ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Law degree obtained on June 23, 1998, from the University of Alcalá de Henares.
Attended a three-year doctoral program in Private Law, passing all exams in the Doctoral Program in “Fundamental Aspects of Private Law” at the University of Alcalá. Class: DIPLOMA DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS (LAW) University: ALCALÁ Faculty: FACULTAD DE DERECHO Date: November 5, 2001 Title of SUFICIENCIA INVESTIGADORA (November 5, 2001), in Private International Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of Alcalá, with a grade of SOBRESALIENTE.
European Doctorate in Labor Law and Industrial Relations with the thesis Individualization in the past and present of labor law, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan on February 23, 2007. Fernández Sánchez, Sonia. “Individual autonomy in the past and present of labor law,” Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, XIX cycle, academic year 2005/06, Milan, [http://hdl.handle.net/10280/96]
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Location: Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (France) Objective: Research Project: “Rural Social Security in France and Spain: a comparative study.” Director: D. Philippe AUVERGNON Start date: October 1, 1999 End date: April 1, 2000
Location: Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (France) Objective: Research Project: “Vocational training in France.” Director: Mr. Philippe AUVERGNON Start date: April 1, 2000 End date: June 1, 2000
Location: Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (France) Granting body: Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Community Objective: Research project: “Nuevos sistemas de retribución”. Director: Prof. Dr. Philippe AUVERGNON Start date: September 14, 2002 End date: December 14, 2002
Location: Universidad de Alcalá (Spain) Granting body: University of Alcalá. Objective: Research project: “Observatorio de la Negociación Colectiva” (Collective Bargaining Observatory). Director: Prof. Dr. Ricardo ESCUDERO RODRÍGUEZ Start date: February 1, 2001 End date: February 1, 2003
Location: Department of Legal Sciences – University of Cagliari (Italy) Granting body: Autonomous Region of Sardinia. Objective: Work Integration Program: “Transformations in the system of sources of labor law: the role of individual autonomy.” Code RIF B 41 Director: Prof. Dr. Piera LOI Start date: June 19, 2007 End date: June 19, 2009
Location: University of Hull (Prof. Jo Carby-Hall) as part of the Young Researchers Mobility Program (MGR) funded by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. Objective: Research on religious freedom in the workplace. Start date: January 15, 2019. End date: April 15, 2019.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
Legal forms and actors in collective conflict resolution in labor relations. A comparison between Spanish and French law. Funding company/administration: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Duration: January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2003. Director: Dr. D. Ricardo José Escudero Rodríguez, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá. Project reference code: Acción Integrada-Picasso HF2001-0084
Observatory on Collective Bargaining. Analysis and study of collective bargaining. Funding company/administration: Confederal Union of Workers' Commissions. Duration: February 1, 2001 – February 1, 2005. Director: Dr. D. Ricardo José Escudero Rodríguez, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá.
New content and trends in collective bargaining. Company/Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Duration: March 1, 2003 – April 1, 2005. Director: Dr. Ricardo José Escudero Rodríguez, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá. Project reference code: BJU2002-02965.
New content and trends in collective bargaining (II). Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Duration: December 31, 2005 – December 31, 2008. Director: Dr. Ricardo José Escudero Rodríguez, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá. Project reference code: SEJ2005-07750-C02-01
The regulatory and negotiating sources of supplementary social security in Europe. Company/Funding body: Ministry of University and Research. Duration: 2008/2010. Director: Prof. Armando Tursi, Professor of Labor Law at the University of Milan. Project reference code: 2007KKBMZP
Labor consequences of corporate restructuring processes. Funding company/administration: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Duration: December 31, 2012 – December 31, 2015. Director: Dr. D. Ricardo José Escudero Rodríguez, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá. Project reference code: DER2012-37773
Management power and new business structures. Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Duration: January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2018. Director: Eduardo Lopez Ahumada and Remedios Menéndez Calvo, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá. Project reference code: DER2015-67055-P
Towards gender equality: women in history, institutions, society, and law. Funded by the Fondazione di Sardegna (April 2017 - April 2019). PI: Prof. Maria Virginia Sanna, University of Cagliari.
Fundamental rights in the face of changes in subordinate work in the digital age. Funding company/administration: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020. Director: Belén Cardona Rubert, Professor of Labor and Social Security Law at the University of Valencia. Project reference code: DER2017-83488-C4-3-R
Work and digital technologies. Risks and opportunities for workers in labor markets in crisis. Funding company/administration: Autonomous Region of Sardinia Regional Law no. 7/2017. Duration: December 2018 - December 2020. PI: Prof. Piera Loi, University of Cagliari.
SPEAKER AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
International conference on “Worker mobility,” Center for Industrial Relations Studies, University of Cagliari, June 12-13, 2008.
International workshop on labor law “Social and employment policies in Europe,” Pontevedra, University of Vigo, May 26, 2009.
Seminar “Corporations and the Le Chapelier Law,” January 30, 2012, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.
Seminar “Current issues and protections in anti-discrimination law,” Center for Industrial Relations Studies, University of Cagliari, October 27, 2012.
IV Congreso REPS 2013 “Las politicas sociales entre crisis y post-crisis,” University of Alcala, June 6-7, 2013.
Presentation at the international conference “Consensus, dissent, representation in the governance of industrial relations,” Ca' Foscari University of Venice, October 25-26, 2013.
“Work in international charters. Work and fundamental rights,” Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, May 26, 2014.
V International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention, Responsibility, and Health, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, October 9-10, 2014.
Study Day on “Corporate Restructuring,” University of Alcalá, June 12, 2015.
International Course on Work and Pensions for Europeans: An Open Debate, International University of the Sea, Aguilas, July 6-8, 2015.
International conference on “Current issues in social security in the international and European context,” University of Santiago de Compostela, April 7-8, 2016.
“History of the labor movement during the Franco dictatorship,” University of Cagliari, May 17, 2016.
 Presentation: “The rise and fall of vouchers and employment,” CSRI-Cagliari, December 7, 2017.
Colloquium “Religion in the workplace: international and comparative perspectives,” Lyon (France), March 19-20, 2018.
22nd ISLSS World Congress ‘Transformations in Work: Challenges for National Labour Law and Social Security Systems’, 4-7 September 2018, Turin.
International online congress ‘Fundamental rights, subordinate work and digitalisation’, Valencia, 18 November 2020: ‘Employment relationships and fundamental rights in the digital age. A comparative law perspective’.
Seminar ‘Income support for workers in corporate crises in Italy and Europe in light of the new SURE fund’, INAPP and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 27 November 2020.
Webinar ‘Women's work as a resource in emergencies and a factor for recovery’, Labour Law Community, with ‘Equal pay’, 15 December 2020.
International conference series on the industrial revolution 4.0 to society 5.0: opportunities for digitalisation for new working societies, with “A global vision for the legal-social system in Italy”, 16 December 2020.
International seminar “Fundamental rights in the face of labour transformations in the new economy”, with presentation: “The CCNL riders of 15 September 2020”, Seville, 4-5 February 2021.
13th European Regional Congress of the International Society for Labour Law and Social Security, “Work in the digital age: legal challenges”, with presentation: “Algorithms and discrimination”, Lisbon, 5-7 May 2021.

V Congrès international Cielo Laboral 2025, "Vers une configuration du Droit social face aux transformations du travail?", with presentation: "Dignity and freedom of entreprise", Bordeaux 4.6 juin 2025
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Project selected by Fundación Alternativas (Madrid) for a research study on Un estudio sobre el aumento de la edad de jubilación en el espacio europeo, published in July 2011.
Member of the Spanish translation team for Labour Law, 1. Trade Union Law and Labour Law, 2. The employment relationship, F. Carinci, R. De Luca Tamajo, T. Treu.: Derecho del Trabajo. 1. El derecho sindical, Granada, Comares, 2015.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Revista Multidisciplinar de Estudios de Género FEMERIS