Aina Tarabini (PI) is Full Professor of Sociology in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and, since December 2025, director of the research centre GEPS – Globalisation, Education and Social Policy (https://geps-uab.cat/).
Her research focuses on the study of social inequalities in education, with particular attention to secondary education and to the mechanisms through which education systems contribute to the (re)production and/or transformation of social inequalities. More specifically, her research examines processes of educational (dis)engagement, dropping out and early school leaving; explores young people’s educational trajectories, experiences and identities; and analyses curriculum, pedagogy, and teachers’ practices and beliefs, from a critical sociological perspective. Her work is grounded in a social justice approach that foregrounds the relational dimensions of education and attributes a central role to affective and care relations in processes of learning and school engagement. Overall, her research seeks to connect the subjective, institutional and systemic dimensions of inequality through a qualitative-driven approach.
Some of her books include: Tarabini, A. (2022). Educational Transitions and Social Justice: Understanding Upper Secondary School Choices in Urban Contexts (Policy Press); Tarabini, A. (2019) The Conditions for School Success: Examining Educational Exclusion and Dropping Out (Palgrave); Tarabini, A. & Ingram. N. (2018). Educational Choices, Transitions and Aspirations in Europe (Routledge).
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Mail: aina.tarabini@uab.cat
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