Our people
Researcher
Svetlana has been at NatCen since 2003, and is currently a
Research Director in the Children and Young People team. Most
recently, Svetlana has been working on an evaluation of a youth
development programme Teens and Toddlers, which aims to prevent
teenage pregnancy and to improve teenage girls' emotional and
social well-being. Svetlana has also worked on a number of studies
in the area of childcare and early years education, exploring
patterns of childcare use by different types of families and
take-up of early years provision by children from disadvantaged
backgrounds. Svetlana has a long-standing interest is in maternal
employment and gender inequalities at work and at home.
In 2006, she completed a D.Phil. thesis at the University of
Oxford, which compared gender-role attitudes and perceptions of
gender inequality in Great Britain and Russia. Before moving to the
UK, Svetlana carried out research on gender issues in Russia. Her
main methodological strengths include advanced skills in using
quantitative methods of data analysis, and substantial experience
of designing and implementing large-scale surveys.
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Job Opportunities
We recruit full & part time staff in social research, operations, human resources, communications, finance, facilties and IT. We also recruit freelance interviewers and freelance nurses on an ongoing basis.
- NatCen Social Research
- 35 Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0AX
- Charity no. 1091768
