Juliet Schor is an economist and Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Her research focuses on work, consumption, and climate change. She has been studying working time since the 1980s. Since 2021 she has been a lead researcher for Four Day Week Global’s work time reduction trials. She is particularly interested in barriers to work time reduction, the connections between working hours and carbon emissions, the well-being impacts of work time reduction, and how companies are implementing four-day weeks. Her book Four Days A Week, was published by HarperBusiness was published in June and is available now. 

Resources

Juliet's TED Talk: The case for a 4-day work week

Julet's new book: Four Days a Week: The Life-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress, Improving Well-Being, and Working Smarter

Juliet's Blue Sky

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