PhD in Economics from the University of Murcia (Spain). She is currently a lecturer in the area of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business at the Technical University of Cartagena (Spain).

She specialises in applied quantitative methods. She has been a pre-doctoral researcher at the London School of Economics (UK) and a visiting professor at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Wroclaw (Poland). Her research focuses on the study of the impact of institutions, law and public administrations on economic development and the proper functioning of public policies, with a special focus on the EU and EMU. 

Full Professor in Economic Policy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore) (Italy). She is coordinator of the Gender Equity Lab in the Marco Biagi Foundation, funder and member of the Scientific Committee of IDEM-university spin-off on measuring gender equality in organizations. She is conducting research and publishing in the areas of discrimination by gender and sexual orientation, gender budgeting and policies evaluation, inclusive education and well-being (measurement and evaluation of the effect of public policies on different dimensions, in a gender perspective and in the capability approach).

Professor in the Environmental Health Department at the School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto (ESS | P.PORTO)since 2009. She is a researcher at TBIO and the Biomechanics and Health Unit (INEGI/LAETA).

She holds a PhD in Occupational Safety and Health from the University of Porto, an MSc in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering, and a degree in Environmental Health. Her research focuses on job design, human well-being, and human-centered workplaces (Industry 4.0 and 5.0), with publications in ergonomics, safety, and occupational health.

PhD, Universidad de Murcia (Spain)

PhD Candidate at Glasgow Caledonian University researching methodological improvements in time-use survey data about unpaid care work in Scotland for evidence based policy making. Member of the Scottish Women’s Budget Group. 

Professor of Applied Economics

Estela Fernandez-Sabiote is Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Murcia (Spain). Her research interests focus on services marketing, brand management and consumer behaviour.

She has co-authored scholarly articles appearing in publications such as Journal of Business Research, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, the European Journal of Marketing, Service Business, the Journal of Business and Psychology, the International Journal of Market Research and Service Science, among others.

Carolina Herrera-Cano is a third-year PhD researcher at the WiSE Centre for Economic Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University. She holds Master’s degrees in International Development (NMBU, Norway) and International Business (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia). With over ten years of teaching and consultancy experience for institutions such as UN Women, UNDP, and the IFC, her research focuses on feminist economics, gender equity, and unpaid care work, comparing perspectives from the Global South and North.

Her work has been published internationally and she has also advised multinational companies on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Lucy is a Lecturer in Law at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her research focuses on contemporary and historical issues of gender, violence and law in Scotland. Her doctoral research explores misogynistic harassment in public spaces, the harms this causes and potential legal solutions. Lucy is interested in exploring further the harms of this phenomenon, particularly in relation to the wider social and economic consequences. 

Blai Martí is an expert in gender mainstreaming in local policies. He specialises in urban planning, mobility services and budgeting from a gender perspective. Also trainer in gender equality, coeducational approach or gender indicators. Academic research on intersectional policies (focusing on issues related to cultural origin and sexual orientation). He has a degree in Sociology and a Masters in Gender, Women and Citizenship Studies, as well as studies in Statistics

Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Murcia, holding a Doctorate (Cum Laude) in Political Science and Public Administration. He is a member of the Tax Observatory and GECIS research groups. His research focuses on fiscal sociology, citizen participation, and gender-sensitive public policy. He has authored multiple research articles and book chapters and has participated in various research projects and public contracts.

PhD in Architecture and Distinguished Professor at TEC de Monterrey in the School of Architecture, Art, and Design

In 2023, she was awarded the Federico Mariscal Extraordinary Chair at the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM and received the Jorge Camberos Garibi Medal from the UdeG and FIL Guadalajara for her career in urban planning.

Representative of women and feminism on the HIC Board.

Expert in feminist urban planning and gender perspective, expert and consultant to various governments on the subject.

Director of Urban Planning for the city of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Catalonia (2015-2019). 

Author of Mujeres, casas y ciudades. Más allá del umbral (Women, Houses, and Cities: Beyond the Threshold) (dpr-barcelona, 2018), translated into English in 2021 and into Portuguese in 2024.

Associate Professor of Architectural Composition. She has carried out research stays at the Laboratoire Architecture, Culture et Société of the École Nationale d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais.

She has published numerous research articles on History, Criticism, and Architectural Theory in journals indexed in various databases —Avery, Scopus, Arts and Humanities, SJR, etc.— and has participated in more than 50 national and international conferences, which have resulted in proceedings and book chapters.

Her work has been recognized in the Research Articles category at the XI Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2019) and the XV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (2021). Her research focuses on project-related issues linked to cultural sociology and the politics of creative contexts. She teaches courses such as Architectural Typologies, Avant-Garde and Architecture, Architectural Theory and Criticism, and Research Workshop at URJC.

A graduate in social education and a Master’s in Women’s, Gender, and Citizenship Studies, my research specializes in female homelessness and women’s movements and time.

Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and Professor (Emeritus) of Equality and Public Policy at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). Her research focuses on gender budgeting and gender analysis in public policy, carried out within the WISE Centre for Economic Justice. A long-standing member of the UK and Scottish Women’s Budget Groups and the European Gender Budgeting Network, she previously held senior roles in civil society organisations such as Carers Scotland and Oxfam. As an academic activist, she continues to promote transformational change in public policy and resource allocation, bringing this approach to her teaching in the MSc in Human Rights and her work on human rights budgeting to advance equality and rights realisation.

Diego Peñarrubia holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Murcia, where he has taught Microeconomics and Macroeconomics for over three decades. During this time, he has published numerous articles, particularly in the field of Industrial Organization.

He has also held positions outside the University, including in the office of the Government Delegation and its Development Department, and as director of the Cartagena Local Development Agency. He has also carried out infrastructure projects for the Ministry of Transport and the Barcelona City Council, and housing projects for the Economic and Social Council of the Region of Murcia.