Inter-University Women and Gender Studies Institute. IIEDG

PhD Students in the Program

 

Liliana ARAGÓN CASTRO

 

I have a bachelor of arts in International Relations by the Tecnologico de Monterrey, (Mexico), I have completed a master's Degree in International Cooperation at Institute for Development and Cooperation (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); I have also studied the master's Degree on Gender, Women and Citizenship Studies at the Barcelona University. I have professionally developed as a consultant and as a research technique on issues of gender, culture and development since 2001 in different organizations and entities. I have worked for the municipality of Centro (Tabasco, Mexico) in the design and evaluation of gender equality policies and training against sexist violence. Executive leader with more than 15 years of experience in consulting and training across multiple fields ranging from: Gender, Social Development, Education, Entrepreneurship, and Cultural Affairs. Conceptualized and performed Development projects in both Private & Public sectors. My research project is framed within the field of women's historiography. The provisional title of the thesis is: Women human rights defenders in Chihuahua, Mexico: toward a reconceptualization and resignification of justice, memory, reparation and activism in the gender key. The director is Montserrat Carbonell Esteller. 

Research line: 4. Social movements, activism, gender policies.

Email adress: liliana.aragon.castro@gmail.com

 

 

Verónica ARAVENA VEGA

 

Psychologist, Master in Social Psychology with Mention of Development of Healthy Organizations, University of Talca, Chile, Master in Human Resources and Organization Management, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain. PhD of the interuniversity program Gender Studies, Culture, Societies and Politics of the Universitat de Barcelona, member of the Copolis Interuniverse Group "Welfare, Community and Social Control". Her main research line relates to policies of labor-family conciliation, co-responsibility and care work, participating in projects and research in this line at the University of Talca, Chile and the Universitat de Barcelona. In the professional field she has been in public and private organizations mainly in the area of Human Resources, Organizational Development and Equality. 

Research line: 2. Work, time and markets

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Bart BLOEM HERRAIZ 

 

Bachelor in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and Master in Management of Adventure Tourism Activities by the University Pablo de Olavide (Seville), and Master in Gendering Practices by the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). Currently, I am Ph.D. student in the Interuniversity Program of Gender Studies: Culture, Society and Policies, and a member of the research group Motiva2: Sport, Organization and Security at the University Pablo de Olavide. I am also an activist in Bloque Andaluz de Revolución Sexual and in the Association Somateca Revoltosa (a participatory research/action workshop that, through trips to the outdoors, workshops, talks, and intellectual production of various kinds, aims to create an inclusive and diverse outdoor culture). My research has focused, from an autoethnography- and queer and feminist methodologies perspective, on the experiences of trans people in sport and in physical activities in the natural environment. Other research topics that interest me are the interrelations between queer and outdoor pedagogies.

Research line: 7. Health: promotion, technologies and diversity

Email adress: bart.bloem@uvic.cat

 

Mónica Andrea CABARCAS RIVERA

 

Research line: 1. Territory, migration, globalization.

Email adress: cabarcasmonica1@gmail.com

 

  

María Gloria CAYULEF CONTRERAS

 

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

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Patricia CELI MEDINA

 

She holds a degree in Anthropology from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and a Master's Degree in Social Policy and Community Action from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She is currently a PhD student in the Interuniversity Program for Gender Studies: Culture, Society and Policy, predoctoral researcher of the research group "Society, Policies and Inclusive Communities" (SoPCI) of the UVic: Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya and member of the UNESCO Women, Development and Cultures Chair of the UVic: Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Her research has been based on issues related to the feminist economy, the common economy and paid and unpaid care. His scientific production has revolved around the analysis the defamiliarization of care in Ecuador's welfare regime; the contribution of community care spaces supported by public administrations to the democratization of the provision and reception of care for the elderly; and gender-based violence against older women in Ecuador.

Research line: 7. Health: promotion, technologies and diversity

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Aleix COSTA MAÑÉ

 

 

PhD in film and gender studies at the Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, in the Group of Gender Studies: Translation, Literature, History and Communication. Master's Degree in Contemporary History and Culture from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Degree in Journalism at the Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. Prior to the foray in the academic field he was part of the writing team of Televisió de Catalunya, in the information channel 24h 3/24, in the Telenotícies, programs such as Els Matins and in sections of international and culture.

Research line: 8. Language, communication and artistic productions.

Email adress: aleixcm7@gmail.com

 

Mireia COTS MELERO

 

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

Email adress: mireia.cotsmel@gmail.com

Raquel DALMAU ESCODA

 

Research line: 8. Language, communication and artistic productions.

Email adress: raquel.dalmau.escoda@gmail.com

 

Georgina DÍAZ IBARZ

 

Feminist comunicator with expertise raising awareness on issues surrounding gender and development in the digital space. She has worked with several international and grassroots NGOs in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Uganda and Nicaragua focusing on youth, feminism, sexuality, conflict, global health and entrepreneruship.
 
She holds a MA on Education, Gender and International Development from Univeristy College London. For her dissertation, she researched sex education and its effect in constructing gendered identities in Uganda. 
 
Georgina is today a PhD candidate with the Gender Studies: Culture, Societies and Politics programme at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Additionally, she works for the research centre Internaitonal Institute for Environment and Development and leads the editorial team at Young Feminist Europe.
 

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

Email adress: georgina.diazibarz@gmail.com

 

Iliana Anahí ESTRADA ACERO

 

Research line: 1. Territory, migration, globalization.

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Montserrat FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA

 

Technical Director of the Observatori del Tercer Sector and professor associated with the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu i Fabra. Graduated in Sociology and graduated in statistics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, her thesis work 'The participation of women in the third sector. Analysis compared by welfare regimes' is part of the Industrial Doctorates program. 

Research line: 4. Social movements, activism, gender policies.

Email adress: correodemontse@gmail.com

   

Carla FRÍAS ORTEGA

 

She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a professor at the Universidad de Chile. She is an external evaluator member of the Government Programmes Assessment (EPG) expert panel of the Budget Directorate of the Government of Chile. He has implemented various evaluations of programs and public policies in Chile, has been a member of several international evaluation teams of Equal Opportunity Plans in Spain, Chile and Uruguay. She has published academic articles on public policy and gender, diversity and equity, gender and social program evaluation. 

Research line: 1. Territory, migration, globalization.

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Andrés GALEMIRI LEÓN

 

Psychologist, master in clinical psychology with specialty in psychoanalytical theory and clinic (Diego Portales University, Chile), psychoanalyst. I have been professor in the Andrés Bello University (Chile) and Autonomous University (Chile). At present I am candidate to PhD in Gender and Women in the Vi-Universidad Central de Catalunya University, where my research is devoted to the possible potentialities and limitations found between psychoanalysis and Queer Theories and those theoretical elements that can nourish one or the other theory. My Dissertation is entitled (Un)encounters between psychoanalysis and Queer Theory. I am cofounder of Prisma Psychology in Bilbao, an institution dedicated to specialized attention for women and Igtbiq* population.

Research lines: Psychoanalysis and gender; psychoanalysis and sexual diversity; psychoanalysis and Queer Theory; psychoanalytical policies.

Research line: 7. Health: promotion, technologies and diversity

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Ariadna GRAELLS SANS

 

Research line: 7. Health: promotion, technologies and diversity.

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Cecilia MORENO

 

Research line: 4. Social movements, activism, gender policies.

Email adress: cmoreno@ug.uchile.cl

Ana MURCIA JURADO

 

My professional, academic and personal life has always been linked to social action, with more than ten years of work experience, between the Third Sector and the Public Administration in Catalonia, in the sector of care for people. I graduated in Labour Sciences from the Universitat de Barcelona in 2010 and in 2008 I completed the Diploma of Social Work by the same university. In 2016 I complemented my academic training with a Master of Management and Management of Social Entities (Facultat Pere Tarrés-Ramon Llull) and in 2012 I completed the Master of European Policies of International Development Cooperation (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). With the aim of continuing to train, I am currently a PhD in Gender, Culture, Society and Policy Studies at IIEDG- Universitat de Barcelona. My research is part of the Care Economy (work, time and market) in order to contribute to the professionalization of the sector dedicated to the care of people with dependence, more specifically home support services since public provision.

Research line: 2. Work, time and markets

Email adress: vickymherreros@gmail.com

 

Marta PARELLADA CASTRO

 

Graduated in Sociology from Universitat de Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Applied Research to Feminism, Gender and Citizenship Studies at Universitat Jaume I de Castelló. I am, currently, writing a doctoral thesis in Gender Studies at Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. My research addresses the history of the spanish feminist movement and trans activism, and the participation of trans people in feminist spaces.

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

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Júlia PASCUAL BORDAS

 

Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (UB), Master’s degree in Women Studies, Gender and Citizenship. Currently, studying a PhD in Gender Studies in the research line "Identities, relations and groups: social constructions and rights". Research on LGBTI youth and private space. Work experience in awareness-raising, prevention and intervention in gender-based violence and violence LGBTI phobia addressed to young people and youth workers. Coordination and participation in trainings and elaboration of protocols for gender-based violence and LGBTI phobia. Working with children and young people in education and leisure activities, participation in cultural projects and voluntary programmes at a local and international level. Participation in feminist and LGBT movements.

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

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Pol PLANAS CALLICÓ 

 

Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Human Rights Office. He has studied political science, international relations, human rights and international aid and development. His research interests in the gender studies programme of the University of Barcelona focus on irregular migrant women, domestic labour and the migration policy of the European Union. 

Research line: 1. Territory, migration and globalization

Email adress: pplanaca74@alumnes.ub.edu

Maria SÁNCHEZ FERNÁNDEZ

 

Email adress: maria.sf.93@gmail.com

Fernando SANCHO

 

Sociologist. Master's Degree in Social Sciences with Gender Mention and Development from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences FLACSO-Sede Ecuador. He currently holds the Interuniversity Doctorate in Gender Studies: Cultures, Societies and Policies at the University of Girona, through a scholarship awarded by the National Secretariat of Higher Education, Science and Technology SENESCYT of Ecuador. He is part of the Research Group Speech, Gender, Science and Culture [DIGECIC] led by Dr. Teresa Cabruja Ubach. He develops his doctoral thesis research entitled: De delincunetes y enfermos a ciudadanos: politización de los activismos LGBTIQ+ en Ecuador.. His lines of research focus on gender studies, sexualities and LGBTIQ+ studies.

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

Email adress: sancho_ole78@hotmail.com

 

Irina SHAPOVA

 

Research line: 5. Power relations and patriarchal violence

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Fotini Maria TSOLOUKA 

 

Research line: 1. Territory, migration, globalization.

Email adress: femitsoulouka@gmail.com

Eva VÁZQUEZ SEGURA

 

Community Midwife, BA in History and MA in Women and Gender Studies. Assistant Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Nursing at Universitat de Barcelona. Currently she’s a PhD Student at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She’s conducting her research on queer reproductions and, in particular, reproduction and non binary people. Apart from sexual and gender diversity, she’s also interesed in everything related to sexual and reproductive healthcare and queer studies.

Research line: 3. Identities, relationships and groups: social constructions.

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Maria VILLELLAS ARIÑO

 

I have a Degree in Political and Administration Sciences from the UAB, Postgraduate Diploma in Peace Culture and in Gender and Equality and I have studied the Master's Degree in Women, Gender and Citizenship Studies. Since 2003 I have worked as a researcher at the Escola de Cultura de Pau, at the UAB. My expertise areas are gender analysis of armed conflicts and peace processes and the international Gender, Peace and Security agenda. I have also participated in different consultancy projects related to peace processes and the participation of women, as well as in the design of peacebuilding tools with a gender perspective, such as the Second Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security of Spain. I have worked as a freelance translator translating several books about gender and armed conflictivity. I am part of the Women’s International League (WILPF) and also of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network and I participate as an expert member of the Catalan Council for Peace Promotion. My thesis is framed within peace and security feminist studies and the development of the international agenda on gender, peace and security. The provisional title is "UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. A tool for building engendered peace processes" and is directed by Dr. Encarna Bodelón.

Research line: 4. Social movements, activism, gender policies.

Email adress: maria.villellas@uab.cat

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Anna ZAERA

 

She holds a degree in Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona(UAB) and a master's degree in International Relations from the Institut de Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). As a journalist she has collaborated with Cadena SER, efe agency, Time Out, Mèdia.cat and is currently a columnist for Vilaweb. Individually, she has been recognized with the Media Civic Award awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2018 and the Món Rural Journalism Award 2019 for the report La revolució dels afectes quilòmetre zero. She has also received the Non-Sexist Communication Award 2014 awarded by the Association of Women Journalists of Catalonia to the collective project Surtdecasa.cat, a cultural medium of which she is co-founder. She is curator of the Femme in Arts festival, at the Lo Pati Art Centre of the Network of Visual Arts Centres of Catalonia. His current research deals with the confession of non-regulatory identities in the family context through self-produced videos.

Research line: 8. Language, communication and artistic productions.

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