INSEAI Network

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  Raul.Lorente@uv.es

He holds a degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Valencia (Spain). He has devoted over 30 years to teaching and research, initially in Mexico (at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas and the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - ITESM), and since 2003 at the University of Valencia, Spain, where he works as a professor and researcher in the Department of Sociology. His main areas of specialization include labor precariousness, informality, underemployment, and the analysis of working and employment conditions across various productive sectors. Professor Lorente has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and two books published in Mexico by Plaza y Valdés. Over the years, he has conducted several research stays (Oxford, UMASS, UAT, IAEN, PUCE, Andean Simón Bolívar University, PUJ...) and participated in multiple research projects, both as principal investigator and collaborator. In 2017, he served as a Prometeo researcher for the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Ecuador at the Center for Labor Studies of the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador.

  teresa.empar.aguado@uv.es

Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Valencia, specialising in the sociology of work and gender. She holds a PhD in Social and Labour Sciences from the University of Valencia, with a doctoral thesis entitled “De patitas en la calle. Mujeres y hombres en desempleo: el caso español en la última crisis”, which offers a comparative analysis of the labour and life trajectories of unemployed women and men in Spain during the last economic crisis.

Her teaching and research focus on labour sociology and gender sociology, with particular attention to occupational segregation, gender inequalities in employment, unemployment, precariousness and local innovations aimed at reducing gender inequalities in the labour market. She has coordinated and participated in research projects and collective publications on women in male-dominated occupations, care work, unemployment and crises, and local initiatives against gender inequality in employment, and has authored and co-authored books, book chapters and articles in specialised journals and publishing houses.

Her work in disseminating research on gender and work has been recognised with the “Carmen de Burgos” Feminist Outreach Award, and she regularly collaborates with public institutions and social organisations in training, awareness-raising and advisory activities on gender inequalities and the world of work.

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  adoracion.guaman@uv.es

Professor of Labour and Social Security Law at the University of Valencia and a researcher at the University Institute for Women’s Studies at the same university. She holds doctoral degrees in Law from the Université Paris X-Nanterre and from the University of Valencia, where she was awarded an extraordinary PhD prize, and also completed a Master’s in European Union Studies, a postgraduate programme in International Cooperation and Development, and degrees in Law and in Political Science and Public Administration.

Her teaching and research focus on labour and social security law, feminist legal studies, international labour law and the regulation of transnational corporations, human rights and global value chains, with particular attention to contemporary forms of slavery and their impact on women. She has led and participated in research projects on work and globalisation, trade and investment agreements, sovereignty and regional integration in Latin America, and business and human rights, and is the author of numerous books, book chapters and articles in specialised journals and collective volumes.

She coordinates the research group on constituent power and new constitutionalism at the University of Valencia, the working group “What work for what future?” at the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), and collaborates as an associated researcher with HOMA – Human Rights and Business Centre (Brazil) and the Joaquín Herrera Flores Institute for Human Rights. She has also held advisory and management positions in public institutions, particularly in the field of labour and social rights, and participates as a legal expert in the process stemming from UN Human Rights Council Resolution 26/9 to develop a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights.

  Juana.ramirez@uv.es

Licentiate in Sociology with a specialization in Sociology of Education from the Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico. Holds a Research Proficiency (Third Cycle) in Welfare State, Cooperation, and Local Development. She earned a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Valencia, where she is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.

She has worked as a technical advisor in the Planning area at the Autonomous Metropolitan University (Mexico). She has also served as project manager for Complementary and Support Actions for Continuing Training at the Training and Employment Foundation PV-CCOO, funded by SERVEF and the European Social Fund.

She has participated in research projects in the following areas: Social Needs Assessment; School and Immigration; Volunteering and Gender; Altruism and Non-Governmental Organizations; and Analysis of Psychosocial Risks in MERCOSUR and Pacific Alliance countries. She has several publications in her fields of expertise.

  josep.v.pitxer@valencia.edu

Josep Vicent Pitxer i Campos is an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia, where he also holds academic management responsibilities as vice-dean/vice-director and department secretary. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration (1989) and a PhD in Applied Economics (1999), both from the University of Valencia.

His teaching and research focus on applied economics of territory, labour markets and employment policies, with particular attention to local development, productive structures and transformations in employment in the Valencian Region. He has taken part in numerous studies, reports and research projects on territorial and socio-economic diagnostics and has co-authored publications on employment policies, the Valencian labour market and the interrelations between territory, economy and work, including handbooks and collective volumes with specialised publishers.

He is a member of research networks and teams devoted to the analysis of territorial development and employment, including the INSEAI network, and collaborates with public administrations and social actors in the design and evaluation of local development strategies and active labour market policies.