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Sergi is a sociologist and a social demographer (PhD), currently appointed as a Professor at the Department of Sociology, and acting as a head of the Generations and Life Course research group in the Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CED) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
He has substantive expertise in several fields of demographic research –particularly family dynamics and spatial mobility– and social inequality research. His research adopts life course and cross-national approaches, and uses state-of-the-art quantitative methods for the analysis of longitudinal data.
Sergi is an ERC Grant holder, currently leading the LIFELONGMOVE project funded by the European Research Council (Consolidator Grant, 2023-2027). He is the chair of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Lifetime Migration of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (2026-2027), and currently serving as vice-president of the Council of the European Association for Population Studies (2026-2028). He is also a Life Course Centre affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, a BiB fellow of the German Federal Institute for Population Research, and an ICREA Acadèmia award recipient (2023-2027).
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):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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LIFELONGMOVE: Understanding spatial mobility from early life into adulthood
Vidal Torre, S. (Principal Investigator), Cabib, I. (Collaborator), Brunori , C. (Researcher on contract), Bolano, D. (Collaborator), Valente , R. (Researcher on contract) & Lekstyte, J. (Investigator)
European Commission (EC), ERC Consolidator Grant
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: International research project
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Family Trajectories After Marital Separation in Germany: Patterns and Antecedents
Schmid, L. & Vidal, S., 16 Jun 2026, In: Comparative Population Studies. 51, p. 157-192 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Partnership life courses and completed fertility in Spain
Vidal, S., Bolano, D. & Lozano, M., 28 Apr 2026, In: Demographic Research. 54, p. 935-972 38 p., 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Priced out of your future : how housing hardship increases adolescents’ exposure to police-initiated contacts. Evidence from the United Kingdom
Valente , R., Corcoran, J. & Vidal, S., 26 May 2026, In: Social Problems. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Where to (next)? Family and childhood migration experience and migration aspirations in adulthood
Brunori, C., Caron, L. & Vidal, S., 12 Jan 2026, In: International Migration Review. p. 1-29 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Widowhood and economic well-being in China: the role of coresident children before, during and after spousal death
Chen, J., Van Winkle, Z., Vidal, S. & Spijker, J., 18 Feb 2026, In: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 81, 5, 10 p., gbag025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review