Francisco Adolfo García Jerez

Francisco Adolfo García Jerez serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology, Basic Psychology and Public Health at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, actively contributing to the GISAP (Social Research and Participatory Action) research group within the Social and Legal Sciences domain of PAIDI.

His research focuses on:

• Social and Urban Anthropology examining contested spaces
• Political action dynamics in historic urban centers
• Symbolic capital theory applications
• Participatory action research methodologies

Earning his PhD from Universidad Pablo de Olavide in 2009, his doctoral thesis "Trazos de la ciudad disidento: espacios contestados, capital Símbolo y acción Política en el centro Histórico de Sevilla" (Traces of Dissident City: Contested Spaces, Symbolic Capital and Political Action in Seville's Historic Center) was supervised by Dr. Javier Escalera Reyes. His work bridges anthropological theory with practical urban political analysis.