UAB

Teresa Freixes, Prof. Dr. has been Professor of Constitutional Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) since 1993 and Professor Jean Monnet of European Constitutional Law since 2003 (ad personam since 2008). She is a Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors and Narcís Monturiol Medal and achieved Distinction Success Stories (World Reference Jean Monnet Chair).

Professional activity at the University and as a legal expert of the European Commission since 1994 (participation in the elaboration of the Amsterdam Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty) and of the Council of Europe (Program of Juridical Assistance for the East European Countries to form magistrates and professors and supervise the legislative adaptation process, 1997-99).

Amongst other positionas, she is: a member (representative for Spain) of the “Réseau UE d’experts indépendants en matière de droits fondamentaux” (2002-2006) of the European Commission; a Senior Expert of FRALEX and FRANET (Fundamental Rights Agency, Legal Experts Group) – Director of the Spanish team since November 2007; Director of the Joint European Masters: “Law and Policies of European Integration: European Constitutional Law and multilevel constitutionalism” – official title in Spain, France, Italy and Poland, adapted to Bologna.

Carolina Gala is a professor of Labour and Social Security Law in the Faculty of Law at Universitat Autònoma de barcelona. She has been Director of the UAB Observatory for Equality and is currently a member of the research group Women and Rights at UAB. Among other lines of research, she investigates on work-life balance, gender-based violence, workplace harassment, wage discrimination, corporate social responsibility and equality polices. She has managed and participated in research projects on gender-based violence, wage discrimination, work-life balance and regional policies about equality.

Bettina Steible is a researcher and teaching assistant in constitutional law at the Faculty of Law since February 2013. She is currently a PhD candidate in European constitutional law at the UAB, under the direction of Prof. Teresa Freixes. She has participated in serveral research projects and published some articles and book chapters. Her research interests include gender issues, human rights law, EU law,constitutional law, and international law.

Laura Duarte , PhD., is research assistant at the Observatory for Gender Equality. She has primary areas of specialization on gender inequality in the academia, in the elaboration of statistics on women situation at the university and in the design and evaluation to action plans aimed to improve the gender inequality. She has conducted research projects and published academic papers on women in science, the introduction of a gender perspective in research, and family and work conciliation at the university.

Dr. Georgeta Ion is associate professor at the Department of Applied Pedagogy (UAB). Her areas of expertise cover teachers’ training and students’ evaluation. She has been involved in the design of training programmes and the elaboration of a variety of didactic materials (Handbooks, Quality assurance guidelines, on-line courses).

Dr. Maribel Ponferrada is a research assistant at the Observatory for Gender Equality. She is anthropologist, researcher at Center of Studies and Research on Migrations at UAB and associated professor of Anthropology and Feminism at UB. She has participated in international and national research projects about academic trajectories of immigrant youth with a comparative perspective and the impact of experiences in the identities of immigrant and working class girls.