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The Department of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB) invites applications for a predoctoral position in the ERC-funded research project LIFELONGMOVE “Understanding spatial mobility from early life into adulthood” This 5-year project is led by Professor Sergi Vidal and will kick off in early 2023. The project will be carried out in the Centre for Demographic Studies (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, CED) located at the UAB campus. The posts require collaborative research stays within Europe and travel for conferences, training and dissemination activities, e.g. in relation to the IUSSP panel on lifetime migration The LIFELONGMOVE project comprehensively and systematically examines spatial mobility over a lifetime, from early age into adulthood.

This 5-year project is led by Professor Sergi Vidal and will kick off in early 2023. The project will be carried out in the Centre for Demographic Studies (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, CED) located at the UAB campus. The posts require collaborative research stays within Europe and travel for conferences, training and dissemination activities, e.g. in relation to the IUSSP panel on lifetime migration.

The LIFELONGMOVE project comprehensively and systematically examines spatial mobility over a lifetime, from early age into adulthood. It provides new insight on the pathways, resources, and strategies that underlie lifetime mobility. This insight will help formulate alternatives to the conventional explanations of spatial mobility patterns, behaviours, and stratified outcomes over the life course.

The project’s three components and main objectives are (component 1) to document the diverse and complex pathways of lifetime mobility, from early childhood into adulthood; (component 2) to establish whether and how earlier or childhood moves influence spatial mobility over the life course; and (component 3) to document the impact of lifetime mobility on life conditions, by focusing on socio-economic, family, and health outcomes.

The successful applicant is expected to make a leading contribution to the LIFELONGMOVE project. The predoctoral researcher will conduct empirical research using longitudinal population register and survey data (e.g. SHARE) to understand the role of spatial mobility since early life into adulthood for health trajectories and disparities in older ages. It is expected the completion of a PhD dissertation.

Among others, it is expected that the postdoctoral researchers fulfill the following tasks:

• Take full responsibility for leading and executing high-standard research expoiting large, complex register data from Sweden and Spain that is recently available to project team.

• Serve as data-access liaison with Swedish and Spanish data providers, ensuring effective coordination and contribution to joint scientific activities. This includes undertaking research stays, with the aim of strengthening the project's research network • Lead a workpackage that links internal residential moves with international migration and health status

• Assume full accountability for the dissemination of research findings through publications in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and presentations at high-level international conferences and workshops. Prepare polished replication packages, registered reports, and OSF releases. • Mentor and monitor the progress of a PhD team member on the role of childhood mobility on preventative care in adulthood

• Contribute to the organization of the planning and execution of the Lifelongmove Conference (2027), a pre-conference event at the European Population Conference (2026), and additional initiatives co-organized with the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population panel on lifetime migration. The researcher is expected to ensure the successful delivery of these events, maintaining high standards of organization, scientific relevance, and strategic alignment with the project's objectives.

• Build and maintain a shared, de-duplicated Zotero library with a transparent tagging schema.

Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)

• PhD in demography, sociology, economics, statistics, or other quantitative-oriented social science disciplines (completed or close to completion).

• Excellent academic record and strong interest in academic research, ideally proven through an international publication and research funding record relative to career stage .

• Strong quantitative methodological skills, particularly for longitudinal data analysis (see below), and a high level of proficiency of statistical software (e.g. Stata, R).

• Experience analysing complex, longitudinal register data .

• Substantive research experience on migration and mobility, life course and health.

• Experience coordinating and assisting in the organization of scientific events

• Willingness to keep learning how to use new tools and methods

• Very good command of English and excellent written and verbal communication skills (Spanish or Catalan language skills are not required) • Ability to work both as part of a team and independently

• Ability to work under own initiative; strong organizational skills and attention to details

• Willingness to travel (e.g. research stays at partner centres, dissemination activites)

Benefits

• A 27-month full-time appointment (probation period of 3 month apply)

• Integration in the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), one of the leading European Demography research centres

• Career mentoring

• Opportunity to develop your own research agenda within the project

• Salary range: 39,000 – 44,000 € (yearly, gross); depending on experience

• The project offers significant funding for data acquisition, the attendance of conferences, training, research stays in partner centres, and other research-related expenses.

Eligibility criteria
• Academic record (50%)
• Relevant Research Experience (20%)
• Motivation (20%)
• Language skills (10%)

Selection process

A single curriculum phase

To validate this request, you must validate the form that is accessed at the URL: https://seleccio.uab.cat

Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.