Peer Reviewed Publications
Haines, S., Hegarty, P., Nater, C., Graf, S., & Sczesny, S. (2026). Motivations and barriers to men's interest in childcare: The role of norm perception and sexual orientation stereotyping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/jasp.70051
Haines, S., Sczesny, S. & Graf, S. (2025). Who Cares? Stereotypes of and Support for Men Working in Childcare. Sex Roles , 91 (19). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-025-01559-5
Haines, S., Nater, C., & Sczesny, S. (2024). Creating a system that cares: A PRISMA review and road map to increase men’s representation in early childhood education and care. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 25 (4), 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000486
Haines, S., Nater, C., & Sczesny, S. (2023). Overcoming barriers to increase men's representation in early childhood education and care, ChildLinks, 19-23. https://shop.barnardos.ie/products/ebook-childlinks-men-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-issue-2-2023
Sczesny, S., Nater, C., & Haines, S. (2022). Perceived to be incompetent, but not a risk: Why men are evaluated as less suitable for childcare work than women, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52(8), 693-703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12845
Conferences
Haines, S., Rohner, S. L., Stadtmann, M. P. (2025, November 29). Loneliness and social isolation in the transition to retirement: Findings from a regional survey study in Switzerland [Conference presentation]. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN), Berlin, Germany.
Sczesny, S., Orifici, M. C., Haines, S., & Lammers, J. (2025, October 18). Past-focused temporal communication increases conservative’s support for gender inclusive language [Conference presentation]. Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), Lisbon, Portugal .
Haines, S. (2025, August 8). Improving men’s representation in ECEC: Social norms, stereotypes, and pathways for intervention [Conference presentation]. Nordic Gender Conference on Men’s Underrepresentation in Communal Occupations, Tromsø, Norway.
Haines, S., Graf, S., Nater, C., Sczesny, S. (2024, June 12-14). Men in childcare work: Potential solutions to reduce gender discrimination in a women-dominated organizational context. In Haines, S. and Krivoschechov V. (chairs), Men, Masculinities and Gender Diversity [Symposium]. Gender Diversity Across Europe—Devising Solutions from Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Perspectives, Bern, Switzerland.
Haines, S., Graf, S., Nater, C., Sczesny, S. (2024, February 8-10). How they are and how they should be: Stereotypes of men and women in childcare work and support for men in childcare [Poster Presentation]. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, California, United States.
Haines, S., Graf, S., Nater, C., Sczesny, S. (2023). Men in childcare work: Gender stereotypes as barriers to men’s engagement and potential solutions. In M. Gustafsson Sendén (chair), Barriers and Facilitators of Achieving Gender Diversity [Symposium]. 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Krakow, Poland.
Science Communication and Other Publications
Haines, S. (2023). Why don't men work in childcare? Solutions. https://gversity-solutions.org/blog-solutions/solutions/why-dont-men-work-in-childcare/
Haines, S. (2022). Isolated but not alone: a one-year update. Solutions. https://gversity-solutions.org/blog-solutions/projects/isolated-but-not-alone-a-one-year-update/
Haines, S. (2022). Men applying for positions in childcare work. Solutions. https://gversity-solutions.org/blog-solutions/topics/men-applying-for-positions-in-childcare-work/
Haines, S. (2022). Wellbeing during a PhD. Solutions.https://gversity-solutions.org/blog-solutions/projects/wellbeing-during-a-phd/
Haines, S. (2021). Isolated but not alone. Solutions. https://gversity-solutions.org/blog-solutions/projects/isolated-but-not-alone/