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)
(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.