Gónzalez López, M. José

Studies and academic degrees:

Ma. José González is visiting lecturer in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), representative of the Department of Political and Social Sciences on the Linguistic Commission, and vice-deacon of Teaching Innovation in Political Sciences and Public Management Studies at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
She was visiting researcher at the Department of Population Studies in 'El Colegio de la Frontera Norte' (Tijuana, Mexico) and guest scholar at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (UCSD, USA) working on the demographic features of families in the USA-Mexican border. In 1995 obtained the 'Human Capital and Social Mobility' scholarship and moved to the 'European Gender Research Laboratory' (LSE, UK) to work on the project 'Gender inequalities and the European Regions'. In 1996 initiated the Ph.D. at the European University Institute on the topic of 'Occupational career and family formation in Spain', and in 2000 joined the Centre for Demographic Studies (Autonomous University of Barcelona) to work on the European project 'Female Employment and Family Formation in National Institutional Contexts (FENIC's)' funded under the 5th EC Framework Programme, and 'Les taux d'activité en Europe du Sud vont-ils augmenter? Pronostics à partir d'une approche socio-démographique' also supported by DG V and the Generalitat. Currently, she is involved in different national and international research groups on fertility, family formation and childcare.

Academic qualifications:
Graduate in Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Masters in Human Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and postgraduate on 'Methods and Techniques for Demographic Analysis'.
Doctor of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (Florence).

Research interests:

Demographic analysis, family formation, labour market and gender inequalities

Teaching:

• 12033 Sociologia II
• 12763 Polítiques Socials i Estat
• 12769 Educació, Formació i Mercat

Publications :

Most recent and relevant publications

• Gónzalez López, M. José (2004), "La escolarización de la primera infancia en España: desequilibrios territoriales y socioeconómicos en el acceso a los servicios". Navarro, V. (Coord.) El Estado del Bienestar en España. Editorial Tecnos.
• Gónzalez López, M. José (2001), "'Spouses' Careers in Spain". A Blossfeld, H.P. & Drobnič, S. (eds.) Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies. From Male Breadwinner to Dual Earner Families. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Gónzalez López, M. José (2000), "Gender Inequalitites in Sourthern Europe: Women, Work and Welfare in the 1990s". Southern European Society and Politics. London: Frank Cass Publishers. (with T. Jurado and M. Naldini)

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