Category Archives: Dissemination

Between control and consent: insights from dark stores into middle managers’ roles and organizational dynamics in the age of algorithmic management

Speaker: Tiago Vieira Institution: European University Institute (Florencia) Last decade’s technological advancements have introduced a major transformation in the world of work: the inception of algorithmic management. While workplace monitoring and assessment through performance metrics are not new, algorithmic management

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Between control and consent: insights from dark stores into middle managers’ roles and organizational dynamics in the age of algorithmic management

Men’s Entry into Paid Care Work: Opportunities and Risks

Speaker: Vicent Borràs & Joan Rodríguez Soler Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The study, commissioned by the Direcció General de Cures, Organització del Temps i Equitat en els Treballs, of

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Men’s Entry into Paid Care Work: Opportunities and Risks

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

Posted in Dissemination, General, Seminars and conferences, Seminars and conferences 2023 | Comments Off on Tribute to Fausto Miguélez

Employment and wage effects ofminimum wage policy

Speaker: Ferran Elías Institution: Universitat de València Presentation of his research in which he estimates the effect of the minimum wage for the entire wage distribution of workers, using a new empirical approach that is particularly appropriate for national-level changes

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Employment and wage effects ofminimum wage policy

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

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Caregiving in inequality, a comparative analysis of the distribution of unpaid care work in Mexico and Argentina from a gender and legal perspective.

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

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Illustration of the construction of a multidimensional index with the Urban Vulnerability index

Stagnant evolution? Theoretical reflections and empirical analysis through the distribution of reproductive work among cohabiting couples in Andalusia

Speaker: María Cascales Institution: Universidad de Sevilla Date: 23/05/2023

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars, QUIT Seminars 2023 | Comments Off on Stagnant evolution? Theoretical reflections and empirical analysis through the distribution of reproductive work among cohabiting couples in Andalusia

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

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars | Comments Off on Adapting to the new times? The emergence of innovative practices in collective bargaining

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

Posted in Dissemination, General, QUIT seminars | Comments Off on When Woman is no longer spelled with M for Mother. A study of professional women who choose not to become mothers

Collaboration of Joan Miquel Verd as an expert in an article in La Vanguardia

Rius, M. (2024, November, 25). El coste de salir con los amigos lastra el bienestar emocional de los jóvenes. La Vanguardia. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/20241125/10137268/coste-salir-amigos-lastra-bienestar-emocional-jovenes.html

Posted in Dissemination, General, Media presence | Comments Off on Collaboration of Joan Miquel Verd as an expert in an article in La Vanguardia