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CARMEN MARIA LOZANO CABEDO

CARMEN MARIA LOZANO CABEDO

SECRETARIO/A PROG. DOC SOCIOLOGÍA: CAMBIO SOCIAL SDES. CONTEMPORANEAS

PROFESORA TITULAR UNIVERSIDAD

SOCIOLOGÍA II (ESTRUCTURA SOCIAL)

FAC.CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA

clozano@poli.uned.es

(+34) 91398-9552

Academic Information

PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Seville (2009) with the thesis: Organic Agriculture and "Segura". Multifunctionality, quality and territory in the context of globalisation (International Doctorate Mention)

Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (2002), University of Seville, Spain.

Degree in History of Art (2010), University of Seville, Spain. 

Academic positions held

Associate Professor (Profesora Titular) in the Department of Sociology II at the UNED. Since joining this department in 2009, she has held various academic positions. 

Research fellow and research technician in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Seville (2003-2009).

Professor-Tutor UNED in the area of Environment and Society since 2010.

Research activity

Her research focuses on sustainable food systems, socio-ecological relationships, climate migration, political participation in food issues, territorial governance, rural development, organic farming, and food quality certifications.

Visiting researcher in the Institute of Agricultural and Rural Sciences, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMEX) in 2015-2016, in the Department of Agricultural Social Sciences, University of Pelotas (UFPL)  in Brazilin 2011, and in the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) in France in 2007. 

Professional experience

Research assistant on cultural landscapes at the Institute of Historical Heritage of Andalusia (IAPH) (2009-2011).

Educational management experience

Secretary of the Doctoral Program in Sociology: Social Change in Contemporary Societies at UNED (since 2024).

Vice-Dean for Research and First Vice-Dean (2018-2019), Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, UNED.

Vice-Dean for Students and Mobility Coordinator (2015-2017), Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, UNED.

Research

RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Research Group on Climate Change UNED (CLIMAUNED) Research Group recognised by UNED.
  • Research Group for the Study of Society and Politics (GESP) Research Group recognised by UNED.Web of GESP (Spanish)
  • Sociology of Food Research Group (SOCIALIMEN) Research Group recognised by University of Oviedo. It  is integrated into the Campus of International Excellence (Cluster of Biomedicine and Health). web of SOCIALIMEN (English)
  • Environment and Social Sciences Research Group: Socio-sanitary research and application of qualitative techniques in the integral study of health Research Group recognised by the Instituto Mixto de Investigación (UNED-ISCIII). Web of the group in social and health research and application of qualitative techniques in the integral study of health (Spanish).
  • NISALDes Network. Living standards, health, nutrition and inequality Thematic network composed of various research groups, recognised by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PHA-HIS. RED2018-102413-T). Web of NISALDes Network (English)

RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • 2026-2029. Human Mobility in a Context of Environmental and Climate Crisis: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies from a Spanish Perspective (MOVIADAPT) (PID2025-169287OB-I00). Ministry of Science,  Innovation and Universities. Principal Investigators: Justo Corti Varela y Carmen Lozano-Cabedo.
  • 2022-2024. The food malaise: perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours of the spanish population to healthy, sustainable and fair food (PID2021-122721OB-C21). Ministry of Science and Innovation. Principal Investigator: Cecilia Díaz-Méndez.
  • 2023-2025. Climate adaptation and displaced persons: Actions for their protection (ADAPTAR) (TED2021-130570B-I00). Ministry of Science and Innovation. Principal Investigator: Justo Corti Varela
  • 2023-2024. Responses to food malaise: building citizenship in specific food environments UNED 2023 research project grants. Principal Investigator: Carmen Lozano-Cabedo. 2023-2024.
  • 2020-2022. Governance for the promotion of a healthy and sustainable diet after the COVID-19. The vision from the scientific field Grant 2020 to support Initiation to Research funded by IMIENS. Principal Investigators: Carmen Lozano-Cabedo and Miguel Ángel Navas-Martín.
  • 2016-2020. Political Food Consumption: citizens, activists and institutions (CSO2016-76293-R). Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competition. Principal Investigator: Amparo Novo Vázquez.

N.º of recognized sections of research activity

2

Publications

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    Journal Articles (selection):

    - Pérez-Gañán, R. & Lozano-Cabedo C. (2026). "Resistance is cooked up in the kitchen”: tensions, transformations, and challenges in a globalized Spanish food culture, Política y Sociedad, 63(2), e97302. DOI: 10.5209/poso.97302

    - Lozano-Cabedo, C., Pinto da Silva, G. & Orozco Soto, D. M. (2026). Promoting food citizenship in universities, Política y Sociedad, 63(2), e102612. DOI: 10.5209/poso.102612

    - Pinto da Silva, G. & Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2026). Food citizenship: An overview of scientific production and its relationship with constitutive dimensions, Saúde e Sociedade, 35(2), e240638en. DOI: 10.1590/S0104-12902026240638en

    - Lozano-Cabedo, C., Moreno, M., Díaz-Méndez, C., Ajates, R., & Navas-Martín, M. Á. (2025). Scientists’ Views on Sustainable Healthy Diets: A Reflection Process Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Consensus, Sustainability, 17(10), 4542. DOI: 10.3390/su17104542

    - Menasche, R. & Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2024). Food and consumption in the pandemic and beyond: a perspective from Madrid’s markets, Horizontes Antropológicos, 30(69), e690402. DOI: 10.1590/1806-9983e690402.

    - Pardo, D. & Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2024). Differential perception of the energy transition in the rural-urban axis, Encrucijadas. Revista Critica de Ciencias Sociales, 24(2), a2411. https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/encrucijadas/article/view/108651

    - Novo, A. & Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2024). The political dimension of food in Spain. A taxonomy of civic and political actions,  Food, Culture & Society, 27(4), 973-991. 10.1080/15528014.2023.2263704

    - Díaz-Méndez, C. & Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2020). Food governance and healthy diet. An analysis of the conflictive relationships among the actors of the agri-food system. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 105, 449-453. DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.08.025

    - Farré Ribes, M., Lozano-Cabedo, C. & Aguilar Criado, E. (2020). The “new olive oil culture” as a transformation driving force in Andalusian olive oil territories, AIBR-Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana, 15(1), 79-104. DOI: 10.11156/aibr.150105

    - Farré Ribes, M., Lozano-Cabedo, C. & Aguilar Criado, E. (2019). The role of knowledge in constructing the quality of olive oil in Spain, Sustainability, 11(15): 4029. DOI: 10.3390/su11154029

    - Escobar-López, F. Y., Espinoza-Ortega, A., Lozano-Cabedo, C. Aguilar Criado, E. & Amaya-Corchuelo, A. (2019). Motivations to consume ecological foods in Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) in southern Spain, British Food Journal, 121(11), 2565-2577. DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2019-0051

    - Lozano-Cabedo, C. & Gómez-Benito, C. (2017). A Theoretical Model of Food Citizenship for the Analysis of Social Praxis, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 30(1), 1-22. DOI: 10.1007/s10806-016-9649-0

    - Gómez Benito, C. & Lozano, C. (2014). Constructing Food Citizenship: Theoretical Premises and Social Practices., Italian Sociological Review, 14(2), 135-156. DOI: 10.13136/isr.v4i2.79

    Books:

    - Corti Varela, J. y Lozano-Cabedo, C. (Eds.) (2025). Migraciones climáticas: multidimensionalidad, vulnerabilidad y protección. Marcial Pons

    - Lozano Cabedo, C. (2011). El sabor de la naturaleza. Agricultura ecológica en Parques Naturales Andaluces.  Fundación Blas Infante. 

    - Lozano Cabedo, C. (2010). Agricultura Ecológica y “Segura”. Nuevas estrategias de desarrollo en el medio rural andaluz. Instituto de Estudios Giennenses. 

    Book Chapters (selection):

    - Lozano-Cabedo, C. y Corti Varela, J. (2025). Debates actuales sobre las migraciones climáticas. En J. Corti Varela y C. Lozano-Cabedo (Eds.), Migraciones Climáticas: multidimensionalidad, vulnerabilidad y protección (pp. 25-62). Marcial Pons.

    - Moreno, M., Lozano-Cabedo, C. y Arahuetes de la Iglesia, D. (2025). La conceptualización de las migraciones climáticas: de la academia a la práctica. En J. Corti Varela y C. Lozano-Cabedo (Eds.), Migraciones Climáticas: multidimensionalidad, vulnerabilidad y protección (pp. 63-100). Marcial Pons.

    - Díaz-Méndez, C.; Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2023). Oportunidades e obstáculos na promoçao de uma alimentaçao saudável, sustentável e justa: uma análise sob a perspectiva da governança. In M. N. Schubert, J. Tonin, and S. Schneider (Ed.), Desafios e tendências da alimentação contemporânea: consumo, mercados e ação pública (pp. 47-59). Editora da UFRGS.

    - Lozano-Cabedo, C., y Novo, A. (2021). La dimensión política de la alimentación. ¿consumidores, activistas o ciudadanos? En C. Díaz-Méndez e I. García-Espejo (Coords.), El descontento con la alimentación. Los problemas del consumo alimentario en las sociedades contemporáneas (pp. 71-84). Ed. Trea.

    - Gómez Benito, C. y Lozano-Cabedo, C. (2016). El desperdicio de alimentos en el ámbito doméstico: constricciones estructurales y hábitos alimentarios. En Y. Colomer, R. Clotet y L. González-Vaqué (Coords.), El sistema alimentario. Globalización, sostenibilidad, seguridad y cultura alimentaria (pp. 471-488). Thomson Reuters y Aranzadi.

Otros

Other activities

Experience in educational, scientific and technological management and administration

- President of the Sociology of Food Research Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (FES), 2020-2024.
- Member of the Editorial Board and Associate Editor of Ager. Journal of studies on depopulation and rural development from 2015.

 Transfer of knowledge and professional experience

- Contract art. 60 Organic Law on the University System (LOSU), "Fostering strength. Romani feminist leadership for climate action",  UNED and Harvard University, Roma Program for Health and Human Rights. PI: Margareta Matache y Carmen Lozano-Cabedo. 2025-2028.

- Contract art. 60 Organic Law on the University System (LOSU), "Report on the Needs and Challenges Posed by Climate Change and Environmental Degradation to Human Mobility: Protection Challenges from a Human Rights-Based Approach",  UNED and Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration. PI: Justo Corti y Carmen Lozano-Cabedo. 2026.

- Contract art. 83 Law 6/2001 "The landscape of Seville from the perspective of Anthropology", Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (Andalusian Regional Government)-UNESCO and UNED. IP: Carmen Lozano Cabedo. 2009-2010.

 Training merits

- Award FAO/CLACSO 2023.  Innovations for Achieving Food and Nutritional Sovereignty and Security. 

- III Award UNED-ODS (2021).
- XXII Research Award Memorial Blas Infante (2010).
- VII Research Award Andrés Núñez de Prado para la investigación en agricultura y ganadería ecológica (2005).