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Xiaoran Xu

Co-chair of LSE Power, the London School of Economics’ professional women's network, and communications and marketing manager in the LSE’s Department of Health Policy

Articles by Xiaoran Xu

A mother with her daugher in a library, illustrating academic parenthood

HE doesn’t need better parental policy. It needs better practices

As chair of a women’s network, I see first-hand how the gap between policy and lived experience still shapes how careers unfold, says Xiaoran Xu

By Xiaoran Xu

5 January