Annick Masselot is a New Zealand legal academic, and is a full professor at the

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, specialising in

labour law Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship be ...

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, an ...

and

work–life balance In the intersection of Employment, work and personal life, the work–life balance is the equilibrium between the two. There are many aspects of one's personal life that can intersect with work, including family, leisure, and health. A work–lif ...

European Union law European Union law is a system of Supranational union, supranational Law, laws operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). It has grown over time since the 1952 founding of the European Coal and Steel Community, to promote ...

and

comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law and legal systems of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal systems (or "families") in existence around the world, includ ...

. Masselot has been a visiting professor at the universities of Surrey and Cambridge, and is a co-editor of the journal ''

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Academic career

Masselot completed a Magistere de Juriste d’Affaires Européen at the Université de Nancy II, followed by a LLM by research at

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. She then completed a

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titled ''The emerging childcare strategy in European Union law: the struggle between care, gender equality and the market'' at the

, where she was an International Outgoing Marie Curie Fellow. Her thesis work was supervised by Martin Holland. Masselot joined the faculty of the

University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...

, where she was Senior Lecturer in European law. She was appointed as full professor of law at the University of Canterbury in 2018, and is part of the multi-disciplinary Institute of Law, Emergencies and Disasters. Masselot was a visiting professor at the

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in 2019. She taught at the

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gender summer school, where she was hosted by Professor Roberta Guerrina, who co-authored with Masselot "one of the leading articles on the gendered impact of Brexit". She is an editor of the journal ''Journal of Common Market Studies''. Masselot's research focuses on labour law and gender equality in many areas of the law, such as foreign policy, employment law, work–life balance, and maternity provisions.

Selected works

Books

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Journal articles

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References

External links

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Exposing Gender Inequalities: Impacts of Covid-19 on Aotearoa/New Zealand Employment
', Annick Masselot, International Law Workshop on COVID-19 and Beyond held on 24 November 2020 - Gender, Health and Human Rights Panel, via YouTube New Zealand academics New Zealand women academics Academic staff of the University of Canterbury University of Canterbury alumni Nancy-Université alumni Academics of the University of Leeds New Zealand legal scholars University of Canterbury Faculty of Law alumni {{DEFAULTSORT:Masselot, Annick