CED - Center for Demographic Studies

Alba Lanau Sánchez

ORCID 0000-0001-6226-8545 Ramón y Cajal Researcher (UPF/CED)

Educational qualifications: Ph.D in Social Policy (University of Bristol)
Research Theme/s: Poverty, Childhood and Families, Fertility and Households, Social Stratification, Gender and Inequality

alanau@ced.uab.cat

Dr Alba Lanau is an applied quantitative researcher with an interest in multidimensional poverty and the early stages of the life course. Currently, she holds at Universitat Pompeu Fabra a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ Postdoctoral Individual Research Fellow examining intra-household inequalities between children and adults in Europe.

Dr Lanau graduated in Political Science at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She has a Master in Public Policy (with Merit) and a PhD in Social Policy both at University of Bristol. Her PhD examined youth poverty and school to work transitions in six European countries using the ECHP and EU-SILC data.

Her research and teaching span across the disciplines of social policy, sociology and development studies. During her career Dr Lanau has been a member in a range of national and international projects, working with diverse institutions such as the UK Home Office, the Tongan Bureau of Statistics and the International Organisation for Migration.

Her interest in measurement led her to work in a range of areas including violence in teenage relationships (project funded by the European Commission, Daphne), and estimating the prevalence of sex work in the UK. Her previous work has been published in a range of high impact journals including the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy and Society and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

2024

Juni, Maida, Rocio Treviño, Alba Lanau, i Albert Esteve. 2024. «Estrategias de cuidado infantil de 0 a 3 años en España». Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (187):87-106.

2023

LANAU, Alba (2023) “First the children, then the employed: Deprivation and intra-household inequality in Europe”. Journal of Poverty 27 (4): 331-349 (ISSN: 1087-5549). https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2022.2065561 I.F.: JCR (ESCI)_2021_Q3_Social Work, i.i. 0.59
SJR_2021_Q2_Demography, i.i. 0.378

LANAU, Alba (2023) “Children first? Intra-household inequality in reconstituted couple households”. Journal of Family Issues 44(4): 891-908 (ISSN: 0192-513X). https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211055112 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q3_Fam,ily Studies, i.i. 2.072
SJR_2020_Q1_Social Science (miscellaneous), i.i. 0.814

2022

LANAU, Alba; MATOLCSI, Andrea (2022) “Prostitution and Sex Work, Who Counts? Mapping Local Data to Inform Policy and Service Provision”. Social Policy and Society (online: 08 April 2022): 1-15 (ISSN: 1474-7464). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746422000136 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2021_Q2_Social Work, i.i. 2.238
SJR_2021_Q2_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.534

LANAU, Alba (2022) “Inequality of reconstituted households: effects on childhood”. UABDivulga.

2021

MORENO, Francisco J.; RODRÍGUEZ, Gregorio (…); LANAU, Alba et al. (2021) “Diagnosis of the situation for children in Spain before the implementation of the European Child Guarantee”. UNICEF, 74 pp.

MORENO, Francisco J.; RODRÍGUEZ, Gregorio (…); LANAU, Alba et al. (2021) “Bases para el Plan de Acción de la Garantía Infantil Europea en España”. Geneva: UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, 36 pp.

BREWER, Timothy F.; ZHANG, Mary (…); LANAU, Alba et al. (2021) “Housing, Sanitation and Living Conditions Affecting SARS-CoV-2 Prevention Interventions in 54 African Countries”. Epidemiology & Infection, 149: 1-6 (ISSN: 0950-2688). DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821001734 I.F.:
JCR (SCIE)_2020_Q3_ Infectious Diseases, i.i. 2.451
SJR_2020_Q2_Infectious Diseases, i.i. 0.992

LANAU, Alba (2021) “Pobreza infantil, privación y desigualdad intrahogar durante la recesión económica” (“Child Poverty, Deprivation and Intra-Household Inequality during the Economic Recession”). Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS), 175: 63-84 (ISSN: 0210-5233). http://dx.doi.org/10.5477/cis/reis.175.63 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q4_Sociology, i.i. 0.859
SJR_2020_Q2_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.298

BARTER, Cristine; LANAU, Alba; STANLEY, Nicky; AGHTAIE, Nadia; ÖVERLIEN, Carolina (2021) “Factors associated with the perpetration of interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s intimate relationships”. Journal of Youth Studies (Published online: 23 April 2021): 1-17 (ISBN: 1367-6261). https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1910223 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q2_Social Science, Interdisciplinary, i.i. 2.589
SJR_2020_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.8

MATOLCSI, Andrea; MULVIHILL, Natasha; LILLEY-WALKER, Sarah-Jane; LANAU, Alba; HESTER, Marianne (2021) “The Current Landscape of Prostitution and Sex Work in England and Wales”. Sexuality & Culture, 25 (1): 39-57 (ISSN: 1095-5143). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-020-09756-y I.F.: JCR (ESCI)_2020_Q2_Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, i.i. 0.73
SJR_2020_Q1_Cultural Studies, i.i. 0.441

2020

LANAU, Alba et al (chapter contributors) (2020). The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2020: How friendly are African governments towards girls. Addis Ababa: African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), 166 p. (ISBN: 978-999-44-3-048-2).

LANAU, Alba; FIFITA, Viliami (2020) “Do Households Prioritise Children? IntraHousehold Deprivation a Case Study of the South Pacific”. Child Indicators Research. The official Journal of the International Society for Child Indicators, 1-21 (Online First: 2020-04-25 / ISSN: 1874-897X / DOI: 10.1007/s12187-020-09729-5). I.F.: SJR_2018_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 1,293

LANAU, Alba; MACK, Joanna; NANDY, Shailen (2020) “Including services in multidimensional poverty measurement for SDGs: modifications to the consensual approach”. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28 (2). DOI:10.1332/175982720X15850580703755 I.F.:
JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q2_Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, i.i. 0.830
SJR_2020_Q2_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.527

2019

HESTER, Marianne; MULVIHILL Natasha; MATOLCSI, Andrea; LANAU, Alba; LILLEY-WALKER, Sarah (2019) The nature and prevalence of prostitution and sex work in England and Wales today. School for Policy Studies, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, 79 pp.

HICK, Rod; LANAU, Alba (2019) “Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: An analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance”. Social Policy and Society, 18 (2): 219-236 (ISSN: 1474-7464). DOI: 10.1017/S1474746418000118 I.F.:
JCR_2019 (SSCI)_Q1_Social Work, i.i. 1.685
SJR_2019_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.762

2018

FIFITA, Viliami; LANAU, Alba; NAJERA CATALÁN, Héctor; GORDON, Dave (2018) Assessing progress towards the eradication of poverty in the Kingdom of Tonga. Tongatapu: Tonga Department of Statistics.

HICK, Rod; LANAU, Alba (2018) “Moving in and out of in-work poverty”. Journal of Social Policy, 47 (4), 661-682 (ISSN: 0047-2794). DOI: 10.1017/s0047279418000028 I.F.:
JCR_2018_Q1_Social Work, i.i. 2.296
SJR_2018_Q1_Social Work, i.i. 1.072

2017

HICK, Rod; LANAU, Alba (2017) In-work poverty in the UK: Problem, policy analysis and platform for action. Cardiff, Cardiff University and Nuffield Foundation, 36 pp.

BARTER, Christine; STANLEY, Nicky; WOOD, Marsha; LANAU, Alba; AGHTAIE, Nadia; LARKINS, Cath; OVERLIEN, Carolina (2017) “Young people’s online and face-to-face experiences of Interpersonal violence and abuse and its subjective impact across five European countries”. Psychology of Violence, 7 (3): 375-384 (ISSN: 2152-0828). DOI: 10.1037/vio0000096 I.F.: JCR_2017_Q1_Family Studies, i.i. 2.5
SJR_2017_Q1_Health (Social science), i.i. 1.427

2016

STANLEY, Nicky; BARTER, Christine; WOOD, Marsha; AGHTAIE, Nadia; LARKINS, Cath; LANAU, Alba; OVERLIEN, Carolina (2016) “Pornography, sexual coercion and abuse and sexting in young people’s intimate relationships: A European study”. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33 (9): 2919-2944 (ISSN: 0886-2605). DOI: 10.1177/0886260516633204 I.F.: JCR_2016_Q2_Family Studies, i.i. 1.940
SJR_2016_Q1_Clinical Psychology, i.i. 1.014

2022-2024

Child poverty and neighbourhood opportunity structures: managing on low income in Barcelona

Funding entity: Ajuntament de Barcelona

Reference: 22S09414-001

2020-2021

Moving in and out of in-work poverty in Spain

Funding entity: Social Observatory of "la Caixa"