Laura Rosa Berro Yoldi

Profile

I joined the PhD program at Leeds University Business School in October 2023.

My doctoral research is about Au Pair experiences in the UK after Brexit (after the transition period, so from January 2021), which involves great regulatory and social changes for EU citizens but also for non-EU migrants. The research aims to explore and understand the life experiences and working conditions of Au Pairs after the consolidation of Brexit (from 2021). The investigation intersects work, gender, migration and class, placing at its centre the lack of worker status and the consequences for these migrants.

Preceding this PhD, I studied for the GEMMA Master’s degree in Gender Studies at the Universities of York (UK) and Granada (UK). My master’s thesis was on the situation of Au Pairs during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (https://digibug.ugr.es/handle/10481/80304).

Research interests

Intersectional feminism: gender, migration and class.
Domestic work in the global economy and the care crisis: the conflict between capital / human life.
Domestic workers and the platform economy.
The migration regime and its intersections in the United Kingdom.

Conferences

• September 2025 – Exposition: “How have the changes to the family worker exemption impacted Au Pairs from April 2024?” | At the Low Pay Commission Thirteenth Annual Research Symposium 2025.

• 2025 – Coorganisation and introduction to Rosie Cox’s (University of Sussex) Workshop: “The End of the Family Worker Exemption: A Victory for Domestic Workers” | At the Work, People and Employment Department (University of Leeds).

• June 2024 – Exposition: “Au Pairs: from cultural exchange to recognized workers in the UK” | During the Making Rights Reality: The Human Rights of Undocumented Migrant Workers Conference 2024 | The Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL).

Book Reviews

• Summer 2025: “Working Yet Poor. Challenges to EU Social Citizenship” | British Sociological Association (BSA) Network Issue 150.

Book Presentations

• April 2025 – Host and organiser of the online presentation of the book “The Sexist Microphysics of Power”, by Nerea Barjola | Co-organised with Patricio Simonetto, head of the Center for Intersectional Gender Studies of the University of Leeds.

Colaborations

• Translations and proofreading for PICUM (the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants)

Qualifications

• MA GEMMA Gender Studies, Universities of York and Granada
• Diplomado de Comunicación, Derechos Humanos, Género y Diversidad
• Degree in Advertising and Public Relations (University of Navarra, Spain))

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change