (Policy Press 2013).

She is founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Care and Caring, published by Policy Press, and is preparing a new book on carers’ organisations and their impact in different areas of the world. Sue leads the research programme, ‘Sustainable Care: connecting people and systems’, developed with support of the Worldwide Universities Network. The Sustainable Care programme and international network was recently awarded the prestigious Large Grant funding by the UK Economic & Social Research Council. It will develop new research on how wellbeing can be sustainably delivered for all involved in providing and receiving care. Running from November 2017 to April 2021, the programme will fund research teams in seven universities and connect scholars in 15 other countries (including Australia) to develop comparative international analysis of effective and sustainable care arrangements. Leadership on achieving impact on policy and practice will be provided by Carers UK with the support of a network of international partners, including Eurocarers, the International Alliance of Carer Organizations and the Swedish Family Care Competence Centre.