I am Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) at the University of Córdoba, Spain. Previously, I worked as a researcher for the Institute for Advanced Social Studies (IESA-CSIC). I hold a PhD in Sociology and a BA in Political Science and Sociology. My main research interests are the determinants of educational disadvantage, the integration of children of immigrants into the host societies, and the sociological aspects of bilingual education. I have been a visiting scholar at the universities of Oxford, Georgetown, Utrecht and at the CIES-IUL, in Lisbon.