Pau Baizan

Research Professor
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

pau.baizan@upf.edu

Field of Study: Demography, Geography
 
Specialization: Fertility, International Migration, Marriage, Divorce and Consensual Unions
 
Regional focus: Western Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Demography, 1999
 
Working languages: English
French, Spanish, Catalan
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)
 
Professional Summary:

Pau Baizán is ICREA research professor at Pompeu Fabra University, where he teaches demography. Previously, he was research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (2000-2002), doctoral student and teaching assistant at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (1996-1999), where he obtained his PhD in Demography, and research associate at the University of Cambridge (1994-1995).

His research interests are in the study of family dynamics and on international migration, particularly focusing on the effects of institutional factors and on comparative research. In 2007-09 he was chair of the Scientific Panel on Policies in the Context of Low Fertility” of the IUSSP. Currently he is principal investigator of the project Migration systems in comparative perspective: Mexico-USA and Subsaharan Africa-Europe (MIGRASYS). He has recently published on these topics in the journals The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Population Research and Policy Review, Demographic Research, and European Sociological Review.

 

 

Publications:

 

Baizan P., (2016), “The policy context of fertility in Spain: toward a gender-egalitarian model?”. In: R. Rindfuss and M. Choe (eds),  Low fertility, institutions, and their policies: Variations across industrialized countries.New York/Heidelberg: Springer: 195-220. ISBN: 978-3-319-32995-6


Baizan P., and González-Ferrer A., (2016). “What drives Senegalese migration to Europe? The role of economic restructuring, labor demand and the multiplier effect of networks”. Demographic Research 35(13):339-380. 


 

Baizan P., Arpino B. and Delclós C.E, (2016). “The effect of gender policies on fertility: the moderating role of education and normative context”, European Journal of Population 32(1): 1-30. DOI 10.1007/s10680-015-9356-y. 


Baizán P., Beauchemin C. and González-Ferrer A. (2014). An Origin and Destination Perspective on Family Reunification: The Case of Senegalese Couples. European Journal of Population 30(1) 65-87. DOI 10.1007/s10680-013-9305-6.


Baizán, P.; Domínguez, M. and González, M.J. (2014). "Couple Bargaining or Socio-Economic Status? Why Some Parents Devote More Time to their Children than Others". European Societies 16(1): 3-27.DOI:10.1080/14616696.2013.859717. 


 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
Chair of the “Scientific Panel on Policies in the Context of Low Fertility”, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 2007-2009.



From 2011: Member of the review board of the journal Demographic Research.



From 2012: Member of the editorial board of the journal Papers. Revista de Sociologia.



From 2010: Project Referee: European Research Council (European Commission, Seventh Framework Program).



From 2011: Project Referee: Spanish Ministry of Science (Plan Nacional I+D, Social Science).



Research grants:
Migration systems in comparative perspective: Mexico-USA and Subsaharan Africa-Europe (MIGRASYS). Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CSO2012-37920). Principal investigator.



“Migrations Between Senegal and Spain: An Analysis of Migration, Family and Labor Market Trajectories of Senegalese Immigrants in Spain” (MESE). Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (CSO2009-12816). Principal investigator.