Mireia Bolíbar Planas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and researcher at QUIT (Centre for Sociological Research on Everyday Life and Work) and IET (Institute for Labour Studies). She has held research positions at the University of Bremen and Pompeu Fabra University, and has been a visiting scholar at leading international research centres such as University of Manchester, Trinity College Dublin, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
Her work examines the relationships between social inequalities, labour market trajectories, precarious employment, and health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on young people and vulnerable groups. Her methodological expertise includes mixed methods research, survey methodology, life course analysis, and social network analysis.