Gema Celorio

Gema Celorio is an Education Technician at Hegoa (Institute for Development and International Cooperation Studies) and teaches in Master's programs at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), specifically the Master's Degree in Development and International Cooperation and the Master's Degree in International Cooperation and Emancipatory Education. With a background in Geography and History from the University of Cantabria and a doctoral program in psychodidactics, she has dedicated her career to education for social transformation.

Her research interests span Education for Development, Emancipatory Education, Food Sovereignty with gender perspective, Critical University models, and Pedagogical Systematization. She has been instrumental in organizing the five Education for Development Conferences since 1990 and has developed pedagogical programs with Justicia Alimentaria to integrate Critical Education and Feminist Food Sovereignty approaches into formal education.

Her recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward integrating food sovereignty, gender perspectives, and critical education, with significant focus on post-pandemic educational challenges and university transformation. Her work shows increasing emphasis on ecosocial and ecofeminist approaches to the climate crisis, with the Right to Food as central to systemic change.

Gema Celorio has been actively involved in numerous projects including Basque-Colombian coordination for emancipatory education (2021-2023), Critical University Extension initiatives, and Food Transition Processes research. She has also contributed to important educational frameworks for integrating Food Sovereignty with gender perspective in primary education.