Pep Espluga holds a PhD in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Master in Risk Prevention from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology at the UAB, researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP), member of the group Globalization, Education and Social Policies (GEPS) and collaborator of the Research Group on Agriculture, Livestock and Food in Globalization (ARAG-UAB). He coordinates the Postgraduate Diploma in Agroecological Local Dynamization (IGOP & ICTA) and the Minor in Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship at UAB. Previously he has been a fellow at the Department of Urbanism of the Istituto Universitario de Architettura de Venezia (Università degli Studi di Venezia), researcher at the National Centre for Working Conditions (INSHT), and visiting researcher at the Institute for Studies of Science, Technology and Innovation – ESRC Innogen Centre (University of Edinburgh). His lines of research focus on a sociological approach to the relationships between health and work, territory and environment and more specifically, on the social perception of technological risks and on socio-environmental conflicts.
CONTACT
Email: joseplluis.espluga@uab.cat
Twitter: @esplugatrenc
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UAB Research Portal: https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/persons/jose-luis-espluga-trenc-3
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5058-2411
ResearchGate Citations: https://uab.academia.edu/JosepEsplugaTrenc
AREAS OF INTEREST
Sociological approach to the relationship between health and work, territory and environment and the social perception of technological risks and socio-environmental conflicts.
3 SELECTED PROJECTS
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ECF4CLIM: A european competence framework for a low carbon economy and sustainability through education. Espluga Trenc, J., Soler-i-Martí, R., Florensa Botines, A., Lehtonen, M. & Rizo, A.; 1/10/21 → 30/09/25.
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INNOTUB: Red transpirenaica de investigación y desarrollo de herramientas innovadoras para el control de la tuberculosis animal. . Allepuz Palau, A., Cabezon Ponsoda, O., Ciaravino , G., Domingo Alvarez, M., Espluga Trenc, J., Marco Sanchez, I., Espunyes Nozieres, J., Puig Ribas, M. & Ciaravino , G.; 15/10/19 → 31/05/22.
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Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation (CAPFLO). Pares Franzi, M., Subirats Humet, J., Badosa Yusta, J., Ballester Ciuro, M. A., Espluga Trenc, J., Pares Franzi, M. & Subirats Humet, J.; 1/01/16 → 31/12/17.
3 HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
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Influence on the implementation of biosecurity measures in dairy cattle farms: Communication between veterinarians and dairy farmers. Moya, S., Chan, K. W. R., Hinchliffe, S., Buller, H., Espluga, J., Benavides, B., Diéguez, F. J., Yus, E., Ciaravino, G., Casal, J., Tirado, F. & Allepuz, A., 1 May 2021, In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 190, p. 105329 10 p., 105329.
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Local Agri-Food Systems as a Cultural Heritage Strategy to Recover the Sustainability of Local Communities. Insights from the Spanish Case. Espluga-Trenc, J., Calvet-Mir, L., López-García, D., Masso, M. D., Pomar, A. & Tendero, G., 28 May 2021, In: Sustainability.
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The emergence of mistrustful civic vigilance in Finnish, French, German and Spanish nuclear policies: ideological trust and (de)politicization. Lehtonen, M., Prades, A., Espluga, J. & Konrad, W., 14 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Risk Research. 19 p.
