Lecturer
Joan RodrÃguez Soler is Lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
PhD and B.A. in Sociology at the UAB. He held a PhD fellowship of FPU Programme of Ministry of Education and Science from 2006 to 2010. Currently he teaches at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology and the Faculty of Law at the UAB.
He is member of the Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT) and the Institut d’Estudis del Treball (IET).

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Departament de Sociologia
Campus UAB- Edifici B
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Spain
+34 93 581 3832
joan.rodriguez.soler@uab.cat
Curriculum Vitae
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Areas of specialization
His research interests are placed in the field of sociology of labour. He has been involved on research around inequalities in the labour market, vocational Education training and innovation, youth and social exclusion, gender and labour conditions
Selected bibliography
González-Heras, Alejandro, RodrÃguez-Soler, Joan, & Verd, Joan. Miquel. (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
Moreno-Colom, Sara, Borrà s Català , Vicent, & Rodriguez-Soler, Joan (2024). Imaginarios en conflicto sobre el trabajo doméstico: responsabilidad, privilegio, supervisión y aprendizaje. Revista Española De SociologÃa, 33(3), a240. https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2024.240
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