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Javier Vergel Faro

  • jvergel@ub.edu
  • Department of Sociology
  • PhD candidate

Javier Vergel Faro is a researcher specialising in Urban Studies from a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective. He has developed his doctoral thesis within the Sociology Programme of the University of Barcelona (2019-2024), where he researches the urban transformation of the Bon Pastor neighbourhood in Barcelona. This work examines the interrelationship between urban regeneration processes and the socially innovative practices that have emerged in this context. Previously, he completed a Master in Urban Design: Art, City and Society at the University of Barcelona (2015-2017) and holds a degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the University of Zaragoza (2007-2012).

His research experience includes a sustained collaboration with the CRIT research group and the Polis Research Centre, since his time as a master’s student. During this period, he has participated in several research projects addressing urban issues from multiple perspectives, consolidating his main research interests in urban public policy, urban design, community development, governance, citizen participation and social innovation.

Javier has also contributed to the teaching support of both the Master in Urban Design and the Master in Sociology at the University of Barcelona, organising fieldwork and specific seminars focused on practical research.

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Publications

  • Remesar, A., & Vergel, J. (2020) Acceder a la gestión de lo simbólico. Un derecho ciudadano. on the w@ terfront. Public Art. Urban Design. Civic Participation. Urban Regeneration, 62(7), 39-56. Article. External link.
  • Remesar, A., & Vergel, J. (2020) Bon Pastor (Barcelona) a neighbourhood with future. Let’s make its remembrance. Claiming the symbolic accessibility. European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, 3(2), 105-125. Article. External link.
  • Vergel, J (2022) La Operación Maquinista en el Bon Pastor (1989 2003). Desarrollo e impacto de un proyecto Urbanístico de reconversión de suelo industrial en una nueva Área de Usos Mixtos. on the w@terfront. 64 (11):3 -68. Article. External link.
  • Remesar, A., & Vergel, J. (2023) “Symbolic accessibility” Symbolic public space and culture on the outskirts of Barcelona. The case of Bon Pastor (Barcelona). Design for All Institute of India . 18 (1): 43-80. Article. External link.
  • Vergel, J (2023) Wacquant, L. (2023). Bourdieu in the city. Challenging Urban Theory. Polity Press, 288 pp.. Clivatge, 11, 1–10. . Book Review. External link.
  • Vidal, T., Salas, X., Esparza, D., Padilla, S., Rios, M., Vergel, J (2024) Participación y Derecho a la Ciudad. S.Angosto y A. Remesar (ed.) La Periferia que quiso ser Ciudad. Transformación urbana y social del Barrio del Bon Pastor. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona.. Book Chapter.
  • Remesar, A., Vergel, J., Barreiro, A., Chávez, T., & Chaves, L. (2022) Changing the Landscape of the City Outskirts. Bon Pastor (Barcelona). Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica-Aesthetica-Practica. Article. External link.