Ornella Franco Bass
CEIC · Member, GAIT · Member
Ornella Franco Bass is a predoctoral researcher in training at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), linked to the Doctoral Program in Models and Areas of Research in Social Sciences. She holds a degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Sociocultural Analysis of Knowledge and Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid.
It is currently part of the Research and Development (R&D) project: Building a Sustainable Society. Mobilization, Participation, and Management of Socio-Ecological Practices (PID2021-126611NB-I00), which explores the concept of ecological embeddedness as a tool for investigating the social and ecological dimensions of everyday activities and practices such as consumption, mobility, and ways of inhabiting.
Her research is funded by the predoctoral contracts for the training of doctoral candidates, as part of the State Subprogram for Training within the State Program for Developing, Attracting, and Retaining Talent, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical, and Innovation Research 2021-2023. This contract is part of the PRE2022-102585 grant and is financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and FSE+.
Her research covers a wide range of multidisciplinary interests, including the analysis of migrant identities in diasporas in the Global North, with an intersectional approach. She has focused on the border devices that define otherness, such as the body, speech, social mobility, gender, and racialization. In addition, she has worked on the analysis of digital cultural and artistic production, particularly in the context of feminist, anticolonial, and antiracist contestatory rap from Latin America, which accompanies social movements in their struggles for rights and social justice.
Currently, her research focuses on the analysis of work and education in the context of socio-ecological practices. She also examines transport infrastructures and their relationship with territories from an urban sociology perspective, exploring how these elements can facilitate or hinder the creation of sustainable cities.