Preliminaries

Author Biographies

• Anna Kuznik, Uniwersytet Wroclawski

  A graduate in French Studies from the Jagiellonian University of Cracow (Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie) in Poland, she was awarded a European PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in Spain. A member of the PACTE research group since 2005, she has worked in the Department of Romance Studies (Instytut Filologii Romańskiej) of the University of Wrocław (Uniwersytet Wrocławski) in Poland since 2011. Certified translator of French and Spanish in Poland. Recent papers: “La traduction comme travail: perspectives croisées en ergonomie, sociologie et traductologie” (ILCEA [En Ligne], 27/2016, 16 pages); “Work content of in-house translators in small and medium-sized industrial enterprises. Observing real work situations” (JoSTrans. The Journal of Specialised Translation, Issue 25, January 2016, 213-231); and “How to define good professional translators and interpreters: Applying the behavioural approach to studying competences in the field of translation studies"(Across Languages and Cultures, 16(1), 2015, 1-27, with Amparo Hurtado Albir).

• Joan Miquel Verd, Autonomous University of Barcelona

  Joan Miquel Verd is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . UAB). Doctor in Sociology (2002), He is BA in Business and Economics (1996) and BA in Political Science and Sociology (1994). He is the director of the Centre for Sociological Research on Daily Life and Work (Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball - QUIT) since 2013 and member of the Institute for Labor Studies (IET) since its founding in 2011. His main research interests are the analysis of social networks, youth labour trajectories and the connections between social protection and employment. Methodologically his work focuses on qualitative text analysis, mixed methods and computer assisted qualitative data analysis. His most recent publications are the book (2016) Introducción a la investigación cualitativa. Fases métodos y técnicas (with Carlos Lozares), published by Síntesis and the article (2016) “Employment instability and economic crisis in Spain: what are the elements that make a difference in the trajectories of younger adults?”(with Martí López-Andreu), published in European Societies.