Professor Brendan Burchell

Brendan Burchell is the President of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and also the Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology. His background covered a variety of disciplines including psychology, statistics, computing, applied economics and sociology.  A recurrent theme through his career has been the working lives of individuals and the impact on their wellbeing.  Recently he has been involved in a number of projects concerning reduced working time, and in particular the four day week.