(M) I hold a position as Ramon y Cajal Researcher at University of Alcala, Spain, funded by the Spanish State Investigation Agency (AEI) after being Associate Professor (Profesora Titular, accredited by ANECA) at International University of la Rioja (UNIR). I taught different subjects on topics related to the educational research methodologies, and inclusive education at Doctorate, Master’s and Bachelor’s levels as well as giving courses to university professors.
I collaborate with the Ikeda Institute (IEDDAI) at the Universidad de Alcalá, the Contemporary Childhood Research Group at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), and PRCOMM research group at UNIR. I have also collaborated in the past with by European Commission-Joint Research Centre, Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA), Golden Web Foundation in the UK, and the University of Makeni, Sierra Leone.
My research areas include: 1) Education: Disadvantaged children and youth. 2) Digital literacy of children and young people. 3) Value-creating and human education. 4) Participatory, visual and multimodal research methods with children and young people. 5) Education: Conflict and peace. I am specialized in qualitative, participatory and multimodal methodology, with extensive experience in European, international and national research projects in Education and Childhood Studies, including a COST action on «Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children (DigiLitEY)» (2015-2019).
I am participating in the project «Inclusion of student and community voices for creative and sustainable education in a digital context: Policies and practices in compulsory education» (PID2023-148480OB-I00, 2024-2027) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
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