Dr Queralt Capsada-Munsech
- Senior Lecturer (School of Education)
telephone:
01413302608
email:
Queralt.Capsada-Munsech@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
11 Eldon Street, St Andrews Building, Office 525, Glasgow, G3 6NH
Biography
Academic career
Dr Queralt Capsada‑Munsech is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow. She joined the University of Glasgow as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in August 2019. Her research examines how social inequalities shape educational and labour‑market outcomes, with a particular focus on overeducation, skill mismatch, and school‑to‑work transitions. She has recently gained interest in socioeconomic inequalities in infant feeding practices, experiences, and attitudes.
She previously worked as postdoctoral researcher on major European research projects at Durham University (LIFETRACK) and the University of Glasgow (YOUNG_ADULLLT). She completed her PhD in Sociology at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) entitled "Overeducation: Incidence, Persistence and Institutional Differences across countries. The influence of field of study and social origin on graduates' overeducation risk". Her doctoral training included research stays at the Directorate for Education and Skills at the OECD (Paris), at the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) (Amsterdam) and at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI, Dublin).
Research interests
Skills and qualifications as equalisers or social stratification engines?
My primary research expertise lies in studying overeducation, skill (mis)match, and the transitions from education to the labour market approached through a social stratification lens. I investigate how socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds shape individuals’ educational trajectories (e.g., highest qualification achieved, participation in Lifelong Learning) and labour market outcomes (e.g., occupational attainment, income) across the life course.
Socioeconomic inequalities in infant feeding
Since becoming a mum, I have developed a new strand of research focusing on socioeconomic and educational inequalities in infant feeding practices, experiences, and attitudes. I am particularly interested in understanding how inequalities in infant feeding emerge and persist, and in examining breastfeeding as a form of informal learning. In this context, I explore how skill mismatches and shortages can prevent those who wish to breastfeed from achieving their feeding goals.
Publications
2025
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Ortiz-Gervasi, Luis
(2025)
Crowding-out or ‘one-size-fits-all’ occupation? A regional exploration of youth overeducation in Spain.
International Labour Review, 164(2),
pp. 1-23.
(doi: 10.16995/ilr.18846)
Baldan Babayiğit, Betül, Boeren, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-5814, Clancy, Sharon, Evangelista, Zyra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-8281, Holford, John and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2025)
Unravelling the data puzzle: a total survey error perspective on adult learning and education participation in the UK.
International Journal of Lifelong Education, 44(3),
pp. 273-290.
(doi: 10.1080/02601370.2025.2493798)
2024
Bravo, Paulina, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hurrell, Scott ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-7097 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Private-led policy transfer: the adoption of sector skills councils in Chile.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 54(6),
pp. 896-913.
(doi: 10.1080/03057925.2022.2133535)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Do secondary education systems influence the overeducation risk of university graduates? A cross-national analysis by field of study and social background.
International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(1),
pp. 63-89.
(doi: 10.1177/00207152241228148)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Boliver, Vikki
(2024)
Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?
British Educational Research Journal, 50(1),
pp. 348-366.
(doi: 10.1002/berj.3929)
Schindler, S. et al. (2024) Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: six countries in comparison. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(1), pp. 39-62. (doi: 10.1177/00207152231151390)
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Intergenerational inequality in education.
In: Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina, Blanden, Jo and Erola, Jani (eds.)
Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality.
Series: Elgar handbooks on inequality.
Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 13-26.
ISBN 9781800888258
2022
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2022)
Les expectatives formatives i professionals dels i les joves: un abordatge des de l'orientació escolar.
In: Tarabini, Aina (ed.)
Els reptes de l'educació a Catalunya. Anuari 2022.
Series: Polítiques (91).
Fundació Jaume Bofill: Barcelona, pp. 426-462.
ISBN 9788412482973
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772, Chan, Ralph, Tikkanen, Jenni and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2022)
Institutional, economic-material, and discursive opportunity structures influencing support and guidance policies for young people in Austria, Finland, and Scotland.
In: Benasso, Sebastiano, Bouillet, Dejana, Neves, Tiago and Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo (eds.)
Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies Across Europe: Comparative Case Studies.
Series: Palgrave studies in adult education and lifelong learning.
Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 117-142.
ISBN 9783030964535
(doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_6)
2021
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
Does ability grouping affect UK primary school pupils’ enjoyment of Maths and English?
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 76,
100629.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100629)
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
Regional governance of skill supply and demand: implications for youth transitions.
In: Bürgi, Regula and Gonon, Philipp (eds.)
Governance Revisited: Challenges and Opportunities for Vocational Education and Training.
Series: Studies in vocational and continuing education (20).
Peter Lang: Bern, pp. 303-330.
ISBN 9783034342872
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Boliver, Vikki
(2021)
The early labour-market returns to upper secondary qualifications track in England.
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12(3),
pp. 299-322.
(doi: 10.1332/175795921x16119468619598)
Birkelund, Jesper Fels, Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772, Boliver, Vikki and Karlson, Kristian Bernt
(2021)
Lives on track? Long-term earnings returns to selective school placement in England and Denmark.
British Journal of Sociology, 72(3),
pp. 672-692.
(doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12856)
(PMID:33969905)
Nesterova, Yulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3500-8999 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
National and subnational approaches to regulating non-state technical and vocational education and training: comparative insights from Asia and Africa.
Documentation.
UNESCO.
2020
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and de Otero, Jan Peter G.
(2020)
Educationalisation of youth unemployment through lifelong learning
policies in Europe.
European Educational Research Journal, 19(6),
pp. 525-543.
(doi: 10.1177/1474904120908751)
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Selective secondary education and progression to higher education.
In: Furlong, John and Lunt, Ingrid (eds.)
Social Mobility and Higher Education: Are Grammar Schools the Answer?
Series: HEPI occasional papers (22).
Higher Education Policy Institute: Oxford, pp. 25-30.
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Overeducation, skills and social background: the influence of parental education on overeducation in Spain.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50(2),
pp. 216-236.
(doi: 10.1080/03057925.2019.1579085)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2020)
Sub-national variation of skill formation regimes: a comparative analysis of skill mismatch across 18 European regions.
European Education, 52(2),
pp. 166-179.
(doi: 10.1080/10564934.2020.1723421)
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Lifelong learning policies for vulnerable young adults in post-recession Scotland.
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41(2),
pp. 218-233.
(doi: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1685937)
2019
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
Measuring overeducation: incidence, correlation and overlaps across indicators and countries.
Social Indicators Research, 145(1),
pp. 279-301.
(doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02112-0)
Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Bravo, Angela, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermannsson, Kristinn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-3914, Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Doyle, Lesley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-6456, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
YOUNG_ADULLLT Scotland: Key Messages for Scottish Policy Actors.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
La gobernanza regional de la oferta y la demanda de competencias de los jóvenes: análisis del sistema de competencias en dos regiones de Esocia.
In: Sepúlveda, L. and Valdebenito, M.J. (eds.)
Educación Técnico Profesional ¿Hacia dónde vamos?: políticas, reformas y nuevos contextos de Desarrollo.
Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado: Santiago de Chile.
ISBN 9789563572155
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2019)
The effectiveness of lifelong learning policies on youth employment: do regional labour markets matter?
In: Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo, Kovacheva, Siyka and Rambla, Xavier (eds.)
Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe: Navigating between Knowledge and Economy.
Policy Press, pp. 85-104.
ISBN 9781447350361
2018
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2018)
WP7 Regional/local Case Studies.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
2017
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2017)
Overeducation: concept, theories, and empirical evidence.
Sociology Compass, 11(10),
e12518.
(doi: 10.1111/soc4.12518)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2017)
WP6 Comparative Analysis Skills Supply and Demand.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
2016
Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2016)
WP3 Policy Mapping, Review and Analysis.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
2015
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2015)
The role of social origin and field of study on graduates’ overeducation: the case of Italy.
Higher Education, 69(5),
pp. 779-807.
(doi: 10.1007/s10734-014-9805-2)
2014
Capsada Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2014)
Educación y desempleo juvenil = [Education and youth unemployment].
Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de Economía, 881,
pp. 51-65.
Articles
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Ortiz-Gervasi, Luis
(2025)
Crowding-out or ‘one-size-fits-all’ occupation? A regional exploration of youth overeducation in Spain.
International Labour Review, 164(2),
pp. 1-23.
(doi: 10.16995/ilr.18846)
Baldan Babayiğit, Betül, Boeren, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-5814, Clancy, Sharon, Evangelista, Zyra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-8281, Holford, John and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2025)
Unravelling the data puzzle: a total survey error perspective on adult learning and education participation in the UK.
International Journal of Lifelong Education, 44(3),
pp. 273-290.
(doi: 10.1080/02601370.2025.2493798)
Bravo, Paulina, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hurrell, Scott ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-7097 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Private-led policy transfer: the adoption of sector skills councils in Chile.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 54(6),
pp. 896-913.
(doi: 10.1080/03057925.2022.2133535)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Do secondary education systems influence the overeducation risk of university graduates? A cross-national analysis by field of study and social background.
International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(1),
pp. 63-89.
(doi: 10.1177/00207152241228148)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Boliver, Vikki
(2024)
Does grammar school attendance increase the likelihood of attending a prestigious UK university?
British Educational Research Journal, 50(1),
pp. 348-366.
(doi: 10.1002/berj.3929)
Schindler, S. et al. (2024) Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: six countries in comparison. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(1), pp. 39-62. (doi: 10.1177/00207152231151390)
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
Does ability grouping affect UK primary school pupils’ enjoyment of Maths and English?
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 76,
100629.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100629)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Boliver, Vikki
(2021)
The early labour-market returns to upper secondary qualifications track in England.
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 12(3),
pp. 299-322.
(doi: 10.1332/175795921x16119468619598)
Birkelund, Jesper Fels, Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772, Boliver, Vikki and Karlson, Kristian Bernt
(2021)
Lives on track? Long-term earnings returns to selective school placement in England and Denmark.
British Journal of Sociology, 72(3),
pp. 672-692.
(doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12856)
(PMID:33969905)
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and de Otero, Jan Peter G.
(2020)
Educationalisation of youth unemployment through lifelong learning
policies in Europe.
European Educational Research Journal, 19(6),
pp. 525-543.
(doi: 10.1177/1474904120908751)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Overeducation, skills and social background: the influence of parental education on overeducation in Spain.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50(2),
pp. 216-236.
(doi: 10.1080/03057925.2019.1579085)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2020)
Sub-national variation of skill formation regimes: a comparative analysis of skill mismatch across 18 European regions.
European Education, 52(2),
pp. 166-179.
(doi: 10.1080/10564934.2020.1723421)
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Lifelong learning policies for vulnerable young adults in post-recession Scotland.
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41(2),
pp. 218-233.
(doi: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1685937)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
Measuring overeducation: incidence, correlation and overlaps across indicators and countries.
Social Indicators Research, 145(1),
pp. 279-301.
(doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02112-0)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2017)
Overeducation: concept, theories, and empirical evidence.
Sociology Compass, 11(10),
e12518.
(doi: 10.1111/soc4.12518)
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2015)
The role of social origin and field of study on graduates’ overeducation: the case of Italy.
Higher Education, 69(5),
pp. 779-807.
(doi: 10.1007/s10734-014-9805-2)
Capsada Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2014)
Educación y desempleo juvenil = [Education and youth unemployment].
Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de Economía, 881,
pp. 51-65.
Book Sections
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2024)
Intergenerational inequality in education.
In: Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina, Blanden, Jo and Erola, Jani (eds.)
Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality.
Series: Elgar handbooks on inequality.
Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 13-26.
ISBN 9781800888258
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2022)
Les expectatives formatives i professionals dels i les joves: un abordatge des de l'orientació escolar.
In: Tarabini, Aina (ed.)
Els reptes de l'educació a Catalunya. Anuari 2022.
Series: Polítiques (91).
Fundació Jaume Bofill: Barcelona, pp. 426-462.
ISBN 9788412482973
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772, Chan, Ralph, Tikkanen, Jenni and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2022)
Institutional, economic-material, and discursive opportunity structures influencing support and guidance policies for young people in Austria, Finland, and Scotland.
In: Benasso, Sebastiano, Bouillet, Dejana, Neves, Tiago and Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo (eds.)
Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies Across Europe: Comparative Case Studies.
Series: Palgrave studies in adult education and lifelong learning.
Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 117-142.
ISBN 9783030964535
(doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_6)
Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
Regional governance of skill supply and demand: implications for youth transitions.
In: Bürgi, Regula and Gonon, Philipp (eds.)
Governance Revisited: Challenges and Opportunities for Vocational Education and Training.
Series: Studies in vocational and continuing education (20).
Peter Lang: Bern, pp. 303-330.
ISBN 9783034342872
Boliver, Vikki and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2020)
Selective secondary education and progression to higher education.
In: Furlong, John and Lunt, Ingrid (eds.)
Social Mobility and Higher Education: Are Grammar Schools the Answer?
Series: HEPI occasional papers (22).
Higher Education Policy Institute: Oxford, pp. 25-30.
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
La gobernanza regional de la oferta y la demanda de competencias de los jóvenes: análisis del sistema de competencias en dos regiones de Esocia.
In: Sepúlveda, L. and Valdebenito, M.J. (eds.)
Educación Técnico Profesional ¿Hacia dónde vamos?: políticas, reformas y nuevos contextos de Desarrollo.
Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado: Santiago de Chile.
ISBN 9789563572155
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2019)
The effectiveness of lifelong learning policies on youth employment: do regional labour markets matter?
In: Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo, Kovacheva, Siyka and Rambla, Xavier (eds.)
Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe: Navigating between Knowledge and Economy.
Policy Press, pp. 85-104.
ISBN 9781447350361
Research Reports or Papers
Nesterova, Yulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3500-8999 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2021)
National and subnational approaches to regulating non-state technical and vocational education and training: comparative insights from Asia and Africa.
Documentation.
UNESCO.
Vanderhoven, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-1275, Bravo, Angela, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822, Hermannsson, Kristinn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-3914, Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Doyle, Lesley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3521-6456, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2019)
YOUNG_ADULLLT Scotland: Key Messages for Scottish Policy Actors.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2018)
WP7 Regional/local Case Studies.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772 and Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822
(2017)
WP6 Comparative Analysis Skills Supply and Demand.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
Lowden, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-0665, Valiente, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-6822 and Capsada-Munsech, Queralt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3772
(2016)
WP3 Policy Mapping, Review and Analysis.
Project Report.
YOUNG_ADULLLT, Glasgow.
Grants
- Exploring socioeconomic and educational inequalities in breastfeeding in the UK: parental feeding choices and general public attitudes (PI) (£10k)
- Funder: University of Glasgow, Academic Returners and Research Support scheme
- Project duration: 10 November 2025 – 9 November 2026
- Refining and reinvigorating adult education and training research through longitudinal analyses (Co-I) (£241k)
- Funder: Economic and Social Research Council, Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (ESRC SDAI) - UKRI507
- Project duration: August 2025 – Ocotber 2026
- ALE policies A UK-Ireland investigation into the statistical evidence-base underpinning adult learning and education policy-making (Co-I) (£605k)
- Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) – ES/X000826/1
- Project duration: 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2025
- Youth Building Future (YBF): Institutional and contextual factors mediating the effectiveness of apprenticeships on the trajectories of young people in Mexico (Co-I) (£10k)
- Funder: British Academy/Leverhulme small research grants
- Project duration: 1 October 2022 - 30 September 2025
Supervision
PROSPECTIVE PHD APPLICANTS
I welcome new PhD students who share research interest with me. I am particularly interested in PhD projects using quantitative secondary data analysis. If you think we are a good match, get in touch via email including your CV and a 3,000 words research proposal (including references).
CURRENT PHD STUDENTS
- Barrett, Grace McLean
Economic and social outcomes of work-based learning across economic sectors: The case of Foundation Apprenticeships in Scotland - Bhagat, Abhishek Gulab
A Critical Exploration of Caste and the Hidden Curriculum in Indian Schools
PHD COMPLETION
- Mayukh Devadas (2025) Caste and digital: a study on the reproduction of educational inequalities in the era of technology enabled learning in Kerala, India. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
- José Antonio Cervantes Gómez (2025) Youth building the future: The political economy of the adoption of a youth policy in Mexico. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
- Paulina Bravo Contreras (2022) Understanding the adoption and implementation of Sector Skills Councils in Chile. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Teaching
I am/have been involved in teaching in the following programs and courses:
MSc Education, Public Policy & Equity (EPP&E)
- Education and Public Policy
- Equity, Social Justice and Change
- Policy Enquiry and Decision Making
IntM Education Policies For Global Development (GLOBED) (Erasmus Mundus)
- Advanced Research Methods (Advanced Policy Enquiry)
Doctorate in Education (EdD)
- Ethics in Education
- Introduction to Educational and Social Research
- Modern Educational Thought
Additional information
- Editorial Board British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) (2024-present)
- Editorial Board International Studies in Sociology of Education (2023-present)
- Editorial Board of Sociology (2019-2022)
- British Educational Research Association (BERA) member
- British Sociological Association (BSA) member
- International Sociological Association (ISA) member (RC28)
- External Examiner MA in Social Research Methods, Department of Sociology, Durham University (2024-present)
