Associate professor
PhD in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), with an academic career focused on social research methods. He has been a professor in the Department of Sociology at UAB since 1998 and is a researcher at the Centre for Sociological Studies on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) and the Institute for Labour Studies (IET).
He is the coordinator of the Degree in Sociology, as well as the Double Degrees in Applied Statistics and Sociology, and in Political Science and Public Management and Sociology.
He is currently part of the project “Open Regime, Conditional Release and Resettlement” (2023–2026), which analyses the reintegration of formerly incarcerated people and the supervision of alternative sentencing.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Departament de Sociologia
Campus UAB- Edifici B
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Spain
Despatx: B1-187
Areas of specialization
His research interests include social network analysis, social reintegration, social support, community development, citizen participation, employment, labour relations, migration, and public health. He has participated in several research projects, both national and international, with notable contributions in studies on social networks as mechanisms for youth job search and labour market integration, as well as for social support.
Selected bibliography
Godino, Alejandro; Molina, Oscar, & MartÃ, Joel. (2023). Coffee and cigarettes in industrial relations: A comparative network analysis of the role of informality. Journal of Industrial Relations, 65(5), 663-685. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856231194760
Cid, José; Pedrosa, Albert; Ibà ñez, Aina & MartÃ, Joel (2021). Does the Experience of Imprisonment Affect Optimism About Reentry? The Prison Journal, 101(1), 80–101. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885520978476
Vacchiano, M.; Yepes-Cayuela, L. & MartÃ, J. (2019). The family as (one- or two-step) social capital: mechanisms of support during labor market transitions, Community, Work & Family, https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2019.1687425
MartÃ, J., Albani, E., Ibà ñez, A., & Cid, J. (2019). Personal networks and desistance from crime in young offenders. European Journal of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370819842207
Beuker, L..; Borghi, P.; Bureau, M.C.; Corsani, A.; Gazier, B.; Godino, A.; Koene, B.; MartÃn-Artiles, A.; Molina, O.; Mori, A.; Naedenoen, F.; Norbäck, M.; Å irok, K.; Stanic, M. and Walter, L. (2019). «The place of self-employment in the European context. Evidence from nine country case studies: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom». In R.Semenza & Françpos Pichault (eds) The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe Status, Social Protection and Collective Representation . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
