Joan Miquel Verd Pericà s
Full professor
Professor of Sociology and Research Methods at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
BA in Political Science and Sociology (1994) and in Economics and Business Studies (1996) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). PhD in Sociology (2002), with the thesis entitled “Itinerario biográfico, recursos formativos y empleo. Una aproximación integrada de carácter teórico y metodológico” (Biographic trajectory, training resources and employment. A theoretical and methodological integrated approach).
He is the director of the Sociological Research Centre on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) at the UAB since 2013 and a member of the Institute for Labour Studies (IET) since its foundation in 2011.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Departament de Sociologia
Campus UAB- Edifici B
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Spain
Despatx B3b/061
+34 93 581 2404
Joanmiquel.Verd@uab.es
Curriculum Vitae
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Areas of specialization
His research interests are placed on the fields of sociology of labour and research methods.
In the first of these two fields his research has focused on the relations between employment and social protection; the labour market trajectories of the employed population, and particularly of the young population; the organization of work processes; the role of social capital and social networks in the labour market; and in the relationship between training, competencies and employment.
Methodologically, his interests are focused on narrative and biographic analysis; the analysis of texts and discourse; social network analysis; mixed designs and methods; the use of computer tools in qualitative analyses; and on ethnographic approaches to work.
Selected bibliography
Verd, Joan Miquel; Godino, Alejandro; González-Heras, Alejandro & RodrÃguez-Soler, Joan (2024). Escaping the trap of temporary employment: Precariousness among young people before and after Spain’s 2021 labour market reform act. International Journal of Social Welfare, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12645
Verd, J. M. (2023). Using a hybrid data collection tool: Analysis of youth labour market trajectories integrating quantitative, qualitative and social network data. International Journal of Social Welfare, 00, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12528
RodrÃguez-Soler, Joan & Verd, Joan Miquel (2023). Informal social capital building in local employment services: Its role in the labour market integration of disadvantaged young people. Social Policy & Administration, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12900
Verd, Joan Miquel (2022) The use of life satisfaction diagrams and biographical grids as hybrid tools for the collection of sequential data. Papers. Revista de SociologÃa, 107(4): e3089. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/papers.3089
Verd, J. M., Barranco, O., & Lozares, C. (2021). Blending the Focused Ethnographic Method and Case Study Research: Implications Regarding Case Selection and Generalization of Results. Field Methods, 33(1), 25–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X20932495
Rendon, Michael; Espluga-Trenc, Josep & Verd, Joan Miquel (2021). Assessing the functional relationship between the formal and informal waste systems: A case-study in Catalonia (Spain). Waste Management, 131, 483–490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.006
BolÃbar, Mireia, Verd, Joan Miquel & Barranco, Oriol. (2019). The Downward Spiral of Youth Unemployment: An Approach Considering Social Networks and Family Background. Work, Employment and Society, 33(3), 401–421. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018822918
Verd, Joan Miquel, Barranco, Oriol & BolÃbar, Mireia. (2019). Youth unemployment and employment trajectories in Spain during the Great Recession: what are the determinants?. J Labour Market Res 53, 4Â https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-019-0254-3
Kuznik, A., Verd, Joan Miquel & Olalla-Soler, C. (2016). Mixed methods, mixed tools: The use of computer software for integrated qualitative and quantitative analysis. Journal of Research Design and Statistics in Linguistics and Communication Science, 3(1), 76–109. https://doi.org/10.1558/jrds.32360
BolÃbar, Mireia; MartÃ, Joel & Verd, Joan Miquel (2015). Just a question of time? The composition and evolution of immigrants’ personal networks in Catalonia. International Sociology, 30(6), 579–598. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580915579925
Lozares, Carlos; Verd, Joan Miquel, Cruz, Irene et al. Homophily and heterophily in personal networks. From mutual acquaintance to relationship intensity. Qual Quant 48, 2657–2670 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-013-9915-4
