Our Team
UNIMOB has a team of four professionals: the principal investigator, a junior researcher contracted in Catalonia, a researcher contracted in Andalusia, and a professional in scientific communication and knowledge transfer.
The project has an Advisory Board, made up of academics, activists, and politicians with personal experience as the first in their families to graduate from university, predominantly belonging to the Roma minority.
Ábel BereményiPrincipal Investigator. Anthropologist
Professor at the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Education. For over two decades, Ábel has dedicated himself to social research, focusing his projects on educational and labour inequalities. He has conducted ethnographic studies with various Roma communities in Spain, Colombia, Hungary, and Slovakia.More: WebUB ORCID
Anna ArocaCommunication and Knowledge Transfer
With extensive experience in communication management, specializing in social and academic communication for research projects, social (educational, community, awareness-raising), interfaith, and intercultural dialogue. She is also an active member of GREDI (Research Group on Intercultural Education) and manages communication for several projects at the University of Barcelona.More:WebUB LinkedIn
Ainoa Jiménez González Junior Researcher in Catalonia
Aquí tens el codi corregit amb una mida de lletra uniforme:Undergraduate Student of the BA in Pedagogy at the University of Barcelona. As an inclusion worker, Ainoa has experience in the socio-educational field.More:LinkedIn
Ángel Heredia AmadorResearcher in Andalusia area
PhD in Psychology from the University of Granada and Master’s in “Gerontology, Dependency, and Protection of the Elderly”, Ángel has extensive knowledge of the Andalusian Roma population. His pioneering doctoral thesis explores aging processes and their psychosocial consequences in Roma communities.More:LinkedIn
Advisory Board
The UNIMOB Advisory Board meets regularly with the research team to ensure continuous monitoring of the project's progress. This working space also aims to facilitate the transfer of knowledge between academic research, Roma activism, community participation, and public policies. The Advisory Board consists of the following individuals: . María Rubia. President of the Instituto Romanó para Asuntos Sociales y Culturales. Cayetano Fernández Romero. PhD in History from the University of Navarra. Professor.. Mayte Heredia Trucharte. MA in Anthropology. Technical Officer of the Local Social Inclusion Plan.. Andrés García Berrio. Criminologist and lawyer. Deputy of the Catalan Parliament.. Carmen Méndez. PhD in Anthropology. Territorial Director of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano.. Francisco Vargas. Political scientist. Councillor at Sant Adrià de Besòs City Council.
