I am an independent researcher, writer and consultant of Spanish and Swedish origins, based in Paris. My work lies at the intersection of politics, culture, cities, aesthetics and the visual world, with a particular interest in how power is represented, materialised and contested.

My new book, Golpes de vista. Estéticas del poder y la resistencia, will be published by Paidós (Grupo Planeta) in September 2026. Bringing together many of the questions that have shaped my work over the years, the book explores the aesthetics of power and resistance from the age of revolutions until today.

As a writer and commentator, I contribute analysis and opinion on current political, social and cultural issues to international media. My articles have appeared in El País, Proceso, Clarín, El Huffington Post, El Correo and Dagens Nyheter, among others. I also take part in radio and television programmes, public discussions, talks and conferences, and publish essays for non-academic audiences. I also publish my own blog.

My research centres on four broad themes: political aesthetics, city images, wartime destruction and post-war reconstruction, and uncomfortable legacies, particularly the legacies of war and dictatorship. I have carried out research and consultancy for academic, public and cultural institutions in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Boston and Paris, on subjects ranging from education and urban regeneration to architectural history, heritage and the relationship between art and politics. My research and publications in urban, social and visual history and heritage include policy reports on heritage (see Publications). I have also contributed to artistic and curatorial projects, including Femmes et WC, which I conceived and coordinated in Paris.

My international and interdisciplinary background spans the social sciences and humanities. I hold a PhD in Sociology/Cities Programme from the London School of Economics (2009), an MA in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University (2004), and a five-year degree in Political Science from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2001). I also studied political science at Uppsala University and art history at Lund University.

Earlier in my career, I taught sociology at the LSE, collaborated with the Department of Architectural Composition at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM), and worked as a research fellow at the University of Westminster on Constructing Post-War Britain: Building Workers’ Stories, 1950-1970. Since 2014, I have worked independently across research, writing, media and consultancy.

Having lived and worked across several European countries as well as New York, Mexico City and New Delhi, I bring an international and comparative perspective to my work. I am a native speaker of Spanish and Swedish and work fluently in English and French.

I welcome commissions and collaborations involving essays, articles, book chapters, reports, research, analysis, media contributions, talks and consultancy. Please feel free to contact me to discuss a project or collaboration.