Milagros
Sáinz Ibáñez
Researcher
Organization: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Center: Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Social and Cultural Transformations (UOC-TRÀNSIC)
Research group: GenTIC Gender and ICT
Email: msainzi@uoc.edu
Doctor by the UNED. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia with the thesis Aspectos psicosociales de las diferencias de género en actitudes hacia las nuevas tecnologías en adolescentes 2006. Supervised by Dr. Mercedes López Sáez.
The R&D activities of researcher Milagros Sainz focus on the motivational and psychosocial factors behind the vocational segregation of girls and boys from secondary education on. Her main research interests are gender stereotypes, the influence of the socialisation process in choosing courses (theories of social learning, of social roles and choice of achievement, etc.) and the digital gender gap. She also specialises in the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies in social research. She is lead researcher of the UOC's Gender and ICT R&D group.
- Former Center: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)