research
MORE is a collaborative academic initiative that critically examines the Returns and Readmissions policy of the European Union and the United Kingdom. This policy has resulted in the narrowing of the pathways meant to safeguard the rights of migrated populations across Europe. The increasingly restrictive interpretations of the Returns Directive, coupled with intensified efforts to facilitate returns and deportations, have contributed to severe human rights violations. MORE analyses how the dynamics of the securitisation of borders, economic interests, and political imperatives have converged to promote and sustain returns policies. The research examines the consequences of these policies on the daily lives of irregularised migrants, their families, communities, and the European society at large. Moreover, it explores alternative approaches beyond return that tackle the structural causes of irregularity and provide dignified solutions.
The EXIT project, funded by the EU under the HorizonEurope programme and coordinated by the UB, attempts to explore the dimensions, root causes and implications of both long-standing and recently emerged socioeconomic inequalities within and between regions. It aims to propose ways to tackle these inequalities depending on their territorial footprint, analysing patterns of social and economic stagnation in a selection of areas across eight countries. The interdisciplinary research will explore how inhabitants, institutions and organizations in these areas perceive, experience and counteract inequalities from an intersectional perspective. This will enable knowledge sharing and best practice transfer amongst European states and affected communities in order to restrategise their sustainable development.
This project aims to investigate reproductive mobilities related to abortion care seeking. It will explore the interconnections between reproductive governance, borders and (im)mobilities and trace how these are based on, or produce, specific kinds of reproductive stratifications and intersectionalities in three main world regions: Europe and Latin America. This ground-breaking investigation will provide new, fresh data on a growing, global phenomenon, reproductive mobilities, which is relevant not only from social sciences, but also from human and health rights and public health perspectives. It will explore understudied phenomena, namely the experiences of women and pregnant people living in countries with restrictive abortion legislation, seeking abortion care far from where they live, particularly abroad as well as abortion seeking and provision via telehealth and the circulation of abortion medications. This project will thus provide a more in-depth empirical and theoretical understanding of reproductive mobilities and justice in specific contexts, particularly in countries that are becoming important hubs for reproductive services, such as Spain in Europe, and Mexico in Latin America.
The project will be developed in two workpackages, the first one focused on reproductive journeys and the second one on (im)mobility and illegal practices: reproductive governance and transnational support networks. While the first one addresses people’s mobilities related to abortion care seeking, the second one investigates the legal and social barriers to access to abortion care and the social networks that allow people to overcome such barriers, including via telehealth and illegal means. The second workpackage investigates the legal, political, and religious debate on reproductive health and rights in all the countries involved in the project and incorporates the perspectives of the professionals working in the reproductive health services that will be involved as well as of representatives of organizations and policymakers supporting or opposing abortion rights.
The long term impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people’s access to abortion services and medications and the related mobility restrictions that it entails will also be investigated.
The objective of this project is to encourage an engaged scientific and political discussion about reproductive governance and justice, stratified reproduction and people’s resistance to discriminatory legislation in different geo-political and social-cultural contexts. We aim to share our findings not only with scholars working on reproductive health and rights, but also with all the main institutions involved in the project (health services and organizations working in the domain of reproductive rights) as well as with policy makers, in order to contribute to the social and political debate on reproductive justice and rights in all the participating countries.
INCA is an HorizonEurope project that investigates the impact that so-called digital platforms have on European democracies and institutions. Indeed, while promoting economic growth and labour transformations, these platforms pose challenges to policymakers and citizens in relation to people’ participation in decision-making processes, wealth inequalities and erosion of trust into public institutions. In particular, so-called GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft) are becoming more and more infrastructures for opinion-making, labour organization and political debate. Their increasing power in shaping and influencing such issues through lobbying, industrial relations and cultural impact opened up a wide debate on the way to deal with these transformations. While European societies grew up based on liberal democracies and institutions with their capacity to sustain a coordinated market economy, today their role seems to be reduced because of the difficulties to regulate platforms’ corporate power that spread through politics, economy and culture.
International:
COME-ON (2020-2023) is a national research project coordinated by the ESRU and financed by the Proyectos I+D+i 2019 from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. It is an interdisciplinary research project that will use a mixed-methods approach to address gender-based online hate speech from an intersectional perspective.
PEARL is an Erasmus+ KA220 Youth project that aims to equip young migrants with the skills to use novel digital democracy tools to spearhead their democratic participation and increase the capacity of non-profit organisations and public authorities staff to promote migrant youth participation in decision making processes and democratic life. The project is coordinated by the organisation Agis, note et innove (FR)
Starting Grant. European Research Council (ERC). Project coordinated by Dr Sílvia de Zordo, with the participation of three other GENI members (2016-2021).
ERASMUS+ project (2020-2023) for the exchange of good restorative justice practices, with organisations from five European countries. It focuses on training and education, and it is related to the COME-ON and Let’sGoByTalking projects.
Justice Programme of the European Union. Project coordinated by Dr Olga Jubany (GENI coordinator), with the participation of several other members and collaborators of GENI (2020-2022).
Justice Programme of the European Union. Project coordinated by Dr Olga Jubany (GENI coordinator), with the participation of four other members and two collaborators of GENI (2017-2020).
Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) of the European Union. Project coordinated by Dr Olga Jubany (GENI coordinator), with the participation of four other members and two collaborators of GENI (2017-2019).
Proyectos de i+D+i “Retos Investigación”. Project coordinated by Dr Joan Bestard, with the participation of four other GENI members (2013-2018).
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Olga Jubany
Researchers: Joan Bestard
Funding Institution: Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC) of the European Commission
Year: 2015-2017
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Olga Jubany
Researchers: Joan Bestard
Funding Institution: Unió Europea
Project Code: 320359
Year: 2013-2015
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Olga Jubany Baucells
Reserarchers: 3
Funding Institiution: Unió Europea
Project Code: JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6214
Year: 2014-2016
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Joan Bestard Camps
Researchers: 1
Funding Institution: Unió Europea
Project Code: QLG7-CT-2001-01668
Year: 2001
National:
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Silvia de Zordo
Research Coordinator: Joan Bestard
Funding Institution: Programa post-doctoral Beatriu de Pinós. Generalitat de Catalunya
Project Code: 2011 BP_B 00146
Year: 2013-2015
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Joan Bestard Camps
Researchers: 5
Funding Institution: Ministeri de Ciència y Tecnologia
Project Code: BSO2003-06148
Year: 2013
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Xavier Roigé Ventura
Researchers: 6
Funding Institution: MCNN-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Project Code: CSO2011-29413
Year: 2012-2014
Research Institution: Universitat de Lleida, Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Carles Salazar
Researchers: Carles Salazar, Joan Bestard
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Project Code: CSO2009-08093
Year: 2010-2012
Research Institution: GRAPP-UB
Main Researcher: Xavier Roigé i Joan Bestard
Researchers: Xavier Roigé, Joan Bestard, Elena Maya, Rosa Frasquet
Funding Institution: Institut del Patrimoni Etnològic de Catalunya (IPEC)
Research Code: 2005SGR00579
Year: 2009-2012
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Xavier Roigé Ventura
Researchers: 6
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Project Code: CSO2008-05065/SOCI
Year: 2009-2011
Research Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Main Researcher: Diana Marre Cifola
Researchers: 2
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Project Code: SEJ2006-15286
Year: 2007
Research Institution: AFIN-UAB/GRAPP-UB
Main Researcher: Diana Marre Cifola
Researchers: Diana Marre, Joan Bestard
Funding Institution: Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
Project Code: CSO2012-39593-C02-00
Year: 2012
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Francesc Xavier Roigé Ventura
Researchers: 7
Funding Institution: Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT)
Project Code: SEC96-0992
Year: 1996
Research Institution: GRAPP-UB
Main Researcher: Camila del Mármol Cartaña
Researchers: 3
Funding Institution: Inventari del Patrimoni Etnológic de Catalunya- Generalitat de Catalunya.
Project Code: 056675
Year: 2009-2011
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Main Researcher: Joan Frigolé Reixach
Investigadors:
Funding Institution: Secretaría de Estado de Universidades e Investigación
Project Code:
Year: 1991
Research Institution: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona – Casa de Caritat
Main Researcher: Joan Bestard Camps
Researchers: 8
Funding Institution: Inventari del Patrimoni Etnològic de Catalunya (IPEC)
Project Code: 043727
Year: 2002
Supervisor/s: Montserrat Clua i Fainé, Olga Jubany
Reading: May 23, 2023
PhD Candidate: Alèxia Rué Larroya
Research Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Supervisor/s: Olga Jubany
Reading: February 24, 2023
PhD Candidate: Emma Fàbrega Domenech
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor/s: Olga Jubany
Reading: May 6, 2022
PhD Candidate: María Ignacia Ibarra Eliessetch
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor/s: Roger Canals; Olga Jubany
Reading: July 10, 2020
PhD Candidate: Josep Lluís Lancina
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Olga Jubany
Reading: 2019
PhD Candidate: Vallès Port, Maria Dolors
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Olga Jubany
Reading: 30th January 2019
PhD Candidate: Castells Alcaraz, Anna
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Oscar Guasch
Reading: 2017
PhD Candidate: Mesquida González, Josep Maria
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Olga Jubany
Reading: 2016
PhD Candidate: Perez Declerq, Ana Maria
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Olga Jubany
Reading: 2015
PhD Candidate: Palma Campos, Claudia
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Olga Jubany
Reading: 2010
PhD Candidate: Lázaro Castellanos, Rosa
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Assumpta Rigol Cuadra
Reading: Novembre 2014
PhD Candidate: Mª Dolors Burjales Martí
Research Institution: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2016
PhD Candidate: Esther Insa Calderón
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2015
PhD Candidate: Octavi Rofes Barón
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2015
PhD Candidate: Marta Ausona
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2015
PhD Candidate: Esther Crespo Mirasol
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2014
PhD Candidate: Jordi Mas Grau
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2014
PhD Candidate: Theodora Lefkaditou
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps; Oscar Guasch
Reading: 2014
PhD Candidate: José Antonio Langarita Adiego
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2013
PhD Candidate: Giulia Zanini
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2013
PhD Candidate: Silvia Donoso López
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● DONOSO, S. (2013), ”Superando la unicidad de la madre: la familia lesboparental”, en Bestard et alia (Coord.) Maternidades, procreación y crianza en transformación (Ed. Bellaterra)
● DONOSO, S. (2006), “Maternidad lésbica: reconocimiento y soporte en el ámbito de las relaciones familiares”, en Familias de ayer, ayer de hoy: continuidades y cambios en Cataluña, Barcelona: Icaria.
● DONOSO, S. (2002), “Epílogo: La familia lésbica”, en G. Herdt & B. Koff, Gestión familiar de la homosexualidad, Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra.
● DONOSO, S. (1998), “L’estat legal de les famílies homosexuals: reinventar la família ‘fora de la llei”, en Antropologia del Parentiu: La diversitat cultural de les relacions familiars, Barcelona: Icaria-ICA.
● DONOSO, S. (2002), “Generando nuevas formas de familia: la familia lésbica”, en Orientaciones, Madrid (número de diciembre-2002).
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2013
PhD Candidate: Zanini, Giulia
Research Institution: European University Institute (Firenze, It.)
Publications:
● Zanini, G. (2013) “Neither gametes nor children. Italian prospective parents and the variable meaning of donor embryos”, Tecnoscienza, Italian Journal of Science and Technologies Studies, 4, 1: 87-110
● Zanini, G., Raffaetà R., Krause, K. and Alex, G., (2013) Transnational medical spaces: Opportunities and restrictions, Max Plank Institute Working Paper, WP 13-16 ● http://www.mmg.mpg.de/?id=1300
● Zanini, G., (2011). “Abandoned by the State, betrayed by the Church: Italian experiences of cross- border reproductive care”, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 23, 5: 565-572.
● Zanini, G. (2008) “Regulating assisted procreation: the Italian case” in quaderns~e Rivista de l’Institut Català d’Antropologia, 12, 2. http://www.antropologia.cat/quaderns_e
● Raffaetà, R., Krause, K., Zanini, G. and Alex, G., (in press) “Transnational medical pluralism” in Hörbst, V., Schirripa, P. and Gerrets, R. (eds) Medical pluralism revisited: Medical Anthropological Engagements with Diversity.
● Zanini, G., (2013), “Riproduzione transnazionale: single e coppie omosessuali in viaggio verso la genitorialità” in Lombardi, Lia and de Zordo, Silvia (sous la direction de) La Procreazione medicalmente assistita e le sue sfide. Corpi, generi e tecnologie, Milano, Franco Angeli: 167- 177.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 10/12/2012
PhD candidate: Alcañiz Rodríguez, Berta
Research centre: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Alcañiz, B. (2014) “Cultura médica y sociedad tradicional”. Ponencia en las II JORNADAS DE ANTROPÓLOGOS CATALANES EN MÉXICO Mérida, México 27-28 marzo 2014.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2011
PhD Candidate: Liliya Khabibullina
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Khabibullina, Lilia (2009) International Adoption in Russia: “Market,” “Children for Organs,” and “Precious” or “Bad” Genes Marre, Diana & Laura Briggs, eds. Global Inequalities and the Circulation of Children. Nueva York: New York University Press, p174-189.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 2011
PhD Candidate: Assumpta Rigol
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Rigol, A (2013) “Maternidad y discapacidad intelectual: La deconstrucción de la otredad”. En López, C., Marre, D. y Bestard J., ed. Maternidades, procreación y crianza en transformación. Barcelona: Bellaterra. Pp.: 219-245.ISBN: 13:9788472906402
● Rigol, A (2012) “Percepción social de la discapacidad intelectual en la literatura y el cine”. PRESENCIA. Revista de Enfermería de Salud Mental. Vol.8 Nº: 15 Pg. 1-5..2012 ESPANYA ISSN:1885-0219
Supervisor: Joan Frigolé Reixach
Reading: 2010
PhD Candidate: Camila del Mármol Cartañá
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Mármol, C. del (2012) Pasados locales, políticas globales. Procesos de patrimonialización en un valle del Pirineo catalán. Germanias (AVA), Valencia.
● Mármol, C. del (2012) “Weekend Trips: Second homes and new social realities in the Catalan Pyrenees”. In Horakova, Hana ; Boscoboinik, Andrea (eds) Transformation of rural communities in Europe: from production to consumption. Lit Verlag, Zürich. Pp.: 49-62.
● Mármol, Camila del (en premsa) “Through Other Times: The Politics of Heritage and the Past in the Catalan Pyrenees”. En Picard, D. and Di Giovine, Michael (eds) Tourism and the Power of Otherness: Seduction of Difference. Channel View Publications, Bristol.
● Mármol, C. del (2010) “Heritagization processes an public policies in the Alt Urgell (Catalan Pyrenees)”. En Roigé, X.; Frigolé J. (eds.) Constructing cultural and natural heritage. Parks, museums and rural heritage. ICRPC Llibres (4), Girona. Pp: 141-158.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 28/01/2009
PhD Candidate: Carme Fitó
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Fitó, C. (2010), Identidad, cuerpo y parentesco, Bellaterra, Barcelona.
● Fitó, C. (2013), “Maternidad y paternidad mediante donación de gametos”, dins Maternidades , procreación y crianza en transformación, Carmen López Mateu; Diana Marre i Joan Bestard, (eds.), Bellaterra, Barcelona.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 10/11/2009
PhD Candidate: Elena Castillo
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Callejo, J; Castillo, E; Lailla, J.Mª,Trasplante de tejido ovárico, a Tratado de Enfermería de la Reproducción Humana.. Sociedad Española de Fertilidad. Ed.Médica Panamericana. Madrid, 2008.
● Castillo, E; Bestard, J., Visión antropológica, en Preservación de la Fertilidad en la paciente oncológica, Ed. Glosa. Barcelona, 2009.
● Castillo, E, Análisis antropológico de la preservación de la fertilidad en el paciente oncológico, en Maternidades, Procreación y Crianza en Transformación. C.López, D.Marre y J.Bestard. Pgs. 39-56. Editorial Bellaterra. Barcelona 2013.
● E. Castillo. ,Implicaciones sociales y culturales de la preservación de la fertilidad en la paciente oncológica. Actualidad y controversias en ginecología. La opinión de los expertos, 2010: 17(53): 17-19.
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: 10/01/2010
PhD Candidate: Carme López Mateu
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● López, C. Bestard, J. Marre, D. (2013) Maternidades, procreación y crianza en transformación. Barcelona: Bellaterra.
● López, C (2013) “Reflexiones en torno a las categorias y terminologias del parentesco en el acogimiento familiar y residencial” en López, C. Bestard, J. Marre, D. Maternidades, procreación y crianza en transformación. Barcelona: Bellaterra
● López, C. (2009). Newsletter, AFIN ¿Cuidar o educar?. Una mirada sobre el acogimiento familiar y residencial. Número 10 diciembre. ISSN 2013-2956
● Arrandis, J. López, C. (2012). Newsletter AFIN “Acogimiento, don y reciprocidad”. Número 43, Octubre. ISSN 2013-2956
Supervisor: Joan Bestard Camps
Reading: June 8, 2009
PhD Candidate: Martínez Morant, Mara Encarnación
Research Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Publications:
● Martínez Morant, M, . “Experimentar el embarazo y el aborto” a Maternidades, procreación y crianza en transformación. Pàgines (inicial-final): 97-121 – Editorial Bellaterra – ISBN: 978-84-7290-640-2 – Any: 2013
● Martínez Morant, M. (2011) “Reflexionando en torno a la maternidad y el aborto Pàgines (inicial-final): 1-20 –Editorial: Adopciones, Familias, Infancias (AFIN) newsletter, núm. 30 – http://www.afin.org.es/ – ISSN: 2013-2956
● Martínez Morant, M ,Women, abortion, migration and political, medical and religious discourses in Catalonia (Spain).Pàgines (inicial-final): 1-16 Editorial: Center for Women Policy Studies. Reproductive Laws fort he Twenty First Century Papers. (online) newsletter.