ÁLVARO FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR MARTÍNEZ (alferma2@upv.es) (Español) (Valencià / Català)
Selected publications
Álvaro is
Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Projects and researcher at
INGENIO (CSIC – UPV). He teaches in the Master’s degree of Development
Cooperation at UPV. He is PhD since 2013 and focuses his research on
technology-oriented development projects, human development and the capability
approach, the social impact of technology and grassroots social innovation. He
is lecturer in different Master courses, in areas related to technology and
development. He has field experience as practitioner in Guatemala, Brazil, Peru
and Kenya. In 2007 he was awarded in the IV
Technology for Human Development Contest for designing a power supply
project in an off-grid rural area in Guatemala. In 2015 he was awarded with the
III PhD Tesis
Dissertation Award in Development Cooperation.
v PhD
in Technology and Human Development (UPV - 2013). Download the thesis.
v Specialist
in Agrifood and Environment Economics (UPV – 2009)
v Master
in Rural Development (Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande do Sul – Brasil – 2007)
v Industrial Engineering (Universidad del País Vasco EHU/UPV – 2005)
v Technical
Industrial Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria – 2001)
§ Research
lines: Technology for Human Development; Capability Approach; Agency and
empowerment; Grassroots Social Innovation
§ Participation
in R+D+i projects awarded by
public grants (only available in Spanish)
§ Download
CV (only available in Spanish)
Selected
publications (last
years)
(2023)
Guijarro, Ester; Castro; Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro. Integral
viability analysis of entrepreneurial projects in critical contexts: Application
to the case of the management of a shea mill in Kumbungu, Ghana.
Intangible Capital, 3 (19), 434 - 458. 10.3926/ic.2223
(2023) Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro. Una
llamada desde el Sur Global a revisar la investigación participativa en clave
de justicia en “Democratising Participatory
Research”.
Journal de Ciencias Sociales,
2 (1), 108 - 112. 10.18682/jcs.v1i20.8188
(2023)
Leivas, M, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Á. Epistemic Resilience: Articulating Struggles
and Dreams from the Co-production of Knowledge from Below Between Universities
and Community Researchers. In: Walker, Boni & Velasco (eds). Reparative Futures and
Transformative Learning Spaces. Pp.
69-88. Palgrave MacMillan.
ISBN 978-3-031-45805-7
(2023) Bueno Castellano, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Á., Smith, A. Evolución y
análisis del sistema digital desde la perspectiva multinivel. In:
Innovación para la transformación social y ambiental. Una propuesta desde las
transiciones sociotécnicas (207 - 233). Tirant
Humanidades. ISBN: 978-84-1183-025-6
(2022) Leivas, Monique; Maicas-Pérez, Marta; Monge-Hernández, Carmen Lidia;
Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro. “They Take Away What We Are”:
Contributions of a Participatory Process with Photovoice to the Capabilities
for Epistemic Liberation of Young People. Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities, 1 (23), 50 - 72. 10.1080/19452829.2021.2005555
(2022)
Guijarro, Ester; María Clavel; Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro. Participatory
Methodologies for Self-Management of Waste: Case Study for the Reduction of
Plastics in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps. Sustainability, 237 (14), 1 - 17. 10.3390/su14042037
(2021) Maicas-Pérez, M., Leivas, M., A., FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro. Alzando
voces tejiendo futuros. Aprendizaje en Acción en la ciudad de València. Introducción.
Cuadernos de investigación en procesos de desarrollo, 8, 9-21.
(2020) Leivas, M.; FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro; Maicas-Pérez, M.;
Calabuig-Tormo, C. A Freirian Approach
to Epistemic Justice: Contributions of Action Learning to Capabilities for Epistemic Liberation.
In: Walker, M., Boni, A. (eds.). Participatory Research, Capabilities and
Epistemic Justice. A transformative agenda for
higher education. Palgrave Macmillan.
pp. 89-114. ISBN 978-3-030-56197-0
(2020) Leivas, M.; Maicas-Pérez, M.; A., FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro;
Calabuig-Tormo, C. Aprendizaje
en Acción: tejiendo voces en el barrio de Na Rovella en la ciudad de València (España). Cuadernos de
investigación en procesos de desarrollo, 6, 69-74.
(2019) BONI, A., LÓPEZ-FOGUÉS, A., FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro, MILLÁN, G.,
BELDA, S. Initiatives towards a participatory
smart city. The role of digital grassroots innovations. Journal of Global Ethics, 15 (2), 168-182. DOI:
10.1080/17449626.2019.1636115
(2019) PALMA-INZUNZA, Pía, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro. Territorios
e imaginarios en disputa. Revista de Fomento Social, 293. pp. 27-50.
https://doi.org/10.32418/rfs.2019.293.1535
(2017) LÓPEZ-FOGUÉS, Aurora, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro, BONI, Alejandra. La innovación social digital colectiva y
la administración en el entorno de la Ciudad Inteligente. GAPP. Nueva Época, 18, noviembre 201. ISSN: 1989-8991. DOI: 10.24965/gapp.v0i18.10427. p 23-42.
(2017) HUESO, Andrés, BONI, Alejandra, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro. Embracing the
Complexity of Policy Processes in Sanitation: Insights from India. Development Policy Review. DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12246
(2016) HUESO, Andrés, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro. Los procesos políticos en torno al
saneamiento rural: el caso del SanToLiC en la India. Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo. v.
5(2).
(2015) FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro; LILLO, Pau; BONI, Alejandra. Gender, energy and inequalities: a capability approach analysis of
renewable electrification projects in Peru. In: Hostettler S., Gadgil A., Hazboun E. (eds.).
Sustainable Access to Energy in the Global South: Essential Technologies and
Implementation approaches.
(2015) FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro. Energía y desarrollo: un análisis crítico
de los proyectos de electrificación rural desde una perspectiva de género. Quaderns Electrònics sobre
el Desenvolupament Humà i
la Cooperació. V.4, p. 53-69.
(2015) LILLO, Pau, FERRER-MARTÍ, Laia, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro, RAMÍREZ,
Benito. A new integrated management model and evaluation model
to enhance sustainability of renewable energy projects for energy and
sanitation services. Energy for Sustainable
Development. V.29, p. 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.esd.2015.08.003
(2015) LILLO, Pau, FERRER-MARTÍ, Laia, BONI, Alejandra, FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR,
Álvaro. Assessing management models for off-grid renewable
energy electrification projects using the Human Development approach: case
study in Peru. Energy for Sustainable Development. V.25, p. 17-26
(2014) FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro, BONI, Alejandra, LILLO, Pau, HUESO,
Andrés. Are technological projects reducing social
inequalities and improving people’s wellbeing? A Capability Approach analysis
of renewable energy based electrification projects in Cajamarca, Peru. Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities. v.15, n.1.
(2012) FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR, Álvaro, BONI, Alejandra, HUESO, Andrés. Technologies for Freedom:
una visión de la tecnología para el desarrollo humano. Estudios
de Economía Aplicada. v. 30, n. 3. p. 971-996. ISSN 1697-5731 (online)
– ISSN 1133-3197 (print)
(2012) FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR,
Álvaro, HUESO, Andrés; BONI, Alejandra. From Individuality to Collectivity: The Challenges for Technology-Oriented
Development Projects. In: Oosterlaken, I; Van der
Hoven, J. (eds). The
Capability Approach, Technology and Design. Dordrecht: Springer.