Paco Abril

Paco Abril holds a PhD in Knowledge and Information Society. He is an associate lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the University of Girona and on the Bachelor’s degree in Humanities and Social Sciences at the UOC (Catalan Open University). He is also a member of the research group Medusa – Genders in transition: masculinities, affections, bodies and technoscience. His research interests are focused on the change and transition of men towards dissident, alternative models of masculinity. He is currently part of the European project Men in Care, which sets out to foster caring masculinities within businesses and organisations. He is also part of a project on the (re)signifying of masculinities in prison environments. He combines his teaching and research side with activism in Homes Igualitaris – AHIGE Catalunya, a Catalan association of pro-equality men where he works on projects to educate and raise awareness on masculinities among young people and different groups of men.