Juliet Schor

Specialty Social economics, work, and family.
Topics Collaborative economy, gig economy, reduced workweeks, environmental impact of labor practices.
Current Position Professor at Boston College, leading researcher on four-day workweek studies.

Who is she? Internationally recognized social economist, author of the New York Times bestseller The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. Former professor at Harvard University.

She has delivered numerous lectures in the United States, Europe, and Japan before civic, business, labor, and academic audiences.

Her work has been widely covered and cited by national and international media outlets.

Author of several influential books and academic articles. Her research is cited in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group III.

She currently leads an international team researching four-day workweek trials in six countries, supported by 4 Day Week Global and universities including Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin. She is a former Guggenheim and Brookings Fellow and has served as a consultant for the United Nations and other international organizations.