Dr Alison Hirst and Dr Christina Schwabenland worked together on Doing gender in the 'New Office', published in Gender Work and Organization earlier this year.

The article has attracted international publicity with an article in an on-line journal Do Design on 5 May, and a follow up article printing readers' comments a few days later.

Follow them both here:

1. A remarkable new study documents the experiences of women in an open office designed by men

2. ‘It couldn’t have happened without an open office plan’