DemoSoc UPF

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Research Group in Sociology and Demography upf.edu/web/demosoc

📢 Hiring: Postdoc in Criminology / Sociology at UPF Join @demosocupf.bsky.social as a Postdoc: 📊 Focus: Evaluating penal interventions in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). 📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain. 🗓️ Deadline: March 15th, 2026. www.upf.edu/web/politiqu...

REF: CPIS-INV-INDF-2026-02. Postdoctoral Researcher in Violence Against Women in Intimate Relations: Longitudinal Analysis of Linked Crime, Employment, and Health Administrative Records. Socio-Demogra...

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Remember tomorrow January 13th 12.00 noon Rosario Scandurra will present the seminar 'The Employability in Higher Education: Conceptual Challenges, Causal Evidence, and Policy Implications' in the DemoSoc Seminars Series. www.upf.edu/web/politiqu...

13/1/2025 - DemoSoc Seminar: The Employability in Higher Education: Conceptual Challenges, Causal Evidence, and Policy Implications - Departament | Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i Socials - UPF

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We’re pleased to announce the next DemoSoc seminar (2025–26): Measuring the Scale of Loss: Life Expectancy and Conflict Mortality in Gaza by Enrique Acosta (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, CED) 🗓 4 November, 12:00 📍 Room 40.257, Roger de Llúria Building

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On October 1st the call opens for a funded PhD student position in the project "Contextualized Multi-Intervention Strategies to Break the Vicious Cycle of Intimate Partner Violence". Contact me if you’d like to know more!

October 1st we will publish the call for a funded PhD student to work @demosocupf.bsky.social in the project 'Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality', funded by the Spanish Research Agency. Interested? Get in touch!

Project description: UNPACK departs from three empirical observations about child poverty. First, child poverty rates in Spain are consistently higher than would be expected by its economic development. Second, child poverty rates have not decreased with economic growth since the end of the Great Recession, while adult poverty rates do, even if slightly. Third, recent policy reforms targeted at combatting inequality and reducing poverty have resulted in improvements in employment and several welfare and equity indicators, but appear to have limited impact on child poverty reduction.
High child poverty rates in Spain, and more widely Southern Europe, have been traditionally associated with weak labour markets and underdeveloped social protection systems that poorly target families with children. However, neither improving labour market prospects nor the introduction of new policy initiatives appear to impact child poverty rates. This project seeks to approach this puzzle by (a) further exploring child poverty trends in Spain and (Southern) Europe, (b) extending the literature on child poverty and labour markets with particular attention to poverty dynamics, and (c) analysing the design and outcomes of recent poverty reforms in Southern Europe targeted at reducing child poverty. In doing so, the project seeks to further our understanding of the determinants of disappointing child poverty trends in Spain and Europe, and elaborate relevant policy proposals

📢Excited to share our new article describing the HEALIN cohort—a Catalan pop-based data of >1.5M people. This is the starting point for future research on health inequalities and multimorbidity in Catalonia. More info 👉 shorturl.at/xawaj @demosocupf.bsky.social @cedemografia.bsky.social

Cohort Profile: Health Inequalities in Catalonia (the HEALIN cohort)

Declines in different causes of mortality have been notable over the last few decades, resulting in unprecedented increases in longevity worldwide [1, 2].

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✨ Want to use quant methods to study crime, desistance and intimate partner violence? A *funded PhD* at ‪@demosocupf.bsky.social‬ is opening soon! DM if you are interested 📬