Description

The area of historical demography, in which the Centre for Demographic Studies has worked since its inception, was greatly boosted with the project Five Centuries of Marriages (ERC-2010-AdvancedGrant-269796, IP: Anna Cabré). This project has opened up a new line of specialist research in preservation, transcription, harmonisation and publicising of historical collections of demographic interest (Marriage Records books, parish and public records, censuses, and electoral rolls). This research, in collaboration with the Computer Vision Centre at the UAB, makes intensive use of digital platforms and techniques in automatic recognition of manuscripts. Thanks to the data thus recovered, numerous aspects of the demographic dynamics and the social structure of past populations are studied. Particular emphasis is given to the use of nominative data (names and surnames) in studying intergenerational transmission of social position, occupational mobility and in gauging, by indirect methods, mortality and migratory movements.

Team

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Joana Maria Pujadas Mora Researcher and Associate professor at Arts and Humanities Studies (UOC/CED) Ph.D in Historical Sciences (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

PHD RESEARCHERS

Anna Cabré Pla Honorary Director Ph.D in Geography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

PHD CANDIDATES

Joaquín Ruíz García Junior Researcher (UAB/CED) Bachelor's degree in Agronomical Engineering

Joaquín A. Trincado Pizarro Junior Researcher (UAB/CED) Bachelor's Degree in History (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Jaume Vendrell Condeminas Junior Researcher (UAB/CED) Bachelor's Degree in Medieval History (Universitat de Barcelona)

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Antonio José Medina Cruz Research Support Technician Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Miquel Valls Fígols Research Support Technician/UAB Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

COL·LABORADORS/ES EXTERNS/ES

Gabriel Brea Martínez Center for Economic Demography (Lund University)

Jordi Joan Tur Escandell