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
González-Heras, A., RodrÃguez-Soler, J., & Verd, J. M. (2025). The role of social capital in precarious youth employment transitions. Evidence from Spain. Journal of Youth Studies, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2025.2518952
González-Heras, Alejandro; Verd, Joan Miquel & RodrÃguez-Soler, Joan (2025). La interacción de la fuerza del lazo y el estatus en las redes de apoyo para el acceso al empleo. Propuesta metodológica y análisis empÃrico. Revista Hipana para el Análisis de Redes Sociales – REDES, 36(1), 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/redes.1049
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
