Agnieszka Kasperska

Research Assistant

Faculty of Economic Sciences, LabFam

ABOUT ME

Agnieszka Kasperska is a Research Assistant at LabFam and a PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, both at the University of Warsaw. Her research interests include employment, gender, and family studies. In her PhD thesis, Agnieszka explores how labour market changes driven by new technologies affect working conditions and the position of women and men in both the workplace and broader society. Before joining the University of Warsaw, she worked as a Consultant at the United Nations in Nairobi, where she contributed to the implementation of socio-economic development initiatives and assisted in drafting policy briefs and official reports. She also holds a Master’s degree in Comparative Industrial Relations from the University of Manchester (UK) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of the West of England (UK).

PUBLICATIONS

Reviewed articles

Matysiak, A., Cukrowska‑Torzewska, E., Kasperska, A. (forthcoming). Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Work from Home on Careers in the Post-Covid Context. Work, Employment and Society. (accepted for publication)

Kasperska, A., Matysiak, A., Cukrowska‑Torzewska, E. (2024). Managerial (dis)preferences towards employees working from home: Post‑pandemic experimental evidence. Plos one, 19(5).

Kurowska, A., Kasperska, A. ’Work from Home and Perceptions of Career Prospects of Employees with Children’, WNE Working Paper(2/2024)444

Kurowska, A., Kasperska, A., Kaufman, G. ’Working from home and perceived changes to work‑life balance. Parental experiences in diverse work‑family contexts during the Covid‑19 pandemic’, WNE Working Paper(29/2023)436

Cukrowska‑Torzewska, E., Matysiak, A., Kasperska, A. ’Gender and family perspectives on the uptake of ICT‑induced homebased work’, WNE Working Paper(1/2023)408

Kasperska, A. ’Career Advancement of Home‑Based Workers across Europe: A Gender and Family Perspective’, WNE Working PaperWP(31/2022)407

2025 Asia‑Pacific Economic Science Association (ESA) Conference; International Community, Work and Family; Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting; International Population Association (IPC) Conference

2024 European Consortium for Sociological Research; Work Family Research Network; RC28 Spring Meeting; British Sociological Association Conference; European Sociological Association Conference; Africa ESA Conference

2023 Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, Gender Gaps Conference, Australian Gender Economics Workshop; Asia‑Pacific Economic Science Association (ESA) Conference

2022 Gender Gaps Conference, European Consortium for Sociological Research, European Population Conference (EPC), British Sociological Association Conference; Work Family Researchers Network, RC28 Spring Meeting

2021 Future of Work Conference organised by International Centre for Economic Analysis

GRANTS

Internal grants

Internal grants

2023-2025 Internal (faculty-level) grants for young researchers x3. €800-1,000

2021-2025 Internal IDUB conference grants x4, University of Warsaw. €3,000-4,000

2024 Internal IDUB grant for mobility of PhD students – conducted a research visit at the King’s Business School in London. €6,500

2024 “Excellence Initiative – Research University” Programme: “Career consequences of work-family reconciliation policy measures introduced in the EU Work-Life Balance Directive.” (PI: Anna Matysiak) €20,000

2021 “Excellence Initiative – Research University” Programme: “The impact of home-based work on career development prospects for men and women: an experimental study for Poland and the United Kingdom.” (PI: Anna Matysiak) €33,000

AWARDS

2018 Programme Prize Winner for best overall performance, University of Manchester

RESEARCH GATE

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Agnieszka Kasperska

Research Assistant

Faculty of Economic Sciences, LabFam

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