Belén
Jiménez Alonso

Belén Jiménez is a psychologist, Doctor in Psychology, with a solid multidisciplinary background that encompasses clinical psychology, history and epistemology of the sciences, and studies on grief and end of life. Her academic and professional approach integrates psychology with the arts and new technologies, exploring how these fields mediate human experience, particularly in contexts of illness, loss, and grief. Throughout her career, Belén has worked as a teacher and researcher at various universities in Spain and France, with international research stays at renowned institutions, such as the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and the Cermes laboratory at CNRS in Paris (France), where she was a Marie-Curie postdoctoral researcher. Additionally, she developed her teaching and research experience at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, where she delved into the analysis of historical psychology and its contemporary implications. Currently, Belén is a professor and researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and a member of the CareNet research group (IN3, UOC). Her work focuses on the study of collective grief, forms of mediation and memorialization through social media and the arts, as well as the impact of new technologies on the experience of end of life. Furthermore, she is part of the Bioethics research group at the Laboratoire CERPOP (UMR1295, unité mixte INSERM - Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier), where she works on advance directives in oncological patients. In summary, her research explores how mediation tools are fundamental in the expression and management of experiences related to end of life and grief, collective memory, and practices of memorialization, opening paths for new forms of meaning and shared understanding.