Degree in Educational Sciences and European PhD in Inclusive Education from the University of the Balearic Islands. Her research is based on youth transitions to adulthood, early school from education and training, gender and lifelong learning. In addition to university teaching and research, she has worked for Palma City Council as coordinator of the Municipal Observatory for Equality and as an immigration technician in programmes for the promotion of coexistence. Actually, she is also Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Research and Innovation in Vocational Education and Training (LABVET-UIB).

Research projects

• Abandono temprano de la formación profesional (ATEFP): prevenir el ATEFP desarrollando la vinculación del alumnado con el profesorado (PID2019-108342RB-I00). Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
• Co-created Education through Social Inclusion (COSI.ed). 621365-EPP-1-2020-1-NO-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN. Web page: https://cosied.eu/
• 2024-2028: Completion and dropout pathways in Intensive Dual VET: empirical approach and recommendations (PID2023-149074OB-I00). Funded by the State Research Agency.
• 2024-2025: Gender segregation and coeducation in vocational training studies: proposals for intervention from a collaborative and holistic approach (9-1-ID24). Funded by the Ministry of Equality.

Publications

Salvà-Mut, F.; Thomás-Vanrell, C. & Quintana-Murci, E. (2016). School to work transitions in times of crisis: The case of Spanish youth without qualifications. Journal of Youth Studies, 19(5), 593-611.

Salvà Mut, F.; Tugores Ques, M. & Quintana Murci, E. (2018). NEETs in Spain: an analysis in a context of economic crisis. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 37(2), 168-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1098768

Quintana Murci, E., Salvà Mut, F. & Tugores Ques, M. (2019). Making Spanish young women's transition to adulthood visible: a biographical analysis in times of crisis. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25(1), 329-342.

Quintana Murci, E., Tugores Ques, M. & Salvà Mut, F. (2020). Poor educational attainment, training opportunities, and transitions to adulthood: the case of young Spanish women In N. Vogel & L. Arnell, (Eds.), Living like a girl. Agency, social vulnerability and welfare measures in a European context (pp. 101-122).Berghahn Books.

Sureda-García, I., Jiménez-López, R., Álvarez-García, O., & Quintana-Murci, E. (2021). Emotional and Behavioural Engagement among Spanish Students in Vocational Education and Training. Sustainability, 13(7), 3882.

Navas Saurin, A.A., Abiétar López, M., Bernad i García, J.C., Córdoba Iñesta, A.I., Giménez Urraco, E., Crespo, E.M., Quintana-Murci, E. (2021). Student engagement in Vocational Education and Training: differential analysis in the province of Valencia. Revista de Educación, 394, 189-204.

Cerdà-Navarro, A., Quintana-Murci, E. & Salvà-Mut, F. (2022) Reasons for dropping out of intermediate vocational education and training in Spain: the influence of sociodemographic characteristics and academic background. Journal of Vocational Education & Training. Published online. DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2022.2049625

Salvà-Mut, F., Tugores-Ques, M., & Quintana-Murci, E. (2023). Early School Leaving and Transition to Adulthood: A Case Study of a Spanish Mediterranean Region. Emerging Adulthood, 11(1), 207-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968221091360

Krane, V., Zubala, E., Thorning, T. H., Quintana Murci, E., & Macedo, E. (2025). Running Collaborative Competence Groups - Exploring Experiences From Five Countries. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241306082

Sureda-Garcia, I., Jiménez-López, R., Salvá-Mut, F., & Quintana-Murci, E. (2025). Typologies of student vulnerability in second-chance education programmes. Education Inquiry, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2025.2464994