Category Archives: QUIT seminars

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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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

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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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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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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 Chile, countries

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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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Sexual and gender-based harassment in the workplace: a qualitative approach.

Speakers: Sara Moreno & Vicent Borràs Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The main objective of the study is to carry out a qualitative approach to sexual and gender-based harassment in

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The effect of occupational training on employment

Speaker: Álvaro Fernández Junquera Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball This study, financed by the Employment Service of Catalonia, deals with one of the active labor market policies implemented by the

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Active employment policies as an indirect source of social capital among young people with precarious insertion trajectories.

Speakers: Joan Miquel Verd & Joan Rodríguez Soler Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball The insertion of young people in the labour market is a constant in the European policy and

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