Davinia Palomares-Montero

Davinia Palomares-Montero is a faculty member at the Universitat de València, affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences and the Department of Didactics and School Organisation. She holds the academic rank of Associate Professor and has been teaching since 2012.

• Universitat de València, PhD in Sociology, 2010 (Sobresaliente Cum Laude, Mención Europea)
• Licenciada en Pedagogía, Universidad de Valencia, 2003

Her research centers on higher education evaluation, university missions, and indicator systems. She investigates how teaching, research, and knowledge transfer are balanced across Spanish public universities and how to assess institutional performance through rigorous, multidimensional frameworks. Her work applies methodologies such as the Malmquist index for efficiency analysis and the Delphi method for expert consensus on evaluation indicators.

Her recent publications analyze benchmark systems across OECD countries, collaborative networks in science, and the application of dialogic teaching methods in higher education. A recurring theme in her research is the need for nuanced, context-sensitive evaluation models that move beyond simplistic rankings.

• Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado in Sociology

She is actively involved in research through the TRANSICIONS group, focusing on educational transitions in vulnerable contexts. Her work contributes significantly to educational policy debates in Spain and Europe, particularly on how universities can be more effectively evaluated and improved. She collaborates with scholars across Spain and has co-authored studies on university missions and teaching innovation.

She has contributed to the development of evaluation frameworks used in higher education management and continues to publish in leading journals on education and social sciences.