She has a degree in Marine Sciences and PhD in Equity and Innovation in Education from the University of Vigo. She is currently a PhD Assistant, teaching in the Experimental Sciences Didactics area of the Specific Didactics Department of this university.
Her lines of research deal with Experimental Science Didactics, Teacher Training, Environmental Education, Sustainability and Gender and Educational Innovation.
She has made multiple publications in the field of teacher training in relation to sustainability and the development of scientific competence. Among her latest research and innovation projects are “Women in a sustainable and productive sea: didactic use of the resource Sustainability in women” or “Design and implementation of evaluation procedures and instruments in undergraduate and graduate programs: KPSI questionnaires, rubrics and concept maps in digital format“.
Email: mercedesvarela@uvigo.es
