Pilar Gonalons-Pons

Dr. Pilar Gonalons-Pons is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences, with affiliations to the Population Studies Center, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015), an M.A. in International Migration from the University of Deutso (2008), and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Barcelona (2006). Her postdoctoral work included a position at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and she served as a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation (2021-2022).

Her research focuses on the interplay between work, families, and public policies in shaping economic inequalities, with a particular emphasis on the gender dynamics of paid and unpaid care work. She explores how gender culture influences family dynamics and socioeconomic outcomes. Her work has been published in high-impact journals such as the American Sociological Review and Demography.

Dr. Gonalons-Pons teaches courses on the Sociology of Gender, Family Sociology, and Social Statistics. Her recent publications analyze the economic impacts of caregiving roles during crises, the effectiveness of social policies in reducing poverty, and cross-national comparisons of care labor structures. Her research consistently highlights the need for equitable policy frameworks to address systemic inequalities in caregiving and labor markets.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. She has advised no listed students but has contributed to numerous collaborative projects and policy analyses. Her affiliations include leading roles in interdisciplinary research teams focused on care labor economics and gender equity.