Projects
Digital Cartography, Care and Urban Mobility
This national research project aims to develop and analyze an interactive, collaborative, open-source digital platform to explore and improve urban accessibility and mobility from an inclusive and critical perspective. The project is led by the research groups Nodes and Mediaccions at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), in collaboration with social organizations and citizen collectives in Barcelona.
Using innovative digital and multimedia mapping tools, the project generates and analyzes complex data on mobility and care experiences in urban spaces, promoting citizen participation and the co-creation of knowledge to address territorial challenges related to accessibility and mobility. This methodology enables a deeper understanding of urban spaces as relational and experiential environments, which are essential for shaping more inclusive public policies tailored to the needs of the diverse communities living in the city.
The project is coordinated by Professors Inés Martins (NODES) and Efraín Foglia (Mediaccions).
Crossing Borders to Connect Routes. Researching with educational communities to promote equity and fight racism towards immigrants in a post-pandemic world.
March 2022 – April 2025
Supported by: Spencer Foundation, Racial Equity Special Research Grant
This project explores a once-in-a-lifetime topic across five countries on three continents: the deepening of educational inequities affecting racialized and minoritized migrants around the world in the context of COVID-19. Based on a transnational case study using participatory research techniques, our analysis will not only yield constructive insights into the emergent literature on inequalities associated with COVID-19 but also contribute to identifying and transfering new approaches to fostering equity through policy and practice. The research is led by Nodes research group at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, with the participation of five more universities: University of New York (USA), University of Wisconsin (USA), University of Malta (Malta), Federal University of Goiás (Brazil), University of the Republic (Uruguay). The project is coordinated by Dr. Amalia Creus and Dr. Adriana Ornellas.
Migrant Youths’ Educational and Urban Trajectories in Times of Pandemic: Contributions to reduce Inequity and Segregation (MyWay).
September 2022 – July 2025
Supported by: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España
National case study that explores the deepening of educational inequities that affect non-European young migrants in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Based on a qualitative approach that uses narrative methodologies and participatory research techniques, this study interrelates three relevant social phenomena: 1) the impact of this global crisis on the education of young migrants; 2) the deepening of urban and educational segregation; and 3) the ecosystem of social discourses and anti-immigration narratives that have accompanied the development of the pandemic. The project is coordinated by Dr. Amalia Creus and Dr. Gabriela Fauth.