Contributor(s): Jennifer Petriglieri | There are challenges and joys of a dual-career life and Jennifer Petriglieri explores through rigourous research how couples can make their lives work for them. Jennifer Petriglieri is an associate professor at INSEAD, and the author of Couples That Work, a book on how dual-career couples can thrive in love and in work. Jennifer has spent over a decade researching how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally, and for the past 6 years she has been studying the lives of dual-career couples. You can order the book from this link Couples That Work Ilka Gleibs is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. The Department of Psychological & Behavioural Science (@lse_pbs) is a growing community of researchers, intellectuals, and students who investigate the human mind and behaviour in a societal context. Our department conducts cutting-edge psychological and behavioural research that is both based in and applied to the real world.