CED - Center for Demographic Studies

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.