Lourdes Castello Cogollos

Lourdes Castello Cogollos is a researcher at the University of Valencia's Department of History of Science, actively contributing to sociological and historical research through institutional affiliations and specialized research groups.

Her academic foundation includes a 2016 Doctorate from the Universitat de València with the thesis El campo de la Sociología en España (1976-2013). Análisis sociométrico y de redes de las tesis doctorales y sus tribunales, supervised by Dr. Rafael Aleixandre Benavent, Dr. Rafael Castelló Cogollos, and Dr. Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián.

Her research centers on Sociology and History of Science, with specialized expertise in Social Inequality, Sociometrics, and Network Analysis. She operates within two key research units:

• IPRODES (Research on Inequality Processes)
• UISYS (Unit of Information and Social and Health Research)

These groups drive interdisciplinary investigations into social structures and health-related societal dynamics.

As a core research member, she develops projects examining Spanish sociological evolution through quantitative network methodologies, bridging historical analysis with contemporary social science frameworks.