I grew up in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, a densely populated city in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). I hold a PhD in Human Geography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), a Master’s in Population and Territorial Studies from the same university, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Barcelona.
During my research career, I have spent time in different cities and academic environments as a visiting researcher, including at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris (France), the University of Tokyo (Japan), RMIT University in Melbourne (Australia), and the Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago (Chile).
My research interests lie at the intersection of urban environments, quality of life, and social justice, with a particular focus on daily mobility from an intersectional gender perspective. I have worked with mobility surveys to quantitatively analyse gendered mobility patterns in Barcelona and Bogotá, and in my current research project, I have been conducting interviews with key stakeholders involved in inclusive mobility policies—such as policymakers and mobility professionals— in Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Santiago de Chile to examine the role of knowledge tools and data production in shaping gender-sensitive (or insensitive) urban planning.
Selected publications or texts
- Gómez-Varo, I. & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2024). Chapter 12 – Assessing Mobility of Care: An overview of the approaches and current challenges for mobility research. In S. McLafferty, V. Preston, & M. Maciejewska (Eds.), Handbook of Gender and Mobilities. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300860.00020. ISBN: 9781035300853.
- Gómez-Varo, I., Delclòs-Alió, X., Miralles-Guasch, C., & Marquet, O. (2024). Accounting for care in everyday mobility: An exploration of care-related trips and their sociospatial correlates. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2023.2226157.
- Murillo-Munar, J., Gómez-Varo, I., & Marquet, O. (2023). Caregivers on the move: Gender and socioeconomic status in the care mobility in Bogotá. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 21, 100884.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100884
- Gómez-Varo, I., Delclòs-Alió, X., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2022). Jane Jacobs reloaded: A contemporary operationalization of urban vitality in a district in Barcelona. Cities, 123(103565), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103565.
- Gómez-Varo, I., Delclòs-Alió, X., Miralles-Guasch, C., & Marquet, O.(2024) Are vital neighbourhoods socially privileged? Exploring the spatial relationship between urban vitality and urban vulnerability. Local Environment, 29(7), 969–985. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2324294
- Roig-Costa, O., Gómez-Varo, I., Cubells, J., & Marquet, O. (2021). La movilidad post pandemia: Perfiles y usos de la micromovilidad en Barcelona. Revista Transporte y Territorio, 25(25), 72–96.
- Gómez-Varo, I., Delclòs-Alió, X., Miralles-Guasch, C. (2021). Vitalidad urbana y vida cotidiana: revisitando a Jane Jacobs desde el análisis espacial del comercio alimentario en Barcelona. Cuadernos Geográficos, 60(3), 147–167. https://doi.org/10.30827/cuadgeo.v60i3.16962
Selected speaking engagements
- Tedx Talk “Jane Jacobs y la vitalidad urbana en Barcelona”, organized by
Tedx Barcelona Salón in Casa Seat. Barcelona, July 2021. Available in: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKxny_0GZwI&t=33s - Episode Ciberlocutorio Podcast 6×17 “Qué hacer en la ciudad”, conducted by Anna Pacheco and Andrea Gumes. Radio Primavera Sound, July 2024. Available in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rltnuB4hEUQ&t=1367s