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General quality indicators of scientific research
Two research periods, last 31/12/2013,
Six Ph D dissertation supervision.
Scopus: H index (all) 8; (5a) 3. Citations 113↑1
Google academic: h-index (all) 20 (5a) 13; i10-index (all) 28 (5a) 17. Citations (all) 1707 (since 2018) 707
Research interests
Lecturer at the Department of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Member of the Education and Work Research Group (GRET) since 1992 and coordinator of the group since 2011. The areas of research he has developed are transition from school to work, secondary education, vocational training, education policy, youth studies.
Since 2006, I have participated in and promoted an international network of comparative studies of young people's educational transitions, in which the International Study of City Youth project has been developed from 2013 to 2019, with the participation of research teams from Australia, the United States, Canada, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France, Poland and Belgium. The comparison has been made between cities, and has coordinated the Spanish team that has analysed the transitions in the city of Barcelona. I have coordinated two national R&D projects (Educational choices and post-compulsory training pathways for young people. International comparative analysis in a context of economic crisis, CSO2013-44540-P; Educational choices and social inequalities in youth biographies: access to university, vocational training itineraries and dropping out of the education system, CSO2016-79945-P), which has covered participation in the international study. Now I am engaged in a international project called The Middle Missing Project, leaded by NIFU, Norway. I did a small research stage in Tampere, Finland, in May 2022, with a research grant funded by the European Consortium for Innovative Universities.
In the last five years, I have published several papers and book chapters, as well as presented communications and papers in national and international conferences. I have also been the researcher coordinator of the GRET in the International Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (2016-19) project, an exchange project between researchers from Europe and Latin America, and coordinator of the education and work branch of the project.
I have directed six Ph D students and now I am supervising one more, in the field of vocational training and young people pathways . I also participate in the doctoral programme of the Department of Sociology, in the monitoring committee for doctoral theses registered on the programme. In the area of knowledge transfer, I have signed numerous collaboration contracts with public and private organisations, as well as consultancy collaborations in different institutions. Of particular note are contracts for consulting local institutions to improve guidance and counselling for young people after secondary education, and requests for consulting in the Catalan Parliament in the discussion of the Catalan law on vocational training and in the Council of Europe for the promotion of youth work in Europe. I have participated recently in the research about vulnerable young people pathways sponsored by the non-profit Spanish association of second chance schools. I am the coordinator of the digital skills and employment observatory sponsored by the Iman Foundation. I have been commissioned by Bofill Foundation to make a report on dropout in intermediate vocational training in Catalonia. Also noteworthy is the transfer of research to teaching, in particular to postgraduate teaching, such as the Master's Degree in Initial Training of Secondary School Teachers, and the Inter-University Master's Degree in Youth and Society.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D., Sociología (sección Metodología), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 23 Jul 2002
Degree, Sociología, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 5 Sept 1990
External positions
Profesor ayudante doctor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Sept 2002 → 31 Jul 2003
Profesor ayudante, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Sept 2000 → 31 Jul 2002
Profesor asociado, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
1 Sept 1993 → 31 Jul 2000
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Elecciones educativas y desigualdades sociales en las biografias juveniles: acceso a la universidad, itinerarios de formación profesional y abandono del sistema educativo
Merino Pareja, R., Troiano Goma, H., Garcia-Gràcia, M. & Planas Coll, J.
30/12/16 → 29/12/19
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Elecciones educativas e itinerarios formativos post-obligatorios de los jóvenes. Análisis comparativo internacional en un contexto de crisis económica
Merino Pareja, R., Sala Lorda, G., Casal Bataller, J., Garcia-Gràcia, M., Planas Coll, J., Troiano Goma, H., Elias Andreu, M., Pérez, L. D. & Elias Andreu, M.
1/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Després de l'ESO què: eleccions i restriccions dels i les joves d'origen immigrant
Merino Pareja, R. & Termes Lopez, A.
16/07/10 → 16/07/11
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Educación-Trabajo e inclusión Social de los jóvenes
Garcia-Gràcia, M., Casal Bataller, J. & Merino Pareja, R.
1/10/07 → 30/09/10
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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De l'escola al treball: noves i velles desigualtats en funció del gènere
28/07/06 → 19/11/07
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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L'Abandonament Educatiu a la Formació Professional
Garcia Gracia, M. & Merino Pareja, R., 2023, 60 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Jóvenes y segunda oportunidad: cambios en las trayectorias formativas y laborales.
Merino Pareja, R., Garcia Gracia, M., Olmedo, E. & Palomares, D., 26 Nov 2022, In: Profesorado: Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado. 26, 3, p. 221-241 21 p.Translated title of the contribution :Young people and second chance:: Changes in training and employment trajectories. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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School attainment, family background and non-curricular activities: Reproduction of or compensation for social inequality?
Merino, R., Sánchez-Gelabert, A. & Palou, A., Aug 2022, In: International Review of Education. 68, 4, p. 579-599 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Vías e itinerarios de formación profesional: la persistencia de la asociación entre bajo rendimiento y opción profesional
Merino-Pareja, R. & García-Gracia, M., 21 Jun 2022, In: Estudios Sobre Educacion. 43, p. 157-176 20 p.Translated title of the contribution :Tracks and pathways in vocational training: the persistent association between low achievement and vocational choice Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Youth as Transition: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to the Youth Study Field in Latin America and Spain
Merino Pareja, R. & Miranda, A., 2022, Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies: Doing Youth Studies in Spain and Latin America. Benedicto, J., Urteaga, M. & Rocca, D. (eds.). Leiden/Boston, p. 177-203Research output: Chapter in Book › Chapter › Dissemination
Thesis
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De la contrareforma de la formació professional del LGE la contrareforma de la LOGSE. Itineraris i cicles de formació professional després de l'ensenyament secundari comprensiu
Author: Merino Pareja, R., 10 Jul 2002Supervisor: Planas Coll, J. (Director)
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
Organisations
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Grup de Recerca en Educació i Treball - GRET
Organisational unit: Research Group