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)
(Forthcoming, 2025) Leivas Vargas, M.; Fernandez-Baldor, A.;
Calabuig-Tormo, C. Academic ecosystem and epistemic oppressions: an experience
of academic migration from Brazil to Spain. International Journal of Social
Research Methodology.
(2025) Fernández-Baldor, A. et al. Tecnologías
apropiadas y el Buen Vivir. Construyendo el B’an q’atine - B’an anq’ib’il. Análisis de casos en comunidades maya Ixil y Mam de Guatemala. Universitat
Politècnica de València. https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/229076
(2025)
Bueno Castellanos, C.; Fernandez-Baldor, A. Transformative Potential of
Digital Manufacturing Laboratories: Insights from Mexico and Spain. Knowledge,
5, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge5030012
(2024) Puchol, G.; Fernández-Baldor, Á.; Lovaton, R.; Rodilla, JM.;
Botija, M. Beyond Housing: Exploring Homelessness Through the Capability
Approach. Housing Theory and Society. DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2024.2441179
(2024) Calabuig-Tormo, C., & Fernández-Baldor Martínez, Álvaro. Feminismos, cooperación y
educación superior. Reflexiones en torno al caso del Máster en Cooperación
al Desarrollo por la Universitat Politècnica
de València (España). Revista Internacional de Cooperación y
Desarrollo, 11(1). DOI: 10.21500/23825014.6940
(2024)
Maicas-Pérez, M., Boni, A., & Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro. Investigación
Acción Feminista para la (re)construcción de organizaciones habitables. Revista
Prisma Social, (44), 307–330. Recuperado a partir de https://revistaprismasocial.es/article/view/5174
(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.