Teresa Sordé- Martí is a Serra Húnter Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She holds a PhD. from the University of Barcelona (2004) and an Ed.D. from Harvard University (2007). Dr. Sordé Martí work has been focused on the Roma ethnic minority in Europe, looking at different aspects (i.e. social mobilization, women’s rights, migration, education, health), more recently she has been involved in studying the social impact of research.