Alex is a graduate in Sociology by the Autonomous University of Barcelona and he is currently on the last year of his master’s degree in International and Comparative Education at Stockholm University.
Prior to his move to Stockholm he worked as research assistant in the field of sociology of education and at Nordregio he is working on geographical disparities on youth across the Nordic countries. He is interested in the bridge between education and work and the consequences of this for young people.
Academic Qualifications
Master’s degree in International and Comparative Education, Stockholm University
BA Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Languages
Catalan
Spanish
English
Prior positions
Research assistant, Globalisation Education and Social Policy, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications
Karlsdóttir, A., Sigurjónsdóttir, H. R., Ström Hildestrand, Å., & Cuadrado, A. (2017). Policies and measures for speeding up labour market integration of refugees in the Nordic region: A knowledge overview (Nordregio Working Paper). Stockholm: Nordregio.
Related Research Projects
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Ongoing
- eMSP Project: Emerging ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning topics in North and Baltic Seas Region
- Nordic-Baltic 5G Monitoring tool
- Share the Care
- GreenFORCE
- Giving Rural Actors Novel data and re-Useable tools to Lead public Action in Rural areas (GRANULAR)
- Sustainable Nordic Remote Labour Markets (SUNREM)
- Strategies to address rural labour shortage
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Finished
- Nordic collaboration for integration of refugees and migrants
- Rural perspectives on spatial disparities of education and employment outcomes
- Skills Policies – Building Capacities for Innovative and Resilient Nordic Regions
- Covid-19 Economic Impacts in the Northern Periphery and Arctic region
- A Just Green Transition in rural areas: local benefits from value creation
- Combatting long-term unemployment post-Covid – focusing on immigrants in the Nordic countries
- Active and Healthy Ageing in the Nordic Region
- ESPON DIGIPLAN
- Pandemics and Labour Migration (Delmi)
Related Publications
- Skills supply and governance in the Bothnian Arc cross-border region
- Policies and measures for speeding up labour market integration of refugees in the Nordic region: A knowledge overview
- Young people not thriving in rural areas
- Active and healthy ageing: Heterogenous perspectives and Nordic indicators
- TG2 Innovative and Resilient Regions – Roadshow report
- Skills Policies – Building Capacities for Innovative and Resilient Nordic Regions
- Digital Health Care and Social Care – Regional development impacts in the Nordic countries
- Enabling vulnerable youth in rural areas not in education, employment or training
- Discussion paper: A “Just Green Transition” for Rural Areas in the Nordic Region: key concepts and implications
- Combatting long-term unemployment among immigrants
- Indicators for active and healthy ageing in the Nordic Region
Related News
- Challenges turned into advantages: the story of remote communities during COVID-19
- Nordic thematic group for innovative and resilient regions publishes discussion paper about skills policies
- 1 July Almedalen: Increasing mental health problems and school drop-outs amongst rural youth
- New publication: Combatting long-term unemployment among immigrants
- Better knowledge for better rural policies – GRANULAR defines its next steps
- Sustainable Maritime Spatial Planning in Stockholm
Related Events
Related Maps
- OECD House Price Index. Change 2020Q2–2021Q2
- Change in new registered cars 2019-2020
- Natural population change in the Nordic Region 2021
- Change in the number of births in the Nordics
- Change in the number of births in Europe
- Price development for Danish single-family homes
- Population aged 80 years and over, as a share of total population, in 2019
- Internal net migration of 30 to 39 years-of-age, by gender, in 2010-2019
- Internal net migration of 20 to 29 years-of-age, by gender, in 2010-2019
- Degree of rurality at the municipal and regional level in 2017
