Clara Acuña
She holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Granada (UGR, 2017). With a strong interest in the social field, she completed a Master’s degree in Social Intervention Psychology at the University of Deusto in 2019, during which she undertook an academic stay at Universidad Luis Amigó (Medellín, Colombia), where she became involved in community development and intervention work. She subsequently entered the labor market, working across a range of fields including mental health, education, career guidance, organizational psychology, and the third sector.
Since 2021, she has been a predoctoral researcher in training in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), as part of the predoctoral program of the Basque Government’s Department of Education. Her doctoral dissertation addresses the management of unemployment and employability in relation to the construction of new labor subjectivities. Her research interests lie in the Sociology of Work, Social Psychology, Critical Psychology, and Cultural Studies, from a qualitative perspective.