Diana Valero

Postdoctoral Researcher – ConFooBio

diana.valero.lopez@sitr.a.cuk / @lachicadeldyane

Autobiography: I am a social scientist specialised in rural development. I studied politics and a Master in Management and Promotion of Local Development at the University of Valencia in Spain. Then, I did a PhD on territorial development and international cooperation, also at the University of Valencia, looking at social exclusion in rural areas in Spain.

After completing my PhD I moved to Scotland and worked as research associate at the Centre for Mountain Studies  (Perth College – University of the Highlands and Islands). There, I worked mainly on issues around sustainability and rural development with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement in international projects (SHAPE – Sustainable Heritage Areas: Partnerships for Ecotourism, SIMRA – Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas, etc.).

In April 2020 I start in Stirling Uni working as posdoc researcher in the ENDORSE project.

Research interests: My research interests are focused on the challenges and opportunities for sustainable social development and governance of rural areas. In particular, I am very interested in policy narratives, social innovation and participatory processes as drivers of positive transformative change. In the ENDORSE project I will look at factors shaping farmers´ decisions about land and crops management.

Publications: Most of my  scientific publications are available in my ResearchGate profile. An exhaustive list of publications -including most of my papers in Spanish- is available at my personal website.

Selected publications:

• Ravazzoli, E., & Valero, D. Social Innovation: An Instrument to Achieve the Sustainable Development of Communities. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A. M, Brandli, L, Özuyar, P.G. & Wall, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Cities and Communities. Springer, Cham.
• Escribano Pizarro, J., Serrano Lara, J.J., & Valero, D.E. 2020. La territorialización de las políticas de inclusión social desde el punto de vista de los espacios rurales españoles: comparativa autonómica. Revista de Estudios Andaluces, 39, 23-44. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.12795/rea.2020.i39.02
• Valero, D.E. 2019. Local policies addressing poverty and social exclusion in rural Valencia (Spain) during the recession. In M. Vittuari, J. Devlin, M. Pagani, and T.G. Johnson (eds.), Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy. Routledge.
• Valero, D.E., & López Marco, L. 2019. Interdisciplinariedad en la innovación social frente a la despoblación rural. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 19 (1), pp. 17-37. doi: https://doi.org/10.7201/earn.2019.01.02.
• Vercher, N., Escribano Pizarro, J., & Valero, D. E. 2019. Models de vida femenins en el medi rural. Un cas d’estudi a la Sierra del Segura (Albacete). Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica, 65 (1), pp. 139-161.
• Kluvánková, T., Brnkaláaková, S., Špaček, M., Slee, B., Nijnik, M., Valero, D. E., Miller, D., Bryce, R., Kosová, M., Polman, N., Szabo, T. & Gežík, V. 2018. Understanding social innovation for the well-being of forest-dependent communities: A preliminary theoretical framework, Forest Policy and Economics, 97, pp. 163-174.
• Glass, J., Valero, D., & Price, M. F. 2018. The Centre for Mountain Studies: Contributing to Sustainable Development in the Mountains and Beyond, Mountain Research and Development 38(4), https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-18-00096.1
• Valero, D.E, & Perez-Cosin, J.V. 2018. Los retos estratégicos de la política social local en tiempos de incertidumbre: Especial atención a los pequeños municipios. In M. R. Herrera-Gutierrez (Ed), Políticas públicas en tiempos de incertidumbre: aportes para una agenda de investigación. Ed. Tirant lo Blanch, pp. 207-222
• Escribano, J., & Valero, D. E. 2018. La dimensión rural-territorial en los procesos de exclusión social. In Anuario 2018 Agricultura Familiar en España. Fundación de Estudios Rurales. pp. 92-97
• Valero, D. E., Escribano, J., Vercher, N. 2016. Social policies addressing social exclusion in rural areas of Spain and Portugal: the main post-crisis transformational trends. Sociologia e Politiche Sociali, vol 19, no. 3, pp. 83-101
• Escribano, J.; Valero, D.E.; Serrano, J. J.; & Esparcia, J. 2015. “La vulnérabilité des femmes espagnoles en milieu rural par temps de crise économique”, Pour 2015/1 (225), p. 91-97.