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Ana Belén Cano Hila

  • anabelencano@ub.edu
  • Department of Sociology.
  • Associate professor
  • Diagonal, 690, Torre 4 office 4110-A.

Ana Belén Cano Hila holds a PhD in Sociology and is specialised in social and young people, with focus on Social cohesion in cities and neighbourhoods. Between 2010 and 2017 she has been involved in different international and national research projects dealing with these questions. Since 2012 she is an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Barcelona, where she has taught subjects linked to the sociology of education, education and community and social education. She is currently a member of the Research Committee of Youth Studies of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES).

Her last research projects include:

2019 – present Recearcher of the project: Infancia y Participación. Diagnóstico y Propuestas para una Ciudadanía Inclusiva en la Comunidad, las Instituciones y la Gobernanza  (RTI2018-098821-B-I00) funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

2019 – 2020 Recearcher of the project: Activismes en femení. El discurs feminista de dones joves en grups reivindicatius (no feministes) i en la seva quotidianitat (2018-AJOVE-00003).

2018 – present Spanish researcher partner in the project: Sociocultural Learning of Youth in Mobile Societies  (SLYMS) (2018-1-EL02-KA205-004039) funded by Erasmus + KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and sharing good practices

2018 – 2020 Recearcher of the project: Disseny, aplicació i avaluació d’una proposta formativa per a promoure competències de recerca en els Graus de Mestra/e: la investigació com a estratègia d’innovació de la pràctica educativa (2017-ARMIF-00002).

2018 – 2020 Post-doctoral researcher on the project: Transnational Gangs as Agents of Mediation: Experiences of Conflict Resolution in Street Youth Organizations in Southern Europe, North Africa and the Americas H2020-ERC-AdG-742705) founded by European Research Council

Researchers projects:

Publications

  • Cano-Hila, A; Pradel-Miquel, M. García (2022) Citizenship practices and co-production of local social policies in Southern Europe.. Handbook of Urban Social Policy. International Perspectives on MultilevelGovernance and Local Welfare.. Book chapter. External link.
  • Cano-Hila, A.B., Pose Porto, H., Gil-Jaurena, I. (2021) Impacts of municipal experiences of child and adolescent participation according to local technicians. Pedagogia social. Article. External link.
  • Cano‐hila, A.B., Argemí‐baldich, R. (2021) Early childhood and lockdown: The challenge of building a virtual mutual support network between children, families and school for sustainable education and increasing their well‐being. Sustainability. Article. External link.
  • Binoti, T.; Cano-Hila, A.B.; Maviael, C. (2021) Covid-19 e infraestrutura hospitalar na Região do Araguaia Paraens. The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences. Article.
  • Sabariego, M., Cano-Hila, A.B., Gros, B., Piqué, B. (2020) Competencia investigadora e investigación formativa en la formación inicial del docente. Contextos educativos.. Revista de Educación, 26, 239- 259.. Article .
  • Cano-Hila, A.B., Argemí, R. (2020) Taking care of us from the neighbourhoods in times of quarantine. Citizen solidarity practices in Vallcarca, Barcelona (Spain).. Space and Culture, 23(3), 237-245.. Article.
  • Cano-Hila, A.B. (2020) Urban Poverty. Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies In R. Dilworth (Ed.).New York (NY): Oxford University Press.. Book chapter.
  • Pradel-Miquel, M.; Cano-Hila, A.; García, M. (2020) Social Innovation and Urban Governance Citizenship, Civil Society and Social Movements. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Book. External link.
  • Cano Hila, A.B; Ruiz Sola, R.; Garcia Ferrando, L. (2018) Exclusión social y barrio: el impacto de la crisis y la austeridad en las ciudades españolas. a Pradel, M. y García, M. (eds.) El momento de la ciudadanía: innovación social y gobernanza urbana. Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata. pp.51-73.. Book chapter.
  • Cano Hila, A.B; Sabariego Puig, M; Ruíz Bueno, A (2018) Youth participation in Spanish urban periphery: its concept, spheres and conditioning factors. Youth Voice Journal, 8, Pp. 1-42. Article.
  • Cano,A.; Pradel-Miquel, M. (2018) Barcelona: ¿Hacia nuevas formas de institucionalización?. in El momento de la ciudadanía: Innovación social y gobernanza urbana Madrid: La Catarata pp.101-122. Book Chapter.
  • Cano, A.,  Pradel, M., and García, M. (2017) Barcelona: Policies for social cohesion in the context of urban competitiveness. in Cucca, R. and C. Ranci Unequal Cities: The challenges of post-industrial transition in times of austerity. pp. 115-137 London: Routledge. Book chapter.
  • Cano Hila, A.B. (2015) Reescalament de les polítiques de joventut a Barcelona i Milà: Oportunitat o risc?. Revista Catalana de Sociologia 30, pp.47-54. Article.
  • Cano, A.B. (2014) Juventud, trabajo y desempleo en los prolegómenos de la crisis económica en España. Reflexiones críticas. Revista Acta Sociológica, 63  Pp. 99-120. Article.
  • Cano, A.B.; Sánchez, A.; Sandín, M.P. (2014) Retomando los debates del capital social para promocionar el éxito educativo de los alumnos de origen inmigrante. ÁBACO. REVISTA DE CULTURA Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES  Volume 4 (82)   pp. 108-112. Article.
  • Cano Hila, A.B. (2012) Jóvenes y efecto barrio. Un estudio comparativo en la periferia de Barcelona y Milán. Revista de la Asociación de Sociología de la Educación (RASE)  Pvol.5 (2) 138-152. Article.
  • Cano, A., García, M. (2012) Políticas de acción comunitaria en las periférias urbanas: Problemas de transferibilidad. Gestión y Política Pública. Volumen temático 2012, pp:131-157. Article.