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-subtitle: Senior Policy Analyst
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+subtitle: Deputy Director, Public Policy
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-    <p> National Office for Foresight and Strategy  </p>
-    <p> Ministry of Presidency </p>
+    <p> Directorate for Public Policy  </p>
+    <p> Presidency of the Government of Spain </p>
     <p> Complejo de la Moncloa, 28071 Madrid</p>
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-I am a quantitative sociologist and policy analyst from Almería (Spain), one of the [sunniest cities](https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-hours-Sunshine,almeria-andalucia-es,Spain) in Europe. I work at the intersection of inequality research and strategic foresight. Currently, I serve as a **Senior Policy Analyst at the National Office for Foresight and Strategy** in the Presidency of the Government of Spain. There, I coordinate projects on the future of education, work, and demographic change, utilising research to inform long-term strategies that promote more inclusive and sustainable societies. You can check the work of the Office [here](https://futuros.gob.es/en/our-work).
+I am a quantitative sociologist and policy analyst from Almería (Spain), one of the [sunniest cities](https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-hours-Sunshine,almeria-andalucia-es,Spain) in Europe. I work at the intersection of inequality research and strategic foresight. Currently, I serve as **Deputy Director at the Directorate for Public Policy** in the Presidency of the Government of Spain where I lead evidence-based policy analysis to support the design and implementation of priority government initiatives. 
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+Before this, I worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at the National Office for Foresight and Strategy, where I co-led projects on the future of education, work, and demographic change to inform long-term strategies for more inclusive and sustainable societies — including [HispanIA 2040](https://futuros.gob.es/en/our-work), Spain's first national AI foresight strategy, and the design and governance of [*Generaciones del Futuro*](https://generacionesdelfuturo.csic.es/), Spain's first longitudinal cohort study, developed in partnership with CSIC and INE.
 
 Before joining the public sector, I completed a **PhD in Social and Political Science** at the **European University Institute (EUI)**, where I specialised in social stratification and causal inference methods. I have held positions as a **Postdoctoral Researcher** in the Horizon Europe project [MapIneq](https://mapineq.eu/), as an **INVEST Fellow** at the University of Turku, and as a **Visiting Scholar** at the Centre for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 
-At the core of my professional and research agenda is a simple but urgent question: **How can we reduce inequality through research and policy?** I try to answer this question by combining rigorous empirical work with hands-on policy engagement. While I focus in particular on **educational and labour market inequalities**, I am also interested in how broader institutional arrangements—such as welfare systems, state-building, or reproductive rights—shape inequality across generations. My work has been published in journals like [*European Sociological Review*](https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf003), [*Population & Environment*](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-025-00477-8), or [*PLOS One*](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258857), and I regularly teach causal inference in international methods schools such as [RECSM at UPF](https://www.upf.edu/web/recsm) and [TNSQUARE in Trento](https://tnsquareunitn.github.io/).
+At the core of my professional and research agenda is a simple but urgent question: **How can we reduce inequality through research and policy?** I try to answer this question by combining rigorous empirical work with hands-on public policy initiatives. While I focus in particular on **educational and labour market inequalities**, I am also interested in how broader institutional arrangements—such as welfare systems or the new digital world—shape inequality across generations. 
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+My work has been published in journals like [*European Sociological Review*](https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf003), [*Population & Environment*](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-025-00477-8), or [*PLOS One*](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258857), and I regularly teach causal inference in international methods schools such as [RECSM at UPF](https://www.upf.edu/web/recsm) and [TNSQUARE in Trento](https://tnsquareunitn.github.io/).
 
 If you work on similar topics or if you're curious about what strategic foresight looks like from inside government, feel free to get in touch!