1 Gracia Moreno Amador Curriculum Vitae Curriculum vitae Gracia Moreno Amador Education: PhD Candidate, International Migration and Development Aid Expected June 2018 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Comillas Pontifical University Master s Degree in International Development Aid June 2012 Comillas Pontifical University Bachelor s Degree in Sociology June 2011 Complutense University of Madrid Bachelor s Degree in Social Work June 2008 Uniersity of Castilla La Mancha Toledo, Spain Research Experience: December/15 Non-state actors in migration control in Spain Supervisor: Ana María López-Sala Research funded by the Spanish National Research Program (Programa Excelencia), 2015 2017 Conducting interviews with NGO s and civil society organizations active in protecting the rights of migrants and refugees and their families, visits, transcription interviews and qualitative data analysis Development and launching of online survey, recording and quantitative data analysis January/14 August/14 The identification of good practice in the area of immigrant integration. Research funded by the International Organization Migration (IOM) Supervisor: Juan Iglesias Developing a qualitative methodology and data analysis April/14 August/14 The conditions and the current needs of the new Spanish emigration in the period 2009-2013 Supervisor: Raquel Caro Carretero- Mercedes Fernández García 1
2 Gracia Moreno Amador Curriculum Vitae Comillas Pontifical University Madrid, research funded by Ministry of Employment and Social Security Research on the motivations, profiles, perceptions and interests of the new Spanish emigration. Developing a qualitative methodology (launching an online survey for Spanish have migrated to the UK, Germany, Chile and Peru, 466 completed survey) Data analysis and elaboration of a report February/13 July/13 The biological mother s decision to give his child in adoption Supervisor: Ana Berástegui- Blanca Gómez University Institute of Family Studies in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality (Spain) Research on methods of evaluation of the different ways in which the biological mother s decision and the process of adoption take place Revision of the questionnaire used in the study and research related to adoption of children in Spain Coordination and contact with child protection officers in each of the Autonomous Communities, and professionals of 57 hospitals throughout Spain Analysis of fieldwork data and elaboration of a research for the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality (Spain) July/12 February/13 The experiences of immigrants and their access to social services: An unstudied dimension of integration Supervisor: Fernando Vidal-Juan Iglesias (Comillas University), Rocío Calvo (Boston College), Mary Waters (Harvard University) University Institute on Migration Studies, Comillas Pontifical University, project led by Boston College and Harvard University Research on the experiences of immigrants and their access to social services: an unstudied dimension of integration (Boston, Miami, Los Angeles and Madrid) Approached and convinced interviewees to participate in the study, 25 extended interviews of Latin American immigrants in Spain Provided the bulk of the data for the project, recording and transcription of 50 interviews Assistant Lecturer: Education system in contexts of origin and destination Migration and Development September/15- September/15-2
3 Gracia Moreno Amador Curriculum Vitae Fellowships and Awards: FPU scholarships are part of the Spanish program September/14-September/18 for professional training of university lecturers Awarded by: The Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECD) Training Scholarships for Postgraduate students on Subjects January/12-January/13 of Interest for the Institution Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas Awarded by: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Finally rejected since it was not compatible with my employment status at the time) Master s awards in Spain Comillas Pontifical University Madrid Awarded by: "la Caixa" Foundation Erasmus Scholarship Tallin University Institute of Political Science and Governance Awarded by: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science September/11-June/12 September/10-June/11 Tallinn, Estonia Bachelor s Degree final projects on international cooperation Summer 2010 Ministry of Education in Nicaragua Granada, Nicaragua Awarded by: University Complutense of Madrid Bachelor s degree final projects on international cooperation Summer 2008 Asociación de Investigación y Especialización Sobre Piura, Peru Temas Iberoamericanos (AIETI) Awarded by: University of Castilla La Mancha Presentantions: Presented: Ninth CIS-Harvard summer seminar on sociological and politological research Summer 2016 Boston, USA International Worshop Refugees in European localities: Reception, March 2016 Perceptions and Policies organized by IMISCOE Amsterdam, the Netherlands Refugee reception policies in Spain Interrogating the Refugee Crisis organized by REMESO April 2016 Norrkoping, Sweden Attendance at conferences and symposia: International Conference Migración y Asilo: Nuevos retos y oportunidades para Europa at CEU San Pablo University. The 11th IMISCOE Annual Conference, International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE), August 2014, The University Institute of Studies on Migrations (IUEM) Madrid 3
4 Gracia Moreno Amador Curriculum Vitae International Conference Faculties and the School of Social Work at the University of Murcia. "New York Global Young Leader Summit", March 2013, Model United Nations in New York. Democracy and Human Rights issues in the European Institutions, November 2011, The European Parliament in Brussels. Relevant courses and seminars: The micro-politics of mobility and immobility at the University of Oxford, March 2016 Wasted lives: borders and the right to life of people crossing them at the University of Oxford, March 2016 A relational approach to transnational engagements of Afghans in Britain and Germany at the University of Oxford, February 2016 A multilevel citizenship puzzle at the University of Oxford, February 2016 Moving forward on asylum in the EU: from crisis to responsability at the University of Oxford, February 2016 Resettlement to the UK: Between Sovereigns revisited at the University of Oxford, February 2016 Violent Abandonment: researching the Calais refugee camp at the University of Warwick, Junuary 2016 Reporting on human rights to immigration, asylum and refugees studies at Complutense University of Madrid, July 2015 Epistemic Islamophobia and Colonial Social Sciences, March 2015 Sociofobia y movilización total Tendencias totalitarias en el neoliberalismo? CSIC, Febrery 2015 Democratic origins of racist immigration policy in the Americas, CSIC, Febrero 2015 Statistics Applied to Social Sciences Software SPSS-WI at Complutense University of Madrid, March-May 2009 Gender and Social Work at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, February 2006 Immigration: Integration Tool. Labor and social rights of immigrants at the University of Castilla La Mancha, March 2006 Labour and Social Security Aspects of Foreign Workers at the University of Castilla La Mancha, October 2005 Stays in foreign centres: School of Social Policy at University of Birmingham Spring 2016 Awarded by: The Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECD) Birmingham, UK Department of Gender Studies. Faculty of Social Sciences ǀ Lund University Expected Autumn 2017 Lund, Sweden 4
5 Gracia Moreno Amador Curriculum Vitae Languages: English: Advanced Level French: Elementary Level Computing experience: Competent with most Microsoft Office Program and some experience with HTML, Linux program, SPSS statistics, NVivo Software for Qualitative Research. 5