Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (UOC), Estudios de Psicología y Ciencias de la Educación (UOC)

Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Rambla de Poblenou 156, 08018 Barcelona

marenasc@uoc.edu

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Miriam Arenas

Assistant Professor · Part-time researcher · UOC/UB

Presentation

Miriam Arenas is PhD in Sociology at the University of Barcelona. She was graduated in Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2004), and has been visiting scholar at the Centre for Disability Studies of the University of Leeds (2010) and at the Observatório da Deficiência e Direitos Humanos (ODDH), Universidade de Lisboa (2015).

As a researcher, she has been exploring the intersection between Feminist Studies and Disability Studies, focusing on the analysis of new social movements within disability politics. She has also experience in diverse research projects about children, youngsters, elders and disabled people and how to increase their role in policy-making, with a particular interest in participatory research methods.

At this moment, she is researcher at the CARENET group (IN3-UOC) and associate lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Barcelona. She has also been collaborating teacher in the Psychology and Education Studies at the Open University of Catalonia.

Research interests

  • Feminism & Disability
  • Social Movements
  • Participatory Methods

PROJECTS

FIREPRIME

European Program for Wildfire-Prepared Communities

European Commission, DG ECHO (European Civil Protection Authority)
Competitius

Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Maria Cifre Sabater, Miriam Arenas, Daniel López Gómez

Actiu

The RESIST Project

Testing Adaptation Solutions to Key Climate Challenges

European Commission
Competitius

Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Maria Cifre Sabater, Miriam Arenas

Finalitzat

EduFire Toolkit

Educational Toolkit for secondary schools in wildfires within a climate change scenario

Comisión Europea
Competitius

Maria Cifre Sabater, Miriam Arenas, Israel Rodríguez Giralt

Finalitzat

WUICOM-BCN

Fire Resilient Interface Communities of Barcelona project

Competitius

Miriam Arenas, Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Maria Cifre Sabater, Álvaro Poo

Actiu

Dialogues on the management and communication of chemical risk in Tarragona

 Direcció General de Protecció Civil de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Competitius

Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Miriam Arenas

Finalitzat

PyroLife 

Training a new generation of interdisciplinary experts in holistic fire management

 European Commission
Competitius

Miriam Arenas, Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Isabeau Ottolini

Finalitzat

Grassroots community care initiatives in Barcelona

Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
Competitius

Joan Moyà Kohler, Miriam Arenas, Daniel López Gómez, Israel Rodríguez Giralt

Finalitzat

CUIDAR

Cultures of Disaster and Resilience among children and young people

 European Commission 
Competitius

Miriam Arenas, Daniel López Gómez, Israel Rodríguez Giralt

Finalitzat

EXPDEM

Acción política de los grupos concernidos con la promoción de la vida independiente en España

 Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad 
Competitius

Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Daniel López Gómez, Asun Pié Balaguer, Miriam Arenas, Tomás Sánchez Criado

Finalitzat

PUBLICATIONS

2023 reports

Miriam Arenas, Laia Ventura Garcia

Rodríguez-Giralt, I., Ventura, L. & Arenas, M. (2023). Comunicació del risc i ciutadania: la visió dels barris de ponent. Report for the…

2021 resources

Miriam Arenas

Garcia Gonzàlez, Iolanda; Arenas Conejo, Míriam (2021) Guia per a una docència en línia amb perspectiva de gènere. Xarxa Vives…

2021 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Arenas Conejo, Míriam (2021). A través del espejo: ¿pueden las artes contribuir a cambiar la mirada sobre la discapacidad física?.…

2020 articles & chapters

Daniel López Gómez, Miriam Arenas

Rodríguez-Giralt, Israel, Arenas, Miriam, & López, Daniel. (2020). Children, participation and disasters in Europe: A poor record. In Rodríguez-Giralt I.,…

2020 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Grisi, Anna; Cordani, Flaminia; Ribeiro, Sofia; Kanari, Charikleia; Argyropoulos,Vassilios; Arenas, Míriam & Delicado, A. (2020). Dialogues with Children, Mutual Learning…

2020 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Delicado, Ana; Arenas, Míriam; Nikolaraizi, Magda; Kanari, Charikleia; Grisi, Anna; Cordani, Flaminia & Keir, Stefanie (2020). Rights, information, needs and active…

2020 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Rowland, Jussara; Arenas, Míriam; Cordani, Flaminia, Grisi; A., Nikolaraizi, Magda, Papazafiri, Maria; Williams, Alison Lloyd, Goto, Aya; Bingley, Amanda (2020). Participatory…

2020 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Hannah, Bethany; Ottolini, Isabeau; Uyttewaal, Kathleen., Rodríguez-Giralt, Israel; Arenas, Miriam & Prat Guitart, Núria (2020). Incidents within Incidents: social perspectives on…

2020 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Arenas Conejo, Míriam & García-Santesmases Fernández, Andrea (2020). Entre lienzos y bambalinas, cuerpos diversos en la creación artística. Utopía-Revista de…

2018 articles & chapters

Miriam Arenas

Arenas, M.; García-Santesmases, A. (2018). ¿Puede ir Hamlet en silla de ruedas? Cuerpos diversos y creación artística. In Bretones, E.…

NEWS

Miriam Arenas

Miriam Arenas and Iolanda García González present in the podcast ‘Despacho 42’ “Docència en línea amb perspectiva de gènere“, a guide with a gender perspective aimed at teachers and edited…