Research

We offer quality research with scientific impact in prestigious academic publications.

And a research agenda at the service of the valorization of knowledge, encouraging collaborative projects with administrations and entities to promote ecosystems that generate social impact value.

Research projects

This section includes the research projects developed by GREDI, both ongoing and completed, classified according to the funding area and call.

European scope

Stories That Move: Upscaling Good Practice (StM2.0) (621431-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN)

Principal researchers:
Assumpta Aneas Alvarez
Duration:
2021-2024
Funding received:
135,933.00 €

Inclusive Health And Wellbeing In Small And Medium Size Cities (869227)

Principal researchers:
Mihaela Vancea, Maria del Mar Delgado Serrano
Duration:
1/9/2020 31/8/2025
Funder:
EU Horizon 2020 project, Grant agreement ID: 869227
Funding received:
2,116,095.00 €

Ecosystems For Higher Education Inclusion: Connecting Underserved Communities With Higher Education Through Participatory Engagement And Research Methodologies” (EHEI) (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, European Commission) Project ID: 101236475

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
1/10/2025 30/9/2029
Funder:
European Commission – Marie S. Curie Actions, Staff Exchange (MSCA-SE)
Funding received:
198,760.00 €

Organization Of School-To-Work Transition Among Roma Youth (NGOST). (MSCA-IF-2018 – Individual Fellowships, European Commission) Project ID: 845196

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
01/09/2019 – 30/08/2021
Funder:
European Commission – Marie S. Curie Actions, Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF)
Funding received:
151,850.88 €
Project link

Leadership Of Evaluation And Contribution To Reaching In Project Development 312289

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
1/1/2023 31/12/2023
Funder:
Open Society Foundations
Funding received:
7,378.65 €

Reaching In'. Promoting the Participation of Boys and Girls in the Inclusive Making of Public Decisions (CN04022 UPF)

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
1/3/2022 31/12/2022
Funder:
Open Society Foundations
Funding received:
20,878.65 €

State level

Inclusive Education In The Era Of Artificial Intelligence: Development Of Inclusive School Cultures From Research-Action (INCLU-IA) (PID2024-161005OB-I00).

Principal researchers:
Miquel Essomba Gelabert; Pilar Folgueiras Bertomeu.
Duration:
2025 2028
Funder:
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, State Research Agency.
Funding received:
75,000.00 €

Sociopolitical Participation of Young People From a Gender Perspective: Conceptual, Methodological and Educational Contributions” ( PID2019-104804RB-I00 )

Principal researchers:
Pilar Folgueiras (IP)
Duration:
2020 2023
Funder:
Call 2019 to <> within the framework of the state programs of Generating Scientific and Technological Knowledge of the R+D+i system of R+D+i Oriented to the Challenges of Society of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Funding received:
50,820.00 €
Project link

Design And Validation Of A Toolbox To Promote The Participation Of Children At Local Level. PDC2022-133276-I00 2022 2024

Principal researchers:
Marta Sabariego Puig; Ana Maria Novella Camara
Duration:
2022-2024
Funder:
MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and European Union Next GenerationEU/ PRTR. "PROOF OF CONCEPT" PROJECTS 2022
Funding received:
37,605.00 €
Project link

Childhood and Participation. Diagnosis And Proposals For An Active And Inclusive Citizenship In The Community, Institutions And Governance. RTI2018-098821-B-I00

Principal researchers:
Ana Maria Novella Camara; Marta Sabariego Puig
Duration:
2019 2022
Funder:
Call 2019 to <> within the framework of the state programs of Generating Scientific and Technological Knowledge of the R+D+i system of R+D+i Oriented to the Challenges of Society of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Funding received:
52,756.00 €
Project link

Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue to Promote the Culture of Peace in Young and Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (MENA) in Barcelona and Melilla (RTI2018-095259-B-I00 2019 2021)

Principal researchers:
Ruth Vila Baños; Sebastian Sanchez Fernandez
Duration:
2019-2022
Funder:
Call 2019 to <> within the framework of the state programs of Generating Scientific and Technological Knowledge of the R+D+i system of R+D+i Oriented to the Challenges of Society of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
Funding received:
29,645.00 €

University and Social Mobility in the Gypsy and Non-Gypsy Population, From an Intersectional Perspective. UNIMOB CNS2023-144463

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
01/04/2024-30/06/2026
Funder:
MICIU – AEI (Next Generation) Research Consolidation 2023.
Funding received:
71,893.00 €

Autonomous community

Building Bridges Between Juvenile Justice and Society: The Value of Community Participation

Principal researchers:
Esther Luna Gonzalez
Duration:
2025-
Funder:
Government of Catalonia. School of Public Administration of Catalonia
Funding received:
20,000.00 €

Design and Validation of a Training Model of Observational and Participatory Practices for University Teachers in Early Childhood and Primary Education Centers (2023 ARMIF 00017)

Principal researchers:
Berta Palou Julian
Duration:
2023-2025
Funder:
Research grants for the improvement of the initial training of secondary school teachers (ARMIF 2023)
Funding received:
25,000.00 €
Project link

Preparation of a Systematic Literature Review on the Roma Population in Catalonia (312532)

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
11/12/2023. 31/12/2023
Funder:
GENCAT. DT of Social Rights
Funding received:
2,988.00 €

Analysis of Scientific Publications on the Roma Population in Catalonia

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
01/03/2024 – 30/06/2024
Funder:
Generalitat of Catalonia. Department of Social Rights. DG Civic and Community Action [019124]
Funding received:
13,989.20 €

Advice for the Creation of Indicators for the Observatory of Institutional Gender Violence (OVIM) T23348S 2023-2023

Principal researchers:
Barbara Biglia
Funder:
HELIA ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING WOMEN WHO SUFFER FROM GENDER VIOLENCE
Funding received:
1,652.89 €

Curriculum of Activities for Women in Criminal Enforcement: Treatment, Education, Culture and Employment (T23107S)

Principal researchers:
Barbara Biglia
Duration:
2023-2023
Funder:
CENTER FOR LEGAL STUDIES AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING (CEFJE)
Funding received:
14,997.00 €

Local area

Review of the Diagnostic Study on Gypsy Population, Formation and Labor Market in Barcelona and Its Update (CM117-21) CM117-21

Principal researchers:
Abel Bereményi
Duration:
1/10/2021-31/12/2021
Funder:
Barcelona City Council – Barcelona Activa
Funding received:
6,703.40 €

Let's Learn Together: Responses to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Catalan and Mexican Universities (2019 RICIP 00001)

Principal researchers:
Biglia, Barbara
Duration:
2020 2021
Funder:
Grants for research projects in the field of peace (R-ICIP 2019-2020).
Funding received:
10,000.00 €

V Days of Feminist Research Methodology: Rethinking Knowledge Production Processes in Times of (Post)pandemic 4/2ACT/20.

Principal researchers:
Biglia, Barbara
Duration:
2020 2021
Funder:
Public grants intended for postgraduate studies in feminist and gender studies and university activities related to Equality
Funding received:
12,803.68 €

Transversalizing the sensitivity towards sexual and gender-based violence in universities through the practice of photovoice (Phv_segrev). 2020 INDOV 00003.

Principal researchers:
Biglia, Barbara
Duration:
2021-2022
Funder:
Grants for innovation projects to improve teaching quality in the field of gender-based violence (INDOVIG 2020) (Competitive funding program) Generalitat de Catalunya
Funding received:
7,750.00 €

Institutional scope

Training Capsules in Socio-Educational Intervention: Adolescence, Pornography and Civic Participation”

Principal researchers:
Esther Luna Gonzalez; Mihaela Vancea
Duration:
8/5/2024 16/12/2024
Funder:
Grants for research transfer and dissemination activities of research groups at the Faculty of Education, UB.
Funding received:
1,500 €

Deep Learning in the Teaching of Plastic Expression: Schools and Interesting Experiences for Your Work in the Arts. Innovation Based on Case Studies, Micro-Workshops, Cooperative Learning, COIL and Training with Guest Specialists.” (INDOC-2025)

Principal researchers:
Esther Fabregat
Duration:
2025-2026
Funder:
ICE-URV. Grants for Teaching Innovation (INDOC-2025)
Funding received:
2,000.00 €

PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION OF THE BLENDED LEARNING TEACHING-LEARNING MODEL IN THE OFFICIAL MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS (REDICE20-2861)

Principal researchers:
Esther Luna Gonzalez
Duration:
2020-2021
Funding received:
1,580.00 €

AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT AS A STRATEGY TO PROMOTE LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION (REDICE24-3561)

Principal researchers:
Marta Sabariego Puig
Duration:
2024-2025
Funding received:
1,400.00 €

From the Classroom to Practice: Incorporating the Ecosocial Perspective in Social Work and Social Education (UB-AS-2025-12)

Principal researchers:
Mihaela Vancea; Toni Sangra.
Duration:
01/09/2025-31/08/2026.
Funder:
Vice-Rectorate for Research of the University of Barcelona
Funding received:
9,250.00 €

Research on the Ecosocial Perspective in University Education: Evaluation and Proposals for Improvement in Social Education and Social Work (IREUB_2025_8)

Principal researchers:
Mihaela Vancea
Duration:
16/06/2025-15/06/2026
Funder:
Institute for Research in Education (IREUB)
Funding received:
3,000.00 €