​My research addresses questions at the intersection of work, policy, and social change:

• How can policies promote healthy and sustainable workplaces and communities?
• And when are such policies achieved?

I employ a range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools: survey analysis, comparative/historical research, event history analysis, ethnographic and structured interviewing, and mixed method approaches. Using these tools, my current research can be organized into two streams: comparative policy analysis and the policy consequences of social movements. Additionally, my previous interdisciplinary, collaborative research examines workplace health and safety practices. Selected publications in these areas are listed below. For a more complete list, please check my  CV  or my Google Scholar page.

Comparative Policy Analysis

Engeman, Cassandra, and Sofie Burman. 2023. Signs of the Gender Revolution's Second Phase? Historical Cross-National Development of Fathers' Leave Provisions. Social Policy & Administration 557(5):626-41.

Kurowska, Anna, et al. 2023. FamilyDemic Cross-Country and Gender Dataset on Work and Family ​Outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data 10(1):1-11.

Engeman, Cassandra. 2023. "Making Parenting Leave Accessible to Fathers: Political Actors and New Social Rights, 1965-2016." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 30(4):1137-1161.

​Engeman, Cassandra. 2021. "When Do Unions Matter to Social Policy? Organized Labor and Leave Legislation in U.S. States, 1983-2016." Social Forces. 99(4): 1745-71.

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​Engeman, Cassandra. 2020. "Breaking the Liberal-Market Mold? Family Policy Variation across U.S. States and Why It Matters," In Rense Nieuwenhuis and Wim Van Lancker, eds. Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy. Palgrave.

​Click here to learn more about my ongoing project on the politics of fathers' leave provisions.​
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The Policy Consequences of Social Movements

Uba, Katrin, and Cassandra Engeman. 2024. "Defenders of the Status Quo: Energy Protests and Policy (In)Action in Sweden." Social Forces 103(4):1393-1415.​

Engeman, Cassandra. 2018. "'Job-Killer' Bills in Tough Economic Times: Social Movements and Leave Policy Agendas before and after the Great Recession." Mobilization: An International Quarterly 23(3): 329-47

Engeman, Cassandra. 2015. "Social Movement Unionism in Practice: Organizational Dimensions of Union Mobilization in the Los Angeles Immigrant Rights Marches." Work, Employment & Society  29(3): 444-61.

My new proposal to conduct new research on the role of trade unions in cross-national family policy development received funding from the European Research Council. You can read more about that project here.

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​Workplace Health and Safety

​Engeman, Cassandra, Lynn Baumgartner, Benjamin Carr, Allison Fish, John Meyerhof, Terre Satterfield, Patricia Holden, and Barbara Herr Harthorn. 2013. "The Hierarchy of Environmental Health and Safety Practices in the U.S. Nanotechnology Workplace." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene  10(9): 487-95.

Engeman, Cassandra, Lynn Baumgartner, Benjamin Carr, Allison Fish, John Meyerhofer, Terre Satterfield, Patricia Holden, and Barbara Herr Harthorn. 2012. "Governance Implications of Nanomaterials Companies' Inconsistent Risk Perceptions and Safety Practices." Journal of Nanoparticle Research  14(3): 749-60.

Data from this research was also contributed to a report to the President of the United States (The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2012).