Curriculum Vitae

 

Positions

Since 2015 Associate Professor (tenured)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Since 2024 Visiting Research Professor
WZB Social Science Center Berlin
2018-2024 Research Group Leader
WZB Social Science Center Berlin
2015-2020 “Ramón y Cajal” Fellow
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2015 Assistant Professor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2014 Postdoctoral Researcher
UC3M & UNED
2011–2013 Postdoctoral Researcher (“Juan de la Cierva” Fellow)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
2010 Researcher (“Ayudante”)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
2004/2005 Research assistant, Research Data Centre of the German Statutory Pension Insurance (FDZ-RV), Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund
2001–2004 Teaching assistant
Institute for Sociology, Free University of Berlin

 

Education

2010 PhD in Social Sciences, European University Institute
2007 Master of Research, European University Institute
2006 Diploma in Sociology, Free University of Berlin

 

Prizes and Grants

2023 “LIVES Best Poster Award”
(Conference poster prize)
Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES)
2018 “Premio Julián Marías” 2018
(Research prize)
Community of Madrid
2017 “Friends of the WZB Award” 2017
(Article prize)
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2013 “la Caixa” Prize in Social Sciences 2013
(Research prize)
“la Caixa”, Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona, Spain
2011 FNA-Forschungspreis 2011
(Dissertation prize)
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, Germany
2006 Gerhard-Fürst Förderpreis 2006
(Diploma thesis prize)
Federal Statistical Office, Germany

 

Institutional Responsibilities

2023-2024 Ombudsperson
Global Young Academy (GYA)
2019-2024 Member
Global Young Academy (GYA)
2015-2021 Scientific Advisor
State Research Agency / Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)
2019-2021 Vice-Chair
NORFACE Network
2015-2021 General Assembly
Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives” (MYBL)
2018- Editorial Board
Journal “Work, Aging and Retirement”
2017-2020 Advisory Board
Cátedra José María Martín Patino de la Cultura del Encuentro

 

Participation in Completed Research Projects

2018-24 “Effort and Social Inequality: Advancing Measurement and Understanding Parental Origin Effects” (EFFORT)
European Research Council. Ref. ERC Starting Grant 758600.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (PI: Jonas Radl)
2020-23 Grupo de Estudios “Población y Sociedad” (GEPS)
Comunidad de Madrid. Ref. H2019/HUM-5802.
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Coordinator: Miguel Requena), UC3M (PI: Jonas Radl)
2015-19 “Gender and health impacts of policies extending working life in western countries” (GenderEWL)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
Ref. ISCH COST Action IS1409. National University of Ireland, Galway (Chair: Aine Ni Leime)
2020-21 “Red de investigacion en ciencias sociales experimentales”.
State Research Agency (AEI), Ref. RED2018-102385-T.
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (PI: Luis Miller)
2019 “Pilot study for an online high-frequency panel of displaced workers”.
WZB Berlin Social Science Center (PIs: Jan Paul Heisig & Jonas Radl)
2016-19 “Grupo de Estudios de Población y Sociedad (GEPS-CM) – Población, familia y envejecimiento en el mundo contemporáneo: dimensiones de un proceso en marcha” (GEPS)
Comunidad de Madrid. Ref. H2015/HUM-3321.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (PI: David Reher)
2016-18 “Growth, Equal Opportunities, Migration & Markets “.
European Commission, Horizon 2020, Ref. H2020 649255. University of Essex (PI: Neli Demireva)
2016-18 “Las causas y consecuencias del alfabetismo demográfico” (DEMLIT).
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Ref. CSO2015-70297-R. UNED (PI: Antonio M. Jaime Castillo)
2015-18 “Desigualdades sociales en la fase prenatal – la creación del Panel Español de Nacimiento (PEN) / Spanish Birth Cohort Study (SBSC)”.
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Ref. CSO2014-58941. UNED (PI: Leire Salazar)
2013-17 “FamiliesAndSocieties – Changing families and sustainable societies: Policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations”.
European Commission, 7th Framework Program, Ref. FP7 SSH 2012-1. Stockholm University (PI: Livia Sz. Olah)
2014-17 “Competition, Adaptation and Labour Market Attainment of International Immigrants in Europe (CALMA)”.
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Ref.CSO2012-38521. Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (PI: Javier G. Polavieja)
2015-17 “Propuesta para la armonización europea de datos para el estudio de desigualdades sociales en la primera infancia””.
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, “Europa Investigación”, Ref. EUIN2015-62834.
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (PI: Leire Salazar)
2015-16 “Los efectos de la asistencia a la educación infantil: condiciones contextuales, recursos familiares y éxito escolar”.
Ayudas Banco Santander para fomentar la I+D+I orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, Ref. 2014 I / PPRO / 017 UNED/Banco de Santander.
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (PI: Héctor Cebolla-Boado)
2013-14 “Las expectativas sobre la continuación en el sistema educativo en el contexto de la gran recesión. ¿Se han reforzado las desigualdades según el origen social?”.
UNED Research Projects, UNED (PI: Leire Salazar)
2012-15 “Determinants of Retirement Decisions in Europe and the United States: A Cross-National Comparison of Institutional, Firm-level and Individual Factors”.
German Research Foundation (DFG), Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (PI: Dirk Hofäcker)
2011-14 “Estratificacion ocupacional y rendimiento de la formación en España: ajuste educación-empleo, inmigracion, y jubilacion”.
National framework I+D+i, Ref: CSO2010-21004, UNED (PI: Luis Garrido)
2011-14 “La reforma del sistema de pensiones y el discurso político en España, Portugal, Alemania, y Austria”.
National framework I+D+i, Ref: CSO2010-21881, UNED (PI: Elisa Chuliá)
2005-09 “Flexibility forms on the Labor Market – A Cross-National Comparison of the Development of Social Inequality (flexCAREER)”
German Research Foundation (DFG), Bamberg University (PI: Hans-Peter Blossfeld)

Refereeing

American Sociological Review
American Journal of Sociology
European Sociological Review
Social Forces
Social Science Research
Journal of Marriage and Family
Socio-economic Review
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Acta Sociologica
Sociology of Education
Work and Occupations
Advances in Life Course Research
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
European Journal of Population
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Ageing & Society
Research on Aging
European Journal of Ageing
Journal of the Economics of Ageing
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
Work, Aging and Retirement
BMC Public Health
Learning and Motivation
Canadian Journal on Aging
South European Society and Politics
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Revista Internacional de Sociología
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
Zeitschrift für Familienforschung – Journal of Family Research
Zeitschrift für Sozialreform
Comparative Population Studies – Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Studies of Transition States and Societies