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The Sociological Research Centre on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) was established in 1989 as a research centre within the Department of Sociology and is directed by Dr. Joan Miquel Verd.

The fundamental aim of the research centre is the development and consolidation of a line of investigation that relates the fields of work and employment and everyday life. This is done by taking into consideration both the strategies of individual and corporate actors as well as the context where decisions are made.

Our research centre has taken the initiative of promoting the establishment of a new institute -'Institute for Labour Studies' -within the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. The motivations behind this decision are mostly related to an increasing awareness of the need to consolidate the position and improve the visibility of academic centres in the field of labour, as well as to enhance the quality of research by expanding the research activity to some related areas like labour law, labour economics, political economy.

Events and Seminars

  • X Convegno SISEC – Firenze 2026

    Universià degli Studi Firenze (Italy) | 28 – 31 January 2026 L’era del disordine. Conflitto e cooperazione nel capitalismo contemporaneo The annual conference aims to serve as a space for reflection, in-depth analysis, and cross-fertilization between different approaches. It uses

  • ACS – IX Congrés Català de Sociologia

    17 – 18 abril 2026 | Girona | IA, equitat i justícia social: contribucions des de la sociologiaEspai de trobada de la comunitat sociològica catalana per compartir recerques i debats sobre IA, desigualtats i polítiques de justícia social. Continue reading →

  • ILPC – 44th International Labour Process Conference

    22 – 24 April 2026 | University of Leeds (UK) | ILPC 2026 will explore how automation, digitalisation, and restructuring are transforming labour processes, employment relations, and collective action. Continue reading →

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Open Calls

  • Open call: Research support technician
    Open call for the recruitment of a research support technician within the framework of DESINCARE project - Desinstitucionalización del cuidado de larga duración e inclusión social: potencialidades, límites y tensiones de un modelo en transición frente al reto demográfico (PID2024-157266OB-C21). The selected candidate will support data preparation, exploitation and analysis, interpretation of results, and the drafting of reports and other research outputs, as well as fieldwork and dissemination tasks.

    Application deadline: 19 January
    Applications: seleccio.uab.cat
    Full call details: available on the UAB e-tauler