Manuel T. Valdés

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology II (Social Stratification) at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid. I have been granted a Juan de la Cierva contract by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.  I hold a PhD in Sociology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), a Master's degree in Methodology in Social Science Research (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and a degree in Sociology and Political Science (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). I completed my doctorate under an FPU (Formación de Profesorado Universitario) contract granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education. As a PhD candidate, I was a visiting student at the European University Institute (EUI). I have also completed research stays at the Social Science Centre of Berlin (WZB) and the University of Vienna. Previously, I worked at the Spanish Statistical Office (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) and the National Centre of Tropical Medicine - Instituto de Salud Carlos III. My research interests focus on the study of educational expectations and transitions, inequality of educational opportunities, and social stratification. My work has been published in journals such as Social Forces, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Higher Education, or Social Science Research.