Rafael Merino

He is a lecturer of Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He gives lectures in sociology of education, both in undergraduate level (bachelor in social education, bachelor in educational studies) and postgraduate (master in secondary teaching, master in youth studies and society). He is the director of Education and Work Research Group, he does research in school-to-work transition, secondary school and vocational training, educational policy and skills learning in non-formal ways. He has published articles in scientific journals, Spanish (such as Revista de Educación) and international (such as Education Policy Analysis Archives), and he has produced reports commissioned by public bodies and other stakeholders, to promote the knowledge transference to the community. He belongs to the International Study of City Youth, he has founded the Spanish Research Network of Youth and Society, and he is the secretary of Youth and Society research group of Spanish Federation of Sociology. He is involved as an expert in the Youth Partnership of Council of Europe to promote youth work and youth policy.