Dr. Ilaria Sartini

Ilaria Sartini joined RIFS as research associate in the group reIMAGINE Artic Research: Relationships, Ethics, and Methods. She is interested in decolonizing research methods and co-creation practices, allowing to build bridges between academia and different stakeholders in society. After studying Philosophy, International and Economic Studies at the University Ca' Foscari of Venice (B.A.), she earned her Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from Leiden University. In 2024 she received her Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Education from the University of Huelva. During her doctorate she focused on the intersectional dynamics leading to gender horizontal segregation in the labour market, in particular in small-scale fishing communities in Mexico and Spain, and among Latin American workers in the Netherlands. Power relations in society are at the core of her research, that is why she has conducted studies on systemic, institutional, and gender-based violence. In her research, she uses a socio-anthropological approach, stemming from a feminist and interdisciplinary standpoint, by privileging qualitative methodologies.