Main research projects:

Desigualdades sociales en salud perinatal: factores y consecuencias (PERIFACT), 2020-2024,  funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. 

Principal Investigator: Leire Salazar (UNED)

The objective of the project is two-fold: to empirically assess the macro- and individual-level determinants of perinatal health, and to collect prospective data on pregnant women and their babies in order to assess the consequences of an adverse birth outcome.

FamiliesAndSocieties, 2013-2017, funded by the 7th Framework Network of Excellence, European Union.

Principal Investigator: Livia Olah (Stockholm University)

Work Package 5: Family dynamics and inequalities in children's life chances

Co-leaders: Juho Harkonen (Stockholm University) & Fabrizio Bernardi (EUI)

The main objetive of this work package is the analysis of the effects of family forms and dynamics on children's short- and long-term welfare. In doing so, it also investigates how families contribute to the intergenerational reproduction of inequality.

Social Inequalities in the Perinatal Phase: Establishing the Spanish Birth Cohort Study (SBCS) - Desigualdades sociales en la fase prenatal: la creación del Panel Español de Nacimientos (PEN), 2015-2019, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), Convocatoria de I+D+i de Excelencia 2014.

Principal Investigator: Leire Salazar (UNED)

The objective of this project is to set up a pilot study that sets the initial steps towards the first (mother-child cohort) longitudinal dataset in Spain collecting information suited to address differences due to social background in a number of relevant outcomes throughout life.

Proposal for the Harmonization of European Data to Analyze Social Inequalities in the Early Childhood - Propuesta para la arminización europea de datos para el estudio de las desigualdades sociales en la primera infancia (EURO-CHILD COHORTS) , 2015-2017, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), Acciones de Dinamización Europa Investigación 2015.

Principal Investigator: Leire Salazar (UNED)

The objective of this project is to gather information on existing birth cohorts in Europe and gain insights that can help establish the first nation-wide representative birth cohort in Spain. 

EXCONED, 2013-2014, funded by Plan de Promoción de la Investigación de la UNED, 2013 call.

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?

Principal Investigator: Leire Salazar (UNED)

Estratificación ocupacional y rendimiento de la formación en España: ajuste educación-empleo, inmigración y jubilación, 2010-2014, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2010 call.

Principal Investigator: Luis Garrido Medina (UNED)