Category Archives: QUIT seminars

Demographic and Contextual Factors in the Development of Questionable Practices in Academic Research

Speaker: Daniel de Gracia Institution: Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The session examined how factors such as gender and experience influence the prevalence of questionable research practices (QRPs) in the field of sociology, drawing on

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Impact work. An ethnographic Journey into the Making of Impact Entrepeneurship

Speaker: Guillaume Dumont Institución: Institut de Recerca Etnogràfica a l’Emylon Business School “Impact work” is a book about impact in the making. It is a story of hope and collaboration unveiling the social and cultural challenges and contradictions faced by

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Agency and social capital over the life course

Speaker: Riccardo Valente Institution: Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics The LIFELONGMOVE project represents a groundbreaking effort as the first comprehensive examination of spatial mobility from early childhood to adulthood, encompassing the concept of lifelong mobility. Current research has only begun to explore

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Institutional change in Public Employment Services through outsourcing and governance. A comparative analysis between Asturias and Catalonia

Speaker: Andrea Moreno Institution: Universidad de Oviedo Public Employment Services in the framework of the European Employment Strategy show variations in the levels and types of externalisation and in the role that different actors have adopted in the implementation of

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The impact of architectural and urban conditions on care in care homes for the elderly

Speaker: Blanca Valdívia Institution: Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball In recent years, the debates surrounding the care of elderly people with a lower or higher degree of dependency have pivoted towards policies that favour their

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Precarious youth transitions: an analysis of the forms and effects of precarity on young people’s emotional well-being

Speaker: Mireia Bolíbar Institution: Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The seminar will present the report “Salut mental, joventut i desigualtats: Una mirada integral al benestar emocional de la població jove de Catalunya”’, prepared for the

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Industrial democracy and algorithmic management: the Spanish case in comparative perspective

Speaker: Óscar Molina, Alejandro Godino & Sander Junte Institution: Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The seminar presented the results of the INCODING (Democracy at Work through Transparent and Inclusive Algorithmic Management) project, which analyses the

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Characteristics of working in all-inclusive resorts in the Dominican Republic

Speaker: Ernest Cañada Institution: Researcher at the University of the Balearic Islands and member of Alba Sud Tourism growth in the Dominican Republic has been steady since the 1990s. After the interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, its reactivation has

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The gender gap in time use – is it narrowing or has it stagnated?

Speaker: Joan García Román Institution: Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics The gender gap in time use has narrowed significantly in all Western societies in recent decades. However, recent studies show a slowdown or stagnation of the

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A typological proposal for self-employment in Chile and Spain

Speaker: Claudia Baeza Institution: predoctoral researcher, ANID scholarship holder (Doctorate Scholarships Chile) The seminar will focus on presenting the results of a comparative typological analysis of self-employed workers between Chile and Spain, the aim of which is to establish similarities

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