Behind every project, there is a team of people. We are the people who work on the ‘COMMUNITY’ project of the University of Barcelona. We are committed to the objective of promoting the social inclusion of refugees in Barcelona and improving their physical and psychological well-being:
Francesc Buscà Donet
Project director.
Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Didactics of the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. Member of the consolidated Social and Educational Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports (GISEAFE – Code: 2021 SGR 01189).
Teresa Lleixà Arribas
Member of the project research team.
University Professor of the Department of Applied Didactics of the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. Member of the consolidated Social and Educational Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports (GISEAFE – Code: 2021 SGR 01189).
Marcelo Braz Vieira
Member of the project research team.
Lecturer at the Department of Applied Didactics of the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. Member of the consolidated Social and Educational Research Group on Physical Activity and Sports (GISEAFE – Code: 2021 SGR 01189). Principal researcher of the GID-MAEF Teaching Innovation Group on Active Methodologies for Teacher Training in Physical Education.
Núria Carrete-Marín
Member of the project research team.
Researcher at the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology of the UVic-UCC.
Member of the consolidated research group in Educational Research at the UVic-UCC.
Merche Ríos Hernández
Expert, external advisor and creator of the project’s Socio-Sports Meetings.
She is a former professor at the Department of Applied Didactics and coordinator of the Socio-Sports Meetings at the University of Barcelona.
Carme Panchón Iglesias
External advisor of the project.
Member of the Department of Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education of the UB. UB director of the European project “Refugees education support in MENA countries-RESCUE” (2016-2019). Coordinator of the research group GIA (Childhood and Adolescence Group) of the Institute for Professional Development – ICE, UB.
Cati Jerez Paredero
Collaborator working on the project.
Coordinator of the Support Programme for refugees and people from conflict zones of the University of Barcelona, coordinated by Fundació Solidaritat UB.
Laura Tomàs Canalís
Education professional of the project’s Socio-Sports Meetings.
Physical education teacher and social educator. For years she has combined her work as a physical education teacher at the Escuela Decroly in Barcelona with the implementation of socio-sports meetings between university students and groups at risk of social exclusion. She is a member of the IDP-ICE study group “Physical Education and the inclusion of students with disabilities” of the University of Barcelona.
Raúl Sánchez Martínez
Communication expert working on the project.
Technical Engineer in Management Information Technology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has worked on several projects at the University of Barcelona as a communication technician, graphic designer, website programmer and marketing manager.