Paloma Caravantes

César Nombela Researcher at IPP-CSIC, she was Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science and Administration of Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). In 2019, she received her PhD in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA). In 2022, she joined the Gender and Politics Group (GEYPO) at Complutense University of Madrid with a Juan de la Cierva-Formación grant. She has participated in multiple international projects and is currently a member of ‘Co-Creating Inclusive Intersectional Democratic Spaces Across Europe’ (CCINDLE; Ref: 101061256) and ‘The Gender Division in the Agenda of the Catalan Parliament’ (DEMOC; Ref. EXI077/21/000001). She is also an elected member of the ECPR Steering Committee of the Standing Group on Gender and Politics. She has published in the journals Politics & Gender, International Political Science Review, Men and Masculinities, Journal of Contemporary European Studies and Critical Discourse Studies, as well as a monograph on the implementation of intersectionality in the public policies of Madrid City Council. Her current research explores processes of feminist democratization at the local level and the implementation of intersectionality and gender equality approaches in public policies.