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When gender roles are reversed: equality and intimacy at home and in the workplace

07 Apr 2014

In a paper prepared for the workshop “Gender, Equality and Intimacy: (Un)comfortable Bedfellows?” at the Institute of Education today – Cambridge...

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2013 National Scholarship Programme Awards made

27 Nov 2013

The University of Cambridge has made 295 National Scholarship Programme awards to support students from low-income families starting at the...

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Assisted Reproduction and Family Development: The New Parents Study

01 Nov 2013

Alice Winstanley and Kate Ellis-Davies, are researchers in the Applied Developmental Psychology Research Group working on The New Parents Study , a...

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Family bonds: how does surrogacy impact on relationships?

08 Jul 2013

Preliminary results from a pioneering study at Cambridge University paint a positive picture of the relationships formed between surrogates and the...

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Litte hand

New conceptions: single mothers by sperm donation

25 Apr 2013

Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation...

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Dr Findlay Stark

The Criminal Defence of Marital Coercion

26 Mar 2013

Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of...

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Shadows

I’ve got two dads – and they adopted me

04 Mar 2013

Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. The study...

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Jo Miles

The Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on legal aid for family cases

18 Jun 2012

Ms Jo Miles discusses the potential effects of the new Act on access to justice, especially in relation to difficult family law cases.

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P.676-1985 William Blake Infant Joy, Songs of Innocence (1789) (detail)

The greatest gift

23 Apr 2012

The first comprehensive study of egg-sharing between women undergoing fertility treatment reveals striking empathy on the part of donors and...

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A very British tradition

Telling the truth

21 Dec 2011

New research from Cambridge University and others shows that, with sensitive interviewing, young children can be reliable witnesses in cases of abuse...

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Marriage inventory, Württemberg, 1682

300 years of list-making

20 May 2011

Personal inventories spanning three centuries are helping researchers unlock the mysteries of how economies edge towards growth and prosperity.

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