Advancing Leadership Practices & Work-Life & Flexibility Policies for Inclusive & Productive Organizations

A pioneering scholar, educator, and mentor, Dr. Ellen Ernst Kossek applies the science of work-life balance, supportive leadership, and human resource innovation to the real world.

Kossek is a leading U.S. social scientist and thought leader on the future of work. She is a global authority on work-family policies, women in STEM, flexible, remote, and hybrid work, job equality, and strategic employment issues. In 2025-2026, she has been awarded a fellowship to be the VMWare Women's Leadership Lab CASBS Fellow in residence at the Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Her appointments at Purdue University and Michigan State University include Basil S. Turner Distinguished Professor of Management, and University Distinguished Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations Emeritus, and Distinguished Family Scholar. She has also been a visiting scholar and invited to talks to business, educational, and public audiences in the U.K., E.U., Australia, Asia, and Latin America.

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