CV

Education

PhD and M.Phil. in Political and Social Sciences (summa cum laude), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Nov 2009)

B.A. in Labour Sciences (Llicenciatura), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Jul 2003)

Academic appointments

Dec 2025 – present. Professor. Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Sep 2022 – present. Leading Researcher. Centre for Demographic Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Nov 2022 – Dec 2025. Associate Professor. Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Jun 2017 – Aug 2022. Ramon y Cajal Fellow. Centre for Demographic Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Feb 2014 – Jun 2017. Research Fellow. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland

Jun 2011 – Feb 2014. Research Fellow. Institute of Empirical and Applied Sociology, University of Bremen

Nov 2009 – Jun 2011. Postdoctoral Fellow. Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science, University of Bremen. 

On-going research projects

2023-2027. Title: Understanding mobility from early life into adulthood (LIFELONGMOVE)
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: European Research Council – Horizon Europe
Funding: €1.7Mio.

2024-2028. Title: Demographic Change and the Intergenerational Persistence in Homeownership in Europe (DECIPHE)
Principal Investigators: Philipp Lersch (coord), Márton Medgyesi, Selcuk Bedük, Sergi Vidal, Sabine Zinn
Funding Institution: Volkswagen Foundation
Funding: €1.5Mio.

2026-2028. Title: Temporary migration, visa pathways and integration outcomes
Principal Investigators: Aude Bernard
Funding Institution: Australian Research Council (Discovery Grant)
Funding: AU$430K

2023-2025. Title: Globalització, migracions i espai (GlobMigrEs)
Principal Investigator: Andreu Domingo
Funding Institution: Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: €60K

Previous research projects (as a PI)

2022-2025. Title: Spatial mobility over the life course (SpatialMobBio)
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spanish Government
Funding: €100K

2017-2022. Title: Family Dynamics and Social Inequality
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spanish Government
Funding: €360K

2019-2021. Title: Diversity of family life courses in contexts of increased union instability
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Funding: €25K

2019-2020. Title: Willingness to move for jobs across regions in Spain
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: Observatori Social de “la Caixa”
Funding: €25K

2015-2017. Title: The Interplay between Gender, Occupations and Family Migration in Germany (GoFam)
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution:  DFG – German Research Foundation
Funding: €180K

2014-2017. Title: Understanding gender asymmetries in family migration over the life course from a cross-national comparative perspective
Principal Investigator: Sergi Vidal
Funding Institution: The University of Queensland
Funding: AU$319K

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