Laura Suárez-Grimalt
Assistant Professor
Laura Suárez Grimalt is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Communication Sciences of the University of A Coruña. She is currently Coordinator of the Degree in Sociology at the same university.
She obtained her degree in Sociology (UDC) receiving the Extraordinary Degree Award from the University of A Coruña and the Xunta de Galicia, and is a specialist in Applied Social Research Techniques (Master TISA, UAB-UDC) and International Migration (Master MOMI, UDC). PhD in Sociology from the University of Barcelona (2019), she obtained the qualification of Outstanding Cum Laude for her doctoral thesis: “Redes Móviles y Movilidad en red: Capital Social y Migración Latinoamericana en España” (Mobile Networks and Networked Mobility: Social Capital and Latin American Migration in Spain).
She enjoyed a predoctoral fellowship for University Teacher Training (FPU, Ministry of Education) in the Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona. In the framework of this grant, she participated in several research projects included in the Spanish National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technical Innovation (FEM2011-26210, SEJ2007-63179), and in the European project INCASI (H2020-691004-MSCA-RISE).
Her research interests focus on spatial mobility strategies and social mobility of the Latin American population, labor dynamics of the migrant population, aging and the transnational dimension associated with migratory movements. Among her publications stand out: “Towards a theoretical model for the study of productive and reproductive strategies in transnation families: Latin American Migration and Social Mobility in Spain (Oso and Suárez-Grimalt, 2017. Journal of Family Studies); ‘Double invisibility: the effects of hidden unemployment on vulnerable populations in southern European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic (Coco, Simó-Solsona, Suárez Grimalt, 2022. Revista Española de Sociología)’.
She is currently participating as a researcher in the European project CAREWELL (JPI MYBL EWG), and in the National Research Plan project “Intersecting crises post-2020 and impact on intra-EU (im)mobilities: Spanish transmigrants’ labor and family strategies” (PID2022-142080OB-I00).