Jesús Gómez Alonso

Who is Jesús Gómez Alonso?

Jesús Javier Gómez Alonso, whose nickname is Pato, was a professor in the Department of Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education at the University of Barcelona, and a researcher in the Centre of Research in Theories and Practices that Overcome Inequalities.

Among his scientific contributions, it is worth to mention his dedication to the development of the critical communicative methodology, as well as his research and social action with the Romani people. He was also a key contributor to the development of the transformative educational project called Learning Communities. But his main academic contribution was the development of the research line on preventive socialization of gender violence, with the ultimate aim of eliminating gender violence in society.

Jesús Gómez was the founder and president of the Ujaranza foundation, now called Jesus Gómez Foundation. In addition, his theoretical analysis of love constitutes one of the bases of the work on the prevention of gender violence carried out by SAFO, the Women’s Group at CREA work on the prevention of gender violence.