Studies and reports

The research projects elaborated in collaboration with other institutions have the basic function of knowing the general situation in the city in an updated and periodic way, and offer a snapshot of the reality and the citizen's opinion about the uses of time and the policies that derive from it.

The following studies have been carried out so far:

  • Time management, a key factor in business productivity and personal well-being in the NUST Network (Business Network for a New Working Time)

    Scope: Barcelona
    Theme: Working time
    Authors: Dr. Sílvia Cóppulo and Dr. Jordi Pereira, from the Business Leadership Observatory - UPF Barcelona School of Management and Barcelona Activa
    Review: The present research work is located in the current social and labor context, when they look to balance the advantages and disadvantages of telework.

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  • Yearbook of the Pacte del Temps 2022

    Scope: Barcelona
    Theme: Pacte del Temps
    Authors: Directorate of Gender Services and Time Policies
    Ressenya: First Yearbook of the Pacte del Temps that compiles the activities carried out throughout 2022. It includes articles reflecting on its evolution and on key issues, such as children's right to time, the relationship between time poverty and public health, and sustainability. Finally, it also summarises the main actions carried out in the framework of the World Capital of Time Policy, which Barcelona will hold for 2022.

  • The public time policies promoted by Barcelona City Council 2022

    Scope: Barcelona
    Theme: Time policies
    Autoria: Directorate of Gender Services and Time Policies
    Summary: The time policies in force during 2022 are analysed. The aim is to provide an overview of the situation, give visibility to the work done and identify challenges to be addressed in the future. It summarises the main indicators of policy implementation, and details the status according to the seven axes that make up the Time Pact.

  • Study "Models of care provision and home support"

    Scope: International
    Theme: Economics of care - Household work.
    Author: Ángela García Bernardos, Elisa Covelo, Elba Mansilla, María Alejandra Peña. Under the direction of Raquel Gallego.
    Summary: The document explores and analyses different models of intervention in the care economy and the home with the aim of generating new models of intervention and approach that promote the universality, dignity and sustainability of these services.

  • Economy of care and municipal policy: towards a democratization of care in the city of Barcelona

    Language: Spanish
    Area: Barcelona
    Subject: Economics of care
    Authors: Sandra Ezquerra (University of Vic); Elba Mansilla (The Invisible City) and City Hall of Barcelona.
    Review: Exploring the provision and reception of care in the city of Barcelona, carrying out qualitative interviews with recipients and providers of care, with the objective of formulating action recommendations to democratize it and place it at the center of political, social and economic priorities

  • Time study: data collection systems, new proposals and policy orientation

    Authors: Cristina Carrasco Bengoa; Retired Professor, Department of Economics, University of Barcelona. Andrés Coco Prieto, Department of Sociology (University of Barcelona) Barcelona, 2018.
    This study makes it possible to incorporate new indicators into surveys that reflect the current situation from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, in order to influence the development and implementation of public policies that are appropriate to the needs of citizens.

     

    Estudi sobre els temps: els sistemes de recollida de dades, noves propostes i orientació de polítiques
  • Time management for social entities: current situation, challenges and difficulties

    Area: Catalonia
    Subject: Time management-Conciliation and co-responsibility
    Authors: Women Directors and Professionals of Social Action and Barcelona City Council
    The study analyzes the situation and the challenges that the social sector faces in moving towards a management of the times that take into account the universal lanecessitat of compatibilitzarles care, the working day and personal and social times.

  • Diagnostic of "Neighbourhood time, shared education time" and activities out of the school schedule

    Language: Catalan
    Direction: Programs of New Social Uses of the Time. Council of Barcelona 
    Collaboration: Institute of Education. Council of Barcelona and Foundation Jaume Bofill 
    Writing: Elena Sintes Pascual 
    Barcelona, 2010 
    The collection publication and it unifies the different studies carried out among 2005 and 2010 in the neighborhoods that kept on incorporating into the "Neighbourhood time, shared education time". The diagnostic carried out allowed to know the needs and demands, in relation to the out-of-school activities, of the agents and the families of the different territories.
     

  • Social Use of Time in Barcelona. A Prospective Vision

    Research team: Elena Sintes, Jordi Serra, Albert Cónsola and Antoni Ramon
    Barcelona, 2006 
    Established by: Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies Research Group (IERMB) and Barcelona City Council Department for Uses of Time
    Exhaustive description of social uses of time in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area from 1985 to 2006 and approximation to future scenarios.
    Document in Catalan

  • Social use of the time in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region

    Director: Carme Miralles-Guasch
    Coordinator: Elena Sintes Pascual
    Assistance: Maties Vives Campdepadrós
    Barcelona, 2007
    Established by: Barcelona City Council Department for Uses of Time and IERMB
    Study of the impact of the growth of the city into a metropolis on people's uses of time. A vision of the main problems caused by this territorial structure on the way people manage their time and their personal development.

  • Work time: report on European Union measures

    Author: Special Research Centre on Everyday Life (QUIT) 
    Barcelona, 2007
    Established by: Barcelona City Council Department for Uses of Time and Barcelona Economic and Social Council (CESB)
    Review of changes in labour relations in Europe due to changes in work times. The study concludes with descriptions of a number of proposals for action and initiatives regarding uses of time in Catalonia and Spain.
    Document in Catalan

  • Innovative initiatives at businesses in Barcelona

    Authors: Annabel Jové, Iolanda Blesa and Silvia Hidalgo Alcázar (support)
    Barcelona, 2007
    Established by: Barcelona City Council Department for Uses of Time and Barcelona Economic and Social Council (CESB)
    Study and description of companies that have launched initiatives with direct impact on their employees' time. The conclusions and recommendations seek to provide a reference for companies in all sectores.
    Document in Catalan

  • The social use of time in Barcelona. Update with data from 2006

    Promoters: Barcelona City Council's Department of Time Use and IERMB
    Barcelona, 2006
    In 2006 an extension of the study L'ús social del temps a Barcelona (The social use of time in Barcelona) was carried out with data collected that same year.

  • The social use of the time in Barcelona. Executive Study

    Established by: Barcelona City Council Department for Uses of Time and IERMB 
    Barcelona, 2006
    This study, based on the 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000 surveys of living conditions and habits, provides information on the strategies employed by the people of Barcelona as regards time, as well as their perceptions of the issue and the ways they organise the different time spheres.

  • Survey "Uses of Time and the Public Space"

    Established by: Department for Uses of Time and Barcelona City Council Department Directorate for Study and Evaluation Services 
    Barcelona, 2006
    Based on 800 interviews, the survey describes public perceptions of uses of time and the public space. 
    Document in Catalan