Since 2016, Laia Sánchez Guerrero is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sociology. She holds a PhD from the European University Institute; a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Barcelona; a Master's degree on Public and Social Policies from the IDEC-Pompeu Fabra Unviesity & John Hopkins University; and a Master's of Research on Sociology and Demography from the Pompeu Fabra University. Previously, she has worked at the Consortium of Childhood and Urban World in Barcelona, as junior fellow researcher woking on policy-oriented research.