Angel Belzunegui-Eraso

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• Doctor of Sociology
• Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili

The study presents an analysis of the main poverty results for men and women in Catalonia. In the first place, it can be seen that women's poverty rates are higher than men's, even if these rates aren't comparable with the inequality levels in other indicators, such as labour market access or social protection. It must be pointed out that official...

n the framework of the «Project I: CUD» (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination), carried out in the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Spain, we conducted a study into the expressions of discrimination used by young people on social network sites. To do so we designed a methodological strategy for detecting discriminatory content i...

En esta comunicación tratamos la problemática del tránsito de la educación obligatoria a la postobligatoria de los jóvenes con discapacidad. Los datos estadísticos de matriculación en educación secundaria postobligatoria indican claramente que la gran mayoría de los jóvenes con discapacidad no continúan su formación una vez finalizada la educación...

In recent decades, our society’s awareness concerning equal treatment and equal opportunities for women and men has mounted. This attention, especially driven by the European Union (EU), has been reinforced by the adoption of regulations and the implementation of policies promoting women’s access to equal opportunities, which has gradually produced...

In this chapter we focus on the growth of " new religions " and new religious movements in Latin America and attempt to find explanations for this growth. Although other explanations for the increase in religious plurality exist, we focus on the role of women in this development. The expansion of movements such as Pentecostalism is challenging the...

Background There is globally proliferation of pathological gambling among the adolescent population. This public health problem requires the development of effective preventive strategies based on the risk factors. The aim of this study is to analyse the social determinants of health which may be predictors of online and face-to-face gambling in yo...

(1) Background: Adolescence is a fundamental phase in the development of individuals, during which they are especially sensitive to substance use, both in terms of initiation and the consequences that habitual use can lead to. This explains why the study of the variables that influence substance use by teenagers is a key topic in the public health...

Adolescencia • Consumo de sustancias • Consumo de alcohol • Género • Salud Resumen El alcohol es la sustancia neurotóxica más consumida por los adolescentes. Así, se trata de un tema relevante en la sociología de la salud debido a las consecuencias negativas en esta etapa de formación. Este estudio, basado en una encuesta a 1307 adolescentes de qui...

Background: Tobacco consumption is a relevant public health problem, with adolescence being a common period of initiation. One factor that has rarely been investigated is the information available to adolescents regarding the consequences of substance use. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to assess the correlation between teenager...

Tobacco is the second most prevalent psychoactive substance after alcohol among students aged 14–18. This article examines adolescents’ motivations for smoking through their own discourses in semi-directed discussion groups. The subjects in our study were 131 young people aged 15–17 from nine secondary schools in Tarragona (Spain). The motives iden...

El tabaco es la segunda sustancia psicoactiva más extendida entre los estudiantes de 14 a 18 años después del alcohol. El presente artículo examina las motivaciones de los adolescentes para fumar, a través de sus propios discursos en grupos de discusión semidirigidos. Los sujetos de estudio fueron 131 jóvenes de entre 15 y 17 años escolarizados en...

Background Substance use among adolescents is a public health problem, and the simultaneous use of multiple substances aggravates this problem. Although the facilitators of specific substance use in adolescents have been widely investigated, polydrug use is a less common topic. Likewise, the role that the origin of the information available to adol...

Objetivo Conocer las motivaciones de los adolescentes para el consumo de alcohol. Diseño Metodología cualitativa con grupos de discusión. Participantes y contexto Participaron 131 adolescentes (15-17 años) escolarizados en nueve institutos de Tarragona (España). Método Estrategia de codificación sistemática, adaptada a los grupos de discusión. S...

Background: Mental health has a special relevance in adolescence. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the possible association between emotional distress and suicidal ideation among adolescents. Methods: The article presents the results of a survey of secondary school students (N=1419) in the city of Tarragona, Spain. The aim of the analysis was...

Este artículo analiza las implicaciones de la empresa con el territorio donde desarrolla susactividades. La empresa no existe al margen de los procesos sociales, culturales, políticos y económicosdel tejido social que la rodea. En este artículo se realiza un recorrido sobre la localizaciónde las actividades productivas, la identificación de las eco...

Substance use, especially among adolescents, is a significant public health concern, with profound implications for physical and psychological development. This study aimed to evaluate the quantity and sources of information available to adolescents regarding polydrug use. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Tarragona involving adolescents wi...

Background and Purpose: Previous research shows significant benefits resulting from improving culturally competent nursing care. Thus, the purpose of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the Cultural Competence Assessment (CCA) in a sample of Portuguese nurses. Methods: A psychometric study of the CCA, after translation into European Po...

Insomnia is a highly prevalent disorder among the population with schizophrenia and has a significant impact on their quality of life. Cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) have shown effectiveness in the treatment of insomnia in the general population. The aim of this this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a group intervention led b...

(1) Background: Adolescence is a critical period for the initiation of the consumption of alcohol, which is the toxic substance most commonly used by young people. Given the serious impact of alcohol on youth, there is an extensive body of literature that examines the facilitators of and barriers to alcohol consumption among adolescents. Among the...

This study explores the drivers of employees’ attitudes towards home teleworking with Tobit regression and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Drawing from technology acceptance models, it derives hypotheses regarding variable relationships and telecommuting perceptions. Data were obtained from a survey with 3104 responses conducted...

Purpose This paper aims to shed light on the perception of the consequences of implementing home teleworking (TW) for employers and employees amid the pandemic. By doing so, the research analyzes the factors that explain employers' and employees' perceptions of home TW and the symmetry of their impact on its acceptance and rejection. Design/method...

This paper tests the explanatory capability of the individual, organizational, environmental and job factors regarding Spanish workers’ perception of isolation and stress owing to working from home (WFH). We used a survey of the Spanish agency Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas on the Spanish population’s perceptions of several aspects of infor...

Background Family Presence During Invasive Procedures (FPDI) generates controversy among healthcare professionals. Twibell and her team designed an instrument that measured nurses’ Risk-Benefit and Self-Confidence perceptions regarding family presence during resuscitation and was used in numerous studies. Objectives Evaluate the new tool for Famil...

Inma Pastor-Gosálbez Universitat Rovira i Virgili RESUMEN La situación de emergencia sanitaria provocada por la COVID-19 ha reabierto con especial vigor el debate sobre el impacto del teletrabajo en las condiciones de trabajo, así como en las posibilidades que ofrece para la conciliación. Dado el alto nivel de implantación del teletrabajo entre muj...

Throughout the pandemic, national and international health authorities have called on the population to collaborate and contribute with their behavior to control the problem. The aim of this study is to analyze the implementation of the protective measures against COVID-19 and to determine the factors involved in their compliance. To respond to the...

La situación de emergencia sanitaria provocada por la COVID-19 ha reabierto con especial vigor el debate sobre el impacto del teletrabajo en las condiciones de trabajo, así como en las posibilidades que ofrece para la conciliación. Dado el alto nivel de implantación del teletrabajo entre mujeres, se hace necesario reflexionar sobre el impacto que e...

Background: This study assesses the relevance of several factors that the literature on the substance use of adolescents considers relevant. The factors embed individual variables, such as gender or age; factors linked with parental style; and variables that are associated with the teenager’s social environment. Methods: The study applies complemen...

Background: This study assesses the relevance of several factors that the literature on the substance use of adolescents considers relevant. The factors embed individual variables, such as gender or age; factors linked with parental style; and variables that are associated with the teenager's social environment. Methods: The study applies comple...

El teletrabajo fue una de las primeras res-puestas adoptadas por las empresas ante la inesperada situación de confinamien-to vivida en Europa en marzo de 2020. Se envió a los trabajadores a desarrollar su ac-tividad laboral desde sus hogares, y esta medida permitió mantener la continuidad de la actividad económica en un contex-to marcado por la pan...

The literature on substance use usually extracts conclusions from data with correlational methods. Our study shows the usefulness of complementing ordered logistic regression (OLR) and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to assess factors inducing cannabis consumption in a sample of 1,935 teenagers. OLR showed a significant influence...

Background Insomnia is a health problem that particularly affects people with schizophrenia. Its repercussions go beyond the disorder itself and affect many areas of life. The aim of the present study is to explore the clinical symptoms and consequences of insomnia in patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorder and the perceptions of these patie...

In January 2020, the WHO classified SARS-CoV-2 infection as a public health emergency and it was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The media warned about the danger of infection, fuelling the population's fear of the new situation and increasing the perception of risk. This fear can cause behaviour that will determine the course of the pandemic...

Background: There are a wide number of assessments suggesting that being a member of a religious community inhibits adolescents’ risky behaviours and, consequently, can act as a protective factor against the consumption of smoking substances. Methods: We have analysed a structured questionnaire answered by 1935 adolescents from Tarragona (Spain). R...

El Modelo Social Europeo (MSE) implica una confluencia de recursos, representaciones sociales y acciones entre los países de la Unión Europea (UE). Es el resultado, principalmente, de la difusión de ideas y valores compartidos, de los procesos de armonización estructural económica, de la construcción de un sistema institucional transnacional y de u...

Background: Family presence during invasive procedures (FPDI) generates controversy in healthcare professionals. Objective: Evaluate the FPRB-FPSC tool for invasive procedures and find out the opinions of the medical and nursing staff on FPDI. Method: Descriptive quantitative. Online and paper questionnaire modified from a previous cross-cultural t...

El seguimiento y evaluación de las parejas en los programas de mentoría se han destacado como elementos de vital importancia para el desarrollo de un apoyo social efectivo en los jóvenes. Con el fin de mejorar los procedimientos que aseguren la calidad de las relaciones, este artículo presenta la experiencia de implementar una aplicación digital qu...

Este artículo ofrece una revisión sistemática de las distintas metodologías, técnicas y estrategias en la investigación evaluativa de la mentoría social dirigida a jóvenes vulnerables. Se analizan treinta y cinco evaluaciones de programas durante la década 2010-2020. Los resultados obtenidos muestran el uso mayoritario de una metodología experiment...

Abstract Background Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation has been studied both to identify the opinions of health professionals, patients, and family members, and to identify benefits and barriers, as well as to design protocols for its implementation. R. Twibell and her team designed an instrument that measured nurses’ perceptions...

The present study analyzes the efficiency of social expenditure by EU-28 countries within the period 2014–2018 to reduce poverty. The data are provided by programs European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and European System of Integrated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS) of Eurostat. We first calculate the Debreu–Fa...

In this chapter we focus on the growth of “new religions” and new religious movements in Latin America and attempt to find explanations for this growth. Although other explanations for the increase in religious plurality exist, we focus on the role of women in this development. The expansion of movements such as Pentecostalism is challenging the ce...

Este artículo tiene por objetivo analizar la lucha contra la violencia de género desarrollada en España desde la aprobación de la Ley 1/2004. Se ha realizado un análisis empírico a partir de los datos oficiales sobre denuncias y víctimas por violencia de género, con el objetivo de valorar si las políticas públicas desarrolladas por el Gobierno espa...

El teletrabajo se ha implementado como instrumento para hacer frente a la caída de la actividad laboral derivada de la crisis de la Covid-19. Su expansión durante la crisis contrasta con la escasa penetración lograda hasta fechas recientes. Diferentes estudios han comenzado a evaluar los impactos de la combinación entre confinamiento y teletrabajo,...

This study examined the change processes associated with the Nightingale project, a community-based mentoring programme whose aim is to promote the social inclusion of minors of immigrant origin. A pre-test–post-test study was conducted on a group of 158 young immigrants between the ages of 8 and 15, in which the influence of the mentoring programm...

In the recent decades, neoliberal policies have prioritized economic growth to the detriment of social cohesion and the environment. Within these policy tendencies, some societies have attempted to promote sustainable collective wellbeing through comprehensive policy mixes. From an institutionalist economic sociology perspective, this article compa...

On 11 March 2020 the SARS-CoV−2 virus was officially declared a pandemic and measures were set up in various countries to avoid its spread among the population. This paper aims to analyse the perception of risk of COVID−19 infection in the Spanish population. A cross-sectional, descriptive observational study was conducted with a total of 16,372 Sp...

En el estudio de los sistemas de bienestar la relación entre el gasto social y los indicadores de vulnerabilidad como la tasa de pobreza o índices de desigualdad de ingresos tienen gran interés en la literatura. Este trabajo evalúa la productividad del gasto social de los estados de la EU15 (los estados de bienestar más consolidados de la EU28), en...

This paper analyses compulsive Internet use among Spanish adolescents as measured by the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) of the ESTUDES 2016 survey (national survey on drug use in secondary schools), which was recently added to the statistical programme of the Spanish National Plan on Drugs. We examined two subsamples of Spanish adolescents (t...

La Estrategia Europea 2020 ha dado cuenta de las desigualdades territoriales en el proyecto europeo, apostando por un crecimiento basado en la economía de la innovación, que sume la cohesión social y económica con un elevado nivel de ocupación. Sin embargo la crisis económica que siguió al Tratado de Lisboa vino a trastocar el camino hacia la conv...

Avaluació de l'eficiència de la despesa social en la reducció del risc de pobresa a Catalunya en relació amb els països de la UE-28 en el període 2007-2015 col·lecció eines 33 33

Este es un informe sobre el estado de los indicadores de vulnerabilidad en Catalunya derivado del análisis de la Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida, 2018.

En el discurso en el Congreso Anual de la American Association for Public Opinion Research, en 1950, Paul Lazarsfeld expresó que los investigadores debían actuar como cronistas de los hechos, y que el método para conseguirlo era el de la encuesta. A propósito de la aplicabilidad de la investigación social por encuesta, Palacios recuerda que “la enc...

En el presente monográfico damos a conocer la investigación sobre los consumos de drogas en población juvenil y adolescente de la ciudad de Tarragona y las vulnerabilidades sociales relacionadas que nuestro equipo de investigación pudo llevar a cabo gracias a las Ayudas a la investigación del Centro Reina Sofía sobre adolescencia y juventud 2016.

BACKGROUND Since the 1980s, the controversial issue of family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been studied, as well as to identify the perceptions, opinions and beliefs of health professionals, patients and family members, as well as to identify benefits, barriers and design training and protocols for its implementation. In 2008,...

Background Since the 1980s, the controversial issue of family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been studied both to identify the perceptions, opinions and beliefs of health professionals, patients and family members, and to identify benefits and barriers, as well as to design training programs and protocols for its implementation....

BACKGROUND Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation has been studied both to identify the opinions of health professionals, patients, and family members, and to identify benefits and barriers, as well as to design protocols for its implementation. R.Twibell and her team designed an instrument that measured nurses’ perceptions of Risks-B...

En este artículo se analiza una selección de cartas escritas por migrantes y de imágenes fotográficas realizadas a ellos y recogidas en la obra Enciclopedia de los Migrantes, fruto de una investigación y de la creación artística financiado por la UE y elaborado simultáneamente en 8 ciudades de Francia, España, Portugal y Gibraltar. Las cartas están...

En el presente texto se presenta la aparición de nuevas realidades sociales en concomitancia al desarrollo de determinados avances tecnocientíficos, particularmente derivados de la biotecnología, la bioingeniería y la Inteligencia Artificial. Estas nuevas realidades se concretan aquí en la emergencia de otras formas de consciencia, una de tipo robó...

This article aims to analyze the implementation of teleworking as a security practice to face the crisis resulting from the Covid-19 disease. The present paper provides both theoretical and practical results. From a theoretical standpoint, the Baruch and Nicholson approach is extended with environmental, safety, and legal factors that explain telew...

We evaluate the efficiency of social expenditure (SE) to reduce poverty in the European Union (EU) between 2007 and 2015. The data are programs provided by the EU‐SILC and the ESSPROS. Incorporating efficiency analysis improves the results of the analysis of that complex relationship. We found that the correlation between SE and the levels of pover...

The relationship between social expenditure, on the one hand, and poverty or income inequality indicators, on the other, focuses a great interest in the literature on welfare systems. In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of the social transfer policies of the EU-28 states between 2011 and 2015 using deterministic and stochastic frontier models...

Sleep disorders are often not regarded as an important health problem, despite their impact on heath. Insomnia is the most frequent sleep disorder in mental health. The aim is to quantify the prevalence of insomnia in a population with schizophrenic disorder and assess its influence on quality of life. This is a descriptive, analytical and cross-se...

This aim of this paper is to determine the relationship between the consumption of tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol (including drunkenness and binge drinking consumption patterns) in the previous 30 days by Spanish adolescents and the information that is available to adolescents on drug consumption. This cross-sectional study employed data from the S...

En el present informe es presenta una anàlisi de les estratègies sociolaborals adreçades a les persones amb discapacitat en perspectiva comparada. És per això que hem seleccionat una sèrie de països dels quals s'ha recollit informació sobre les polítiques que posen en marxa específicament adreçades a l'objectiu de millorar els nivells d'ocupabilita...

Raigal Aran, L., Sampaio, F., Sequeira, C., Ferré Grau, C., & Belzunegui Eraso, A. (2019). Descripción de la competencia Cultural en profesionales de enfermería de Portugal. Poster presented at X Internacional Congress of the Portuguese Society of Mental Health Nursing, Portalegre, Portugal.

Objective: The incorporation of gender variable in drug addiction studies provides information about the presence of differences in the therapeutic success rates between men and women. Is therefore essential to carry out studies to analyse the efficacy of differentiated treatments to improve their success. The objective of this study is to observe...

Raigal Aran, L., Sampaio, F., Ferré-Grau, C., Belzunegui Eraso, A., & Sequeira, C. (2019). Traducción, validación y adaptación sociocultural de un instrumento para medir la competencia cultural de los enfermeros en Portugal: Resultados preliminares. Póster presentado en la NursID Week 2019, Porto (Portugal).

Raigal Aran, L., Belzunegui Eraso, A., Sampaio, F., Ferré Grau, C., & Lluch Canut, T. (2019). Interpretación teórico-empírica del desarrollo de la competencia cultural en una muestra de profesionales de enfermería. Poster presentado en el XXXVI Congreso Nacional de Enfermería de Salud Mental, Ávila (España).

In this chapter we discuss the policies for fostering entrepreneurship at Spanish universities and how these policies may be related with the low participation of women in university spin-offs. Using our results from the first part of the EQUASPIN project1, we also discuss the effects of the gender division of labour on the creation of freelance wo...

Purpose Social action implemented by the Church via its affiliated entities, foundations and associations may be viewed as a uniform activity. In reality, however, several organizational profiles exist that depend on the origin of these organizations (lay or religious), the scope of their activities (local or general) and their dependence on resour...

In this paper, we analyze data from the 2012 Encuesta de Integración Social y Salud (Social Integration and Health Survey) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish National Institute of Statistics) to obtain profiles created by combining disability, poverty and social exclusion. We hypothesize that the probability that people will experien...

In this paper, we analyze data from the 2012 Encuesta de Integración Social y Salud (Social Integration and Health Survey) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish National Institute of Statistics) to obtain profiles created by combining disability, poverty and social exclusion. We hypothesize that the probability that people will experien...

p>Artikulu honek sare sozialen analisia (SSA) erakundeei aplikatzea proposatzen du kasu bat aztertuz. Lehenik, sareen analisia erakundeen testuinguruan aplikatzeko proposamen teoriko-praktiko aurkeztuko da, ondoren, Tarragona hiriko auzo-elkarteen sarea jorratzeko. Proposamen honek erakutsi nahi du zein izan daiteken sareen analisiaren interesa fen...

Laburpena Artikulu honek sare sozialen analisia (SSA) erakundeei aplikatzea proposatzen du kasu bat aztertuz. Lehenik, sa-reen analisia erakundeen testuinguruan aplikatzeko proposamen teoriko-praktiko aurkeztuko da, ondoren, Tarragona hiriko auzo-elkarteen sarea jorratzeko. Proposamen honek erakutsi nahi du zein izan daiteken sareen analisiaren in...

Aquest llibre recull un estudi sobre l'Església Ortodoxa Romanesa a Catalunya que pretén descobrir l'estructura de la comunitats de creients ortodoxos romanesos, la història de la seva presència al país, les relacions que estableixen amb la societat d'acollida i les percepcions que tenen sobre diversos aspectes relacionats amb l'encaix dels migrant...

In this chapter we discuss the policies for fostering entrepreneurship at Spanish universities and how these policies may be related with the low participation of women in university spin-offs. Using our results from the first part of the EQUASPIN project1, we also discuss the effects of the gender division of labour on the creation of freelance wo...

Resumen En este artículo presentamos un análisis realizado a partir de los datos de la Encuesta de Integración y Salud 2012 del Insti-tuto Nacional de Estadística, centrado en observar los perfiles resultantes de la combinación entre discapacidad, pobreza, salud y exclusión social. La hipótesis que se ha formulado sostiene que la probabilidad de pa...

Resumen En este artículo presentamos un análisis realizado a partir de los datos de la Encuesta de Integración y Salud 2012 del Insti-tuto Nacional de Estadística, centrado en observar los perfiles resultantes de la combinación entre discapacidad, pobreza, salud y exclusión social. La hipótesis que se ha formulado sostiene que la probabilidad de pa...

Este trabajo ofrece una lectura de los principales resultados sobre pobreza en Cataluña en hombres y en mujeres. De entrada, constatamos que las mujeres presentan peores registros de pobreza en comparación con los hombres, si bien no son equiparables a los niveles de desigualdad que observamos en otros indicadores, como el acceso al mercado laboral...

Este libro quiere aportar conocimiento y arrojar luz sobre los hechos transcurridos durante la Guerra Civil y tras los años de dictadura, en relación al papel que jugó la Iglesia en esta época histórica. Los lectores verán enseguida cómo las relaciones entre religión y Estado pasaron por diferentes vicisitudes y etapas, y que en puridad deberíamos...

This article discusses the role of the telework as an organizational innovation incorporated to the activities of the third sector as well as in the creation of networks and links between these entities. The telework has become a tool that has produced important changes in the traditional organization of the work, and has improved the inter- and in...

Este texto recoge los resultados de una investigación con el mismo título llevada a cabo por la Cátedra de Inclusión Social de la URV y la Fundación Pere Tarrés. El estudio trató la aportación a la cohesión social de las entidades sociales de la Iglesia católica en Cataluña.

In the framework of the «Project I: CUD» (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination), carried out in the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Spain, we have studied the expressions of discrimination used by young people when surfing social network sites (SNS). We designed a methodological strategy for detecting discriminatory content in...

En la lógica de la teoría clásica de la secularización, parecería razonable pensar que los individuos irían dejando de lado progresivamente la religión a medida que se afianza su proceso migratorio. Sin embargo, algunos autores que han analizado la conexión entre los procesos migratorios y la experiencia religiosa de las personas que los protagoniz...

El presente trabajo pretende abordar el fenómeno del emprendimiento desde la perspectiva de género y, de manera más concreta, analizar la cuestión de la escasa participación laboral de las mujeres en las spin-off universitarias. La ponencia pre-tende dar a conocer algunos de los resultados de investigación del proyecto en curso EQUASPIN: La partici...

Se presentan aquí algunos análisis y reflexiones a partir de los datos de la explotación de la Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida, dentro del proyecto de investigación “Pobreza y género en España” (financiado por el Instituto de la Mujer, (CSO2008-03005-E/SOCI)). Se ha realizado un análisis de la pobreza en función del género, a partir de la evolución...

El presente trabajo pretende abordar el fenómeno del emprendimiento desde la perspectiva de género y, de manera más concreta, analizar la cuestión de la escasa participación laboral de las mujeres en las spin-off universitarias. La ponencia pretende dar a conocer algunos de los resultados de investigación del proyecto en curso EQUASPIN: La particip...

In the framework of the «Project I: CUD» (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination), carried out in the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Romania and Spain, we conducted a study into the expressions of discrimination used by young people on social network sites (SNS). To do so we designed a methodological strategy for detecting discriminatory co...

In this chapter we discuss the policies for fostering entrepreneurship at Spanish universities and how these policies may be related with the low participation of women in university spin-offs. Using our results from the first part of the EQUASPIN project1, we also discuss the effects of the gender division of labour on the creation of freelance wo...

El proceso de secularización en España y Cataluña se ha producido en circunstancias idiosincráticas que nos permiten plantear la hipótesis de una secularización diferencial en comparación con los países europeos occidentales. Contrariamente a lo que se sostiene, consideramos que la Iglesia Católica ha jugado un papel de potenciador de dicho proceso...

In recent years, both university-related entrepreneurship in general and women’s entrepreneurship in particular have been gaining strength internationally. However, research combining these three components — entrepreneurship, the university, and gender — has not advanced with the same force.

The main aim of this paper is to analyze the commitment of the initiatives of equality between men and women developed by the Offices of Research Results Transfer (OTRI) in their actions for promoting entrepreneurship. We hypothesized that the lack of a gender perspective in the design of policies to promote entrepreneurship is generating actions t...

Cataluña ha sido durante todo el siglo XX en España un estable y permanente motor de desarrollo socio-económico, industrial y cultural. Sin embargo, en las últimas dos décadas el motor de Cataluña ha perdido potencia. En muchos indicadores relativos de prosperidad, riqueza y dinamismo socio-económico Cataluña es ahora la cuarta región española, det...

This article discusses the role of the telework as an organizational innovation incorporated to the activities of the third sector as well as the creation of networks and links between these entities. The telework has become a tool that has produced important changes in the traditional organization of the work, and has improved the inter and intra-...