Description

Life courses have become more diverse and complex in recent decades, which has been associated with rising inequality and uncertainty. This research area aims to better understand these phenomena by adopting a longitudinal perspective, addressing individual life courses from childhood to old age. It examines how recent demographic and social dynamics affect family, employment, or spatial mobility trajectories. It analyzes links between the diversity of life trajectories and socio-economic inequalities, addressing the long-term consequences of childhood experiences as well as events that occur during adult life. It delves into changes and relationships across generations, addressing intergenerational transmissions, from parents to children, as a mechanism for reproducing (dis)advantages. Finally, methodologies for the analysis of longitudinal data are used and developed.

Team

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Sergi Vidal Researcher (UAB/CED) Ph.D in Political and Social Sciences (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

PHD RESEARCHERS

Diederik Boertien Assistant Director Ph.D in Political and Social Sciences (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Claudia Brunori Researcher (UAB/CED) Ph.D in Political and Social Sciences (European University Institute))

Maike van Damme Researcher Ph.D. in Sociology (Tilburg University)

Jordi Gumà Lao 'Ramón y Cajal' Research Fellow Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Ariane Ophir 'Juan de la Cierva' Research Fellow Ph.D in Sociology (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Alon Pertzikovitz Researcher Degree in Sociology, Anthropology and Latin American Studies (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Riccardo Valente Researcher (UAB/CED) Ph.D. in Educational Practice and Communication (Universitat de Barcelona)

PHD CANDIDATES

Jianji Chen Junior Researcher (China Scholarship Council/UAB) Bachelors' Degree in Economics (Southwest University)

Juste Lekstyte Junior Researcher (UAB/CED) Bachelor's Degree in Economics (Lund University)

Carlos Sanz Pérez Junior Researcher (FPI CED/UAB) Bachelor's Degree in Sociology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Min Zhu Junior Researcher (China Scholarship Council/UAB) Bachelor's Degree in Sociology (Minzu University of China)

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Teresa Antònia Cusidó Vallverdú Head of Open Science and Project Management Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)