ÁLVARO FERNÁNDEZ-BALDOR MARTÍNEZ (alferma2@upv.es)       (Español) (Valencià / Català)                 

Biography

Education

Research

Selected publications

 

Biography

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.

Education

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

§  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.