Research Affiliate
José Ignacio Carrasco is a Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, where he teaches Life Course Research in the MPhil in Sociology and Demography and Quantitative Methods in the Human Sciences undergraduate program. His research is situated at the intersection of social development and migration, with a focus on developing countries, by drawing on a life course approach and employing a wide range of quantitative and computational methods (e.g. Natural Language Processing, social simulation).
Before joining the Department of Sociology, Ignacio was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society - COMPAS. During his postdoctoral research, he worked on the MIGNEX (Aligning Migration Management and the Migration–Development Nexus) and MORE (Motivations, Experiences and Consequences of Returns and Readmissions Policy: Revealing and Developing Effective Alternatives) projects.
Before moving to Oxford, Ignacio was based in Barcelona, where he conducted his PhD research at UPF. For this, he used various quantitative methods and social simulation to work on three interconnected areas of migration research: labour market integration of Intraregional migrants, the dynamics of remittance behaviour, and the underpinning mechanisms of emigration rates.
In addition to his PhD, Ignacio holds a Master of Science in Demography from Stockholm University, a Master in Migration Management from Pompeu Fabra University, and a degree in Sociology from the University of Chile. He is an affiliate at the Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research (MPIDR) Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being and COMPAS.
Ignacio collaborates with international organizations, such as ILO, ECLAC, and the World Bank. In this work, he co-authored various reports on migration, social development, and malnutrition issues. Through this work, Ignacio has developed a strong interest in policy-making and in strengthening the link between academic research and policy practice.
