Researchers

Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia

Associated Researcher
PhD candidate in Social & Cultural Anthropology - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
vrojas@grade.org.pe

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Vanessa is studying for a PhD in Sociology at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations.  During 2012, she worked in the Early Education Department of the Ministry of Education of Peru as Coordinator of  alternatives of education in early childhood.

Currently she is an Associated Researcher at GRADE and the Lead Researcher for the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru.