Mariona Farré

Mariona Farré is a PhD researcher at the Sociology Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her project analyses educational choices and upper-secondary transitions in rural areas of Catalonia. She holds a degree in Sociology (2018) and a Master’s in Social Policy, Labour, and Welfare (2020), both from the same university. 

Her main areas of interest include the sociology of education, spatial sociology, youth studies, and mixed methods. Specifically, her research focuses on the impact of social and spatial inequalities on educational trajectories, students’ experiences and future aspirations, as well as vocational education and training policy and students’ mobility patterns in local education markets. 

She has participated in the project EduPost16: The construction of post-16 educational opportunities. An analysis of post-compulsory educational transitions in urban settings through internships as an undergraduate and master’s student. Currently, she is a research team member in LEARNER: Learner identity and learning trajectories in secondary education—curricular policies, pedagogic practices, and students’ social contexts and Acompanya’m: Programa d’orientació per a l’èxit educatiu. Additionally, she has worked as a consultant on the Early school leaving and permanency in VET project, funded by Barcelona City Council.