Regional Expert Lab
The TUI works with a set of experts who aim at advising the organisation in its multiple projects. At the Spanish and Catalan levels, it counts with an interdisciplinary expert group that advises it on implementing time policies at the regional level. More specifically, their role is to foster cross-sectoral work in areas such as health, sustainability, (gender) equality, and productivity.
Josefina Altés
Vice-President of the Ibero-American Time Banks Association
Josefina Altés
Former coordinator of time banks at the Association “Salud y Familia”. She has also published books and articles on the topic of time banks, such as Los bancos de tiempo - experiencias de intercambio no monetario (2009), El tiempo como moneda en los bancos del tiempo (2015) or Bancs del temps i envelliment actiu (2019).
Lluís Casado Esquius
Psychologist specialised in organisation change
Lluís Casado Esquius
He is interested towards change in organisational culture that does not include time as an efficiency and satisfaction factor. Besides of that, he also advises on individual plans for personal improvement.
Carla Estivill Domènech
Researcher specialised in sleep and circadian rhythms, and their relation with human well-being
Carla Estivill Domènech
She works in promoting time uses respectful towards sleep and circadian rhythms throughout the work of a non-profit organisation that focusses on research and healthy time promotion.
Eva Garcia Chueca
International expert on urban studies and policies
Eva Garcia Chueca
PhD in Legal Sociology, MA in Human Rights and Democratization. Her professional, researching, and teaching career has been focussing on the right to the city —the framework in which 15-minute cities and chronourbanism can be built.
Maria Nikolopoulou
Member of the European Social and Economic Committee. President of the Association for Time Banks Development
Maria Nikolopoulou
EESC Rapporteur for seasonal clock change removal. Manager and user of time banks in Sants and Badalona. She is involved in promoting time banks among citizens and institutions with resources and knowledge creation. In doing so, new time banks can be created, and former ones can be strengthened.
Lucía Artazcoz Lazcano
PhD in Medicine, specialised in health inequalities related with work
Lucía Artazcoz Lazcano
She has published studies on gender inequalities and health in relation with work-life balance with an intersectional point of view. She has also analysed differences in such a topic depending on Welfare State regimes. Furthermore, she has published several studies on how long working days affect health, and working conditions in temporary work.
Núria Chinchilla
Founder of IWIL (IESE Women in Leadership) in 1996 and director of the International Center for Work and Family (ICWF) at IESE Business School (1999- 2018).
Núria Chinchilla
Founder of IWIL (IESE Women in Leadership) in 1996 and director of the International Center for Work and Family (ICWF) at IESE Business School (1999- 2018).
Sonia Fuertes Ledesma
BA in Philosophy and Social Education, specialised in social action
Sonia Fuertes Ledesma
She has been committed with time organisation, firstly as a Board member in ECAS and Taula del Tercer Sector. She always applies a feminist perspective that takes into consideration possible inequality effects when advising on time policies.
Josep Ginesta i Vicente
Workologist
Josep Ginesta i Vicente
He’s a professor and professional of labour relations, social security and management of persons to the organizations. He was Secretary-General for Labour, Social Affairs, and Families at the Catalan Government, and counts with extensive experience in collective and conflict negotiation at both the Catalan and the international level.
Xavier Peralta Maniviesa
Social psychologist, specializing in improving people's health and quality of life
Xavier Peralta Maniviesa
Technical director in different projects related to the Schedules Reform Initiative, he has promoted and implemented projects for new, more rational schedules and more productive organisations, both at the NGO and public sectors. He has also held conferences, trainings, and workshops on the applicability of the Schedules Reform in companies and other organisations. He took part in the participatory process that lead to the Pact for Schedules Reform time reform in Catalonia, in July 2017.
Sara Berbel Sánchez
PhD in Social Psychology, and expert in public policy, equality and time
Sara Berbel Sánchez
Throughout her career, she has carried out several public programmes at the local and regional level aimed at improving time uses by companies, non-profit organisations, and citizens. She has also been responsible for analysing social time uses, and comparing how they are used in Spain and Europe.
Sílvia Cóppulo Martínez
Director of the Company Leadership Observatory, UPF-BSM. PhD in Communications, BA in Psychology.
Sílvia Cóppulo Martínez
As a researcher, she has led projects on working remotely, leadership, and the right to disconnect labour law, and its relation with health.
Anna Ginès i Fabrellas
Professor of Labour Law at Esade University
Anna Ginès i Fabrellas
Professor of Labour Law at Esade University
Fabian Mohedano Morales
Activist and expert on time use policies
Fabian Mohedano Morales
Promoter of Barcelona Time Use Initiative for a Healthy Society from 2019. Promoter of “Iniciativa per a la Reforma Horària” in Catalonia (2014-2018). Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Time Use Reform of the Government of Catalonia (2015-2016). IATUR (International Association for Time Use Research) member. Graduate in labour sciences (UPF-UB). MBA-Executive (UB) Master in conflict mediation at work (UCA). Various publications focused on time use.
Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente
Professor of Financial Law at the University of Barcelona
Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente
President of the Barcelona Time Use Initiative
Cristina Sánchez Miret
Sociologist specialised in time use inequalities
Cristina Sánchez Miret
Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Gender and Social Inequalities (IGESI) and ARPA group from the University of Girona. She was also a member of the Advisory Council on Catalan Schedules Reform. As a researcher, she has worked in national and international projects analysing social inequalities related with gender, age, class, lifestyle, and citizen participation. Highlighted publications: Guia de bones pràctiques per a la igualtat de gènere a la indústria alimentaria; Guia Guanyar Temps i salut. Coresponsabilitat i organització del temps; Conciliació i coresponsabilitat Una perspectiva feminista; Temps retrobat. Les dones i la Reforma horària.
Alexis Serra Rovira
Time policies expert. Former Director of the Schedules Reform Catalan Office
Alexis Serra Rovira
He took part in the Schedules Reform Agreement in 2017, as the Chief of Staff for the Catalan Minister for Presidency. He has been promoting time policies regarding efficiency, co-responsability, and healthy habits. Promoter of the first strategic plan on time policies in Catalonia, "Pla Viure Millor", 2018-2020.
Raquel Serrano Olivares
Professor of Labour Law at University of Barcelona
Raquel Serrano Olivares
She has been General Secretary of the Labour Relations Council of Catalonia (2007-2011) and has promoted social dialogue on working time and equal treatment between women and men in collective bargaining. She has also published studies on gender inequalities in relation with working time and work-life balance.
Elisa Stinus Bru de Sala
PhD in Public Policy and Social Transformation
Elisa Stinus Bru de Sala
Consultant of urban time policies for 15 years in Barcelona and its Metropolitan Area. PhD thesis on work-family balance, comparing Norway and Catalonia/Spain. Stage at Paris' Time Office. Currently senior researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Childhood and Adolescence.
Jordi Vaquer Fanés
Metropolis Secretary-General
Jordi Vaquer Fanés
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