Aliya Rao

Aliya Hamid Rao is a sociologist and an associate professor in the Department of Methodology at the London School of Economics. Her research spans the study of work and organizations, economic sociology, family, gender, and emotions. Rao uses qualitative methods to understand social mechanisms that facilitate, or impede, the production of inequalities at work and in families. Rao has written on these topics in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Sociological Review, Gender & Society, the Journal of Marriage and Family, and Work, Employment and Society. Her first book, Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment, was published in 2020 by the University of California Press. Her research has been recognised through multiple awards by the American Sociological Association and the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Awards. Her research has been covered in outlets such as the Financial Times, the New York Times, and Huffington Post. Rao also has written about gender and work for publications like The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and Quartz. Rao completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2016, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Clayman Institute in 2018.

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