Biography

Jordi Gumà is PhD in Demography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) since 2014. Jordi carryed out all his predoctoral trajectory as a member of the staff of the Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CED) thanks to a FPI fellowship from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. He holds a Master's Degree in Regional and Population Studies from the UAB and a Master of Science (speciality in Demography) from the University of Lund (Sweden). Jordi also attended to the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) in the academic year 2010-11 which was held between the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) (Germany) and the University of Lund. Subsequently, he was involved in the Demo-Doc program, a multinational PhD program in demography organized jointly by the University of Rostock, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Lund University, La Sapienza University of Rome, and the MPIDR. Currently, Jordi is postdoctoral researcher in the frame of the research project "Grandparenting and successful ageing" (GRANSAGE) leaded by Dr. Bruno Arpino.

Publications (most recent)

DOBLHAMMER, Gabriele; GUMÀ, Jordi (Eds.) (2018) A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe. Springer International Publishing. eBook ISBN 978-3-319-72356-3. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319723556#aboutBook [online]

GUMÀ, Jordi; BLANES, Amand (2018) Sex differences in the association between Self-perceived health and mortality at adult ages in Europe. EMPIRIA, 39: 129-148. http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/empiria/article/view/20880 [online]

GUMÀ, Jordi; Arpino, Bruno; Solé-Auró, Aïda. (2017). Determinantes sociales de la salud de distintos niveles por género: educación y hogar en España. Gaceta Sanitaria. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.11.010

GUMÀ, Jordi; CÁMARA, Antonio David; TREVIÑO, Rocío (2015) The relationship between health and partnership history in adulthood: insights through retrospective information from Europeans aged 50 and over. European Journal of Ageing. Social, Behavioural and Health Perspectives, 12 (1): 71-79. DOI 10.1007/s10433-014-0316-x [online]

GUMÀ, Jordi; TREVIÑO, Rocío; CÁMARA, Antonio D. (2015) Posición en el hogar y género. Desigualdades en la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud entre la población adulta en España. Revista Internacional de Sociología, 73 (1), 17 pp . http://revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revintsociologia/article/view/611 [online]

GUMÀ, Jordi (2015) La família com a determinant social de la salut subjectiva a Espanya. UAB Divulga. Revista de Divulgació Científica, Gener. http://ddd.uab.cat/pub/uabdivulga/ [online]

GUMÀ, Jordi; CÁMARA, Antonio David (2014) ¿Informa la salud autopercibida sobre las condiciones objetivas de salud? Algunas conclusiones a partir del análisis demográfico de microdatos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud. Estadística Española, 56 (183): 61-76

PORCEL; Sergio; GUMÀ, Jordi (2014) L'estructura social juvenil a Catalunya: una anàlisi de la diversitat de la vulnerabilitat social entre els joves catalans. Revista Catalana de Sociologia, 29: 23-34. DOI: 10.2436/20.3005.01.54 [online]

Research projects (most recent)

"Grandparenting and successful ageing (GRANSAGE)". (01/11/2015-30/04/2017). PI: Dr. Bruno Arpino. Additional information