Research Fellows
Diego Andreucci
“Juan de la Cierva” Research Fellow of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
He received his PhD from the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), within the “Marie Curie”-funded project “European Network for Political Ecology". He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Manchester (2013) and at the University of Syracuse (2015) and an adjunct researcher at the Institute of Social Innovation, ESADE-Ramon Llull University in Barcelona. Research Gate.
Contact: [email protected]
Marisol E. Ruiz
Researcher at the Health Inequalities Research Group - Employment Conditions Network (GREDS-EMCONET), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
She holds a Phd in Biomedicine (2018) and master degrees in Gender Studies and Culture from the Universidad de Chile (2007) and in Public Health, from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2013). She worked for several years at the Ministry of Health in Chile. Her research interests lie in social determinants of health, especially employment conditions and gender inequalities. Her current research focuses on informal employment and its impact on population health.
Mireia Julià
MSc, PhD, is a post-doctoral researcher at the Health Inequalities Research Group – Employment Conditions Network (GREDS-EMCONET) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Johns Hopkins–Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center. She holds a phD in Biomedicine, specialty in public health and a master’s degree in occupational health.
Her research is on employment conditions, precarious employment, informal employment and health inequalities, social protection policies and occupational health. She has been involved in several national and international projects related to employment conditions and the impact on health inequalities. He has been a visiting researcher at the World Health Organization (2018), at the Pontíficia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017), and at the Center for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH) in Toronto (2013/2014).
Mireia Bolíbar
MSocSc, “Juan de la Cierva” Research Fellow, PhD inSociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has also developed her research at the University of Manchester, the Trinity College of Dublin and the University of Bremen. She is currently a member of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS-EMCONET) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Johns Hopkins–Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center. Her research interests are in the field of social research methodology, sociology of work and the life course.
Phd Students
Emmanuel Calderón
Thesis title: "The impact of neoliberal policies on health equity and social welfare: an integrated assessment case of the US-Mexico border region case".
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Mercè Rodoreda Building 24. Office: 24.421. Phone: (+34) 93 542 28 39
Lucinda Cash-Gibson
Thesis title: "Global Capacities for Research on Social Determinants of Health Inequalities: Resources, Information, and Outcomes (2000 - 2015) ".
Iris Delgado Becerra
Thesis title: "Impact assessment of public policies on population health and health inequities: an empirical approach to public policies in Chile".
Albert Jiménez
Thesis title: "Financialized Housing and Class Struggles in Social Movements: The PAH".
Alba Llop Gironés
Thesis title: "Equity in the access to health system in Mozambique".
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Mercè Rodoreda Building 24. Office: 24.423.
Ana Martínez
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Mercè Rodoreda Building 24. Office: 24.415.
Andrés Peralta
Thesis title: "Economic inequalities in mortality in small areas of Ecuador".
Laia Ollé
Thesis title:"Participation in occupational health: characterization and effects of the interaction between safety officers and employees".
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Mercè Rodoreda Building 24. Office: 24.421. Phone: (+34) 93 542 28 39
Olatz Ribera Almandoz
Thesis title: "Employment Precariousness and Social Inequalities in the Current Economic Crisis: The New Demands of Social Justice and Public Policies".
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Jaume I Building. Office: 20.133. Phone: (+34) 93 542 23 83
Joao Paulo Tavares Coelho de Freitas
Contact: Ciutadella Campus UPF. C/ Ramon Trias i Fargas 25 - 27, Jaume I Building.