Biography
I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and member of the SocioDemographics Research Group DemoSoc Group. Previously I was a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Sociology Department and a Non-stipendiary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nuffield College.
My work to date has explored questions about the intersections between social inequalities and the criminal justice system, with a strong focus on the effects of Criminal Background Checks (CBCs) –requests for information on previous convictions for non-judicial purposes-.
In my past research, I have mainly relied upon quantitative methods, including experimental audit designs. Notwithstanding, my work is methodologically plural, and I always strive to keep up to date with methodological developments in criminology, sociology and beyond. In recent years in my work I have relied on computational social science methods
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Last updated: 15th Nov, 2023
- Criminal Records Stigma
- Collateral Consequences of a conviction
- Evolution of CBCs requests
- Prison Leave
- Social attitudes on Police Officers
- Criminology
- Sociological Methods
- Field Experiments
PhD in Law (Criminology), 2016
Pompeu Fabra University
Msc in Sociology of Crime, Control and Globalisation, 2011
London School of Economics
Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research Methods, 2009
Universitat de Barcelona
BA in Political Science, 2006
Pompeu Fabra University
Recent Publications
Teaching
I have more than five years of experience teaching, supervising and examining graduate and undergraduate students in modules on criminological theories and on social research methods, at both the University of Oxford and Catalan universities. My work has equipped me to design and implement all stages of undergraduate and graduate courses. I have experience selecting course readings, updating course outlines, delivering lectures, leading seminar discussions, marking exams, tutoring students one-on-one, supervising dissertation projects, and examining students. I have conducted face-to-face as well as online teaching.
Courses:
2022–2023
Criminality (Lecturer)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
Methods for criminological research (Lecturer)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
Undergraduate final year dissertation (Lecturer)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
2020–2021
Statistical Methods (Labs coordinator).
Msc in Sociology & MPhil in Sociology, University of Oxford
MSc dissertation (Supervisor)
Msc in Sociology & MPhil in Sociology, University of Oxford
Undergraduate final year dissertation (Supervisor_- 1 student)
_BA in Criminology, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya_
2019–2020
Statistical Methods (Labs coordinator)
Msc in Sociology & MPhil in Sociology, University of Oxford
Undergraduate final year dissertation (Supervisor - 2 students)
BA in Criminology, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
2018–2019
Applied Experimental Research (Lecturer)
Nuffield Undergraduate Summer Institute, Nuffield College
Statistical Methods (Labs tutor)
Nuffield Undergraduate Summer Institute, Nuffield College
2017–2018
Criminality (Lecturer & Seminars Coordinator)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
Longitudinal Methods and Criminal Careers (Lecturer)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
2016–2017
Criminological theories (Lecturer)
Msc in Criminology and Criminal Justice System, Pompeu Fabra University, Universitat de Girona, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Penology and Imprisonment (Lecturer [with E. Larrauri])
Msc in Criminology and Criminal Justice System, Pompeu Fabra University, Universitat de Girona, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Introduction to Criminology (Lecturer [with E. Larrauri] & Labs coordinator)
Criminological theories (Seminars Coordinator)
Criminality (Seminars Coordinator)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University
Undergraduate final year dissertation (Supervisor - 10 students)
BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Pompeu Fabra University