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Pablo Gracia
ORCID 0000-0001-8294-2816 Researcher (CED) and Professor Dept. Sociology (UAB)
Educational qualifications: Ph.D in Political and Social Sciences (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Research Theme/s:
Families, Well-Being and Inequalities, Time Use
Pablo Gracia is Research Professor of Sociology at Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and affiliated to the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED). Pablo Gracia is Research Professor of Sociology at Autonomous University of Barcelona. Prof. Gracia is lead PI of a research team that examines Families and Inequalities, currently focusing on three key themes: (1) Social and Population Inequalities in Child Development; (2) Adolescents' Digital Lives and Well-Being; and (3) Gender Gaps in Time Use and Mental Health. He has received over €3 million as PI/co-PI from multiple prestigious funding agencies, such as the European Research Council (i.e., ERC Consolidator Grant Award), Horizon Europe, Irish Research Council, and the Spanish State Research Agency. His research is published in international journals like, among others, the ‘European Sociological Review’, ‘Journal of Marriage and Family’, ‘Information, Communication & Society’, ‘European Journal of Population’, and ‘Advances in Life Course Research’. Before joining CED/UAB, Prof. Gracia was Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, and before that he obtained postdoctoral positions at the University of Amsterdam and European University Institute.
2025
Metzger, Sandrine, i Pablo Gracia. 2025. «Parenthood and Gendered Mental Health: The Role of Paid Work and Housework Time». Journal of Marriage and Family n/a(n/a). doi:10.1111/jomf.13121.
Pietropoli, Ilaria, i Pablo Gracia. 2025. «Social inequalities in children’s cognitive and socioemotional development: The role of home learning environments and early childhood education». Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 97:101034. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101034.
Han, Wen-Jui, Pablo Gracia, i Jianghong Li. 2025. «Parental Work Schedules and Hours from a Cross-National Perspective: A Welfare Regime Analysis on 29 Countries». P. 171-200 en Families with Children in a Turbulent Era.
2024
McDonnell, Cadhla, i Pablo Gracia. 2024. «Family Structure and Women’s Mental Well-Being: How Family Stressors Explain Mental Health Inequalities between Lone and Partnered Mothers». Frontiers in Sociology 9. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1498987. I.F.: SJR_2024_Q1_Social Sciences (miscellaneous)_0.707
Nordrum, E. & Gracia, P. (2024). 'Impacts of Broadband Internet on Adolescents' Academic Outcomes: Heterogenous Effects among Lower Secondary School Students in Norway'. Information,Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2023.2295360.
García-Román, J., Gracia, P. & Zerbini, G. (2024). 'Cross-National Differences in Adolescents’ Sleep Patterns: A Time-Use Approach'. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2024.2335198 I.F.: SJR_2024_Q2_Health (social science)_0.745
2024-2029
Digital Time Use, Adolescent Well Being and Social Inequalities (DIGINEQ)
Funding entity: European Commission. European Research Council Executive Agency
Reference: Consolidator Grant Agreement num. 101089233