Sílvia Gómez
Sílvia is a marine social anthropologist and associate professor (“professora agregada” Catalan system) at the Department of Social Anthropology (UAB). She has more than 20 years of experience in studies about marine protected areas, coastal communities, and fisheries in Europe, with contributions in the Arctic, Latin America, and Asia. She coordinates the Sea Poples Lab research group and is co-leader of the Anthropology of Seas and Oceans working group at the Catalan Association of Social Anthropology. She is a member of the Anthropology of Sea(s) Network at the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA), chair invited member of WGBESEO and WGSOCIAL of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Silvia is a contributing member of the Marine Working Group on Food Systems at Alimentta, Think Tank for Food Transition. In her research, she applies a transdisciplinary approach, collaborating mainly with marine biologists, geographers, economists, and environmental lawyers.
Beatriz Patraca
Beatriz is an anthropologist and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the UAB. She has been a lecturer at various Catalan universities for over a decade, specializing in social network analysis and digital ethnography. With expertise in transnational research, particularly with a gender focus, Beatriz has conducted studies in diverse fields. Previously, she played a role in a socio-economic cuttlefish program in Roses and Pals, Catalonia. Additionally, Beatriz has actively participated in an inclusive approach project, evaluating scenarios and integrative visions for managing protected areas in the Sierra de Guadarrama (Envision Project). At present, she is a part of the European EmpowerUs project.
Miroslav Pulgar
Miroslav is a predoctoral fellow in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research is on fisheries governance in central Chile, focusing on fish markets, traditional and local knowledge of artisanal fishing communities, and collaborative management. Previously, he researched sustainable collaborative governance in Catalonia with co-management committees. He has experience with mixed methodologies, with a particular interest in social network analysis and personal networks. He has collaborated with different research groups on small-scale fisheries and recently supported an interdisciplinary project on fisheries and ecosystems on Rapa Nui Island, Chile.
Elisa Monckeberg
Elisa is a Social and Cultural Anthropology doctoral student at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her doctoral research focuses on the link between urban coastal communities and the sea, analyzing maritime cities as potential spaces to address the climate crisis. She is doing her fieldwork in the La Barceloneta neighborhood. She also has a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the same institution, where she researched the perception of the socio-environmental crisis and the waste management practices of the residents of the Vila de Gracia neighborhood. Elisa is a journalist from Diego Portales University, Chile.
Giulia Balestracci
Giulia Balestracci is an industrial PhD student at URV (Dep. Geography and Tourism), co-tutoring at the UAB (Dep. Anthropology). As a tourismologist, she researches the topic of blue tourism and sustainable tourism governance of the marine environment and coastal areas. She works at Eco-union (Barcelona) as a project and tourism policy technician. Coordinates sustainable tourism and blue economy projects at national, international, and Euro-Mediterranean levels. Giulia has experience collaborating with NGOs and different interdisciplinary research groups.