Category Archives: Dissemination

Tribute to Fausto Miguélez

Tribute to Fausto Miguélez Lobo, professor of sociology and founder and director of QUIT until his retirement, which took place on 26 May 2023 in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the UAB. The

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Caregiving in inequality, a comparative analysis of the distribution of unpaid care work in Mexico and Argentina from a gender and legal perspective.

Speaker: Camila Buffarini Institution: Universidad Autònoma de México Her research aims to analyse the convergences and divergences in the current distribution of unpaid care work in Mexico and Argentina, in order to bring together the conceptualisation of the human right

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Illustration of the construction of a multidimensional index with the Urban Vulnerability index

Speaker: Irene Cruz Institution: IERMB The analysis techniques used in the construction of urban vulnerability indices are dominated by dimension reduction strategies, among which principal component analysis (PCA) stands out. Apart from its virtues, such as simplicity and interpretability, PCA

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Adapting to the new times? The emergence of innovative practices in collective bargaining

Speaker: Óscar Molina Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball Presentation of a research report for Eurofound analyzing recent developments and emerging practices in relation to collective bargaining processes and outcomes, mainly

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Beyond misclassification: algorithmic management as challenge to the Standard Employment Relationship

Speaker: Tiago Vieira Institution: European University Institute The by and large unregulated presence of algorithmic governance techniques in couriers’ labor process short-circuits what would otherwise be a standard employment relationship, thus undermining the regulatory efforts of the Spanish Government. To

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The processes of social mobility in comparative perspective between Chile and Spain

Speaker: Cristian Segura-Carrillo Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The objective of the seminar is to present the analysis of social inequality from the perspective of social mobility, comparing Spain and

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When Woman is no longer spelled with M for Mother. A study of professional women who choose not to become mothers

Speaker: Tania Corsetti Institution: Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) The existence of women who decide not to be mothers in a labor context where the conflict between reproductive work – as a result of the exercise of maternity – and

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Participation of Vicent Borràs as a source consulted in a report of the Diari Ara

Name: Vicent Borràs Support/Media: Diari Ara Link: View Year: 2022 Description: Participation of Vicent Borràs in a report on friendships between families of school children as a source consulted. 

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Spanish workers in the Netherlands: an x-ray of the exploitation system in the distribution and logistics sector

Speaker: Sander Junte Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The precariousness and lack of opportunities that characterize the Spanish labor market have led many Spaniards in recent years to choose to

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Racism, Place, and Space: White Sanctuaries, U.S. Museums, and Maintaining the Status Quo

Speaker: David G. Embrick Institution: University of Connecticut The Art Institute of Chicago – a nationally recognized museum – as a white sanctuary, i.e., a white institutional space within a racialized social system that serves to reassure whites of their

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