Her research focuses on gender and "work-life balance" issues and workplace practice, culture and change, in diverse national contexts. She has led many national and international research projects on these topics and has worked with employers and policy makers on work-life issues in Europe, Asia and North America. She has held research grants from the EU, the ILO, the Ford Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ESRC, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Tedworth Trust and the Department of Health. Sue chairs the Richard Benjamin Trust which supports high impact organizational and social psychology projects by early career researchers . She was founding co-editor of the journal Community, Work and Family.