Maria Evandrou – The Conversation

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August 3, 2026

Britain’s quarter century: shrinking families, ethnic tensions and queer winners and losers

Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton; Carrie Paechter, Nottingham Trent University; Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton; Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton; Michael Skey, Loughborough University; Rob McNeil, University of Oxford, and Rory Fitzgerald, City St George's, University of London

The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.

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October 15, 2025

White British families more likely to depend on grandparents for childcare – our research explores why

Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton and Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton

The extent to which parents rely on others to care for children reflects embedded cultural norms and expectations.

Opting out of workplace pension schemes is more common among some minority communities than the white British population. Pranithan Chorruangsak/Shutterstock

February 5, 2025

Why there’s an ethnic pension gap in the UK – and how the government could close it

Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton; Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton, and Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton

The factors that feed into the pension gap begin much earlier than retirement.

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