Team members

Staff Members

Dr. Olga Jubany
Director of the European Social Research Unit

dr. Joan Bestard Camps
Professor Emeritus

dr. oscar guasch
senior lecturer

dr. Rosa Lázaro Castellanos
Researcher and lecturer

Dr. Fabiola Mancinelli
Researcher and lecturer

Dr. Malin Roiha
Researcher

dr. Alèxia Rué
postdoc Researcher

dr. emma fàbrega domènech
postdoc researcher

dr. sevda tunaboylu
juan de la cierva postdoc researcher

dr. verna alcalde gonzález
postdoc researcher

Collaborators

Dr. Berta Güell Torrent. Postdoctoral researcher CIDOB and GEDIME/CER-Migracions, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. berta.guell@gmail.com

Prof. Eleonore Kofman. Co-Director of the Social Policy Research Centre and Migration Law and Policy Unit. Joint Research Leader Department of Law and Politics. Middlesex University (UK). E.Kofman@mdx.ac.uk

Dr. Martina Klett-Davies. Lecturer and Researcher at King’s College London. martina.klett-davies@kcl.ac.uk

Dr. Miguel Pajares Alonso. President of the Asociació Catalana d’Ajut al Refugiat and ex-respesentative at the OECD for Spain on issues of Immigration and Labour Market. pajares.miguel@gmail.com

Dr. Isabelle Carles. Senior Lecturer Université Libre de Bruxelles, Metices.

Prof. Fabio Perocco. Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia fabio.perocco@unive.it

Dr. Ana Perez Declercq. Lecturer University of Salta (Argentina). aperezdeclercq@gmail.com

Dr. Claudia Palma. Universidad de Costa Rica. clau.palmacampos@icloud.com

Dr. Jose Sanchez. Doctor in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Associated Lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. jose.sanchez@uab.cat

Dr. Lola Valles. Institut de Seguretat Pública de Catalunya.

Luke Stobart. Doctoral Researcher at the University of Hertfordshire. l.stobart@herts.ac.uk

Dr. Megan Comfort. Doctor in Sociology, Senior Research Sociologist in the Urban Health Program at RTI International and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. mcomfort@rti.org

Dr. Nadja Monet.Doctor in Anthropology, Associated Lecturer at the Social Anthropology Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. nadja.monnet@uab.cat

Renata Capella. Researcher & analyst specialized in human rights and the Middle East and lecturer at UB summer courses. renatacapella@hotmail.com

Dr. Queralt Solé Barjau. Reader at the Department of Contemporary History, Universitat de Barcelona. queraltsole@ub.edu

 

ESRU also has links with different international institutions for ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Training

Research areas

Identity
  • Inequalities: gender, origin, age
  • Identity and diversity
  • Social cohesion and discrimination
  • Resilience
Gender Studies
  • Equality: labour market, housing, education
  • Intersectionality: gender, origin, age
  • LGBT
  • Contemporary conceptualisations on gender debates
Migration Studies
  • Migration and the labour market
  • Gender and migration
  • Admission and integration policies
Labour Market Structures and Trends
  • Social dialogue and industrial relations
  • Management of cultural diversity
  • Intergenerational dynamics in the labour market
Community Dynamics
  • Community networks and sustainable environment
  • Social housing
  • Urban structures and social inequalities