Heejung Chung

Heejung Chung is the Director of the King’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Professor of Work and Employment at King's College London. She is a comparative labour market researcher with a focus on flexible working, home/remote working, future of work, (intersectional) gender equality and well-being outcomes. She has over two decades of experience of research and teaching. 

Heejung’s recent works have explored the outcomes of new types of work design, such as flexible working and four-day week, on workers’ well-being outcomes and social inequalities across gender and racial lines. 

Her work has been influential in shaping both national (UK, Korea, Germany, Italy, Estonia etc.) and international (European Commission, OECD, ILO, UN etc.) government agencies and policy stakeholders (e.g. Trades Union Congress). She has published over 100 publications, including her recent book The Flexibility Paradox (Policy Press, 2022) and report Flexible working arrangements and gender equality in Europe (European Commission, 2024). She has recently advised the European Commission and the UK Department of Business and Trade on issues around right to disconnect policies.