
Doctora en Derechos Humanos y Democracia por la Universidad de Valencia. Catedrática de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) y Vicedirectora del Instituto de Investigación Ingenio (CSIC-UPV). Profesora Extraordinaria de la Universidad del Estado Libre (Sudáfrica). Es Co-directora del Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC), un consorcio internacional de institutos de investigación europeos y de los países nacionales que trabajan en políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación. Más de 130 publicaciones internacionales y nacionales en las siguientes áreas: desarrollo humano, innovación social, educación, participación, tecnología y sostenibilidad (artículos, libros y capítulos de libros). Investigación relevante en educación superior, innovación social y de base en el ámbito de la energía, la alimentación y el sector digital. Experta en el uso de metodologías participativas para codiseñar, implementar y evaluar iniciativas políticas en el ámbito de la evaluación transformadora, la educación para el desarrollo y la política participativa. Amplia experiencia y trayectoria en el ámbito de la educación para el desarrollo y la educación para la ciudadanía global.
Desde 2011-2023, IP de 15 proyectos de investigación de convocatorias de subvenciones internacionales, nacionales y locales (importe total 979.693€) y 12 contratos con instituciones públicas y privadas nacionales y locales (importe total 338.413€). Con una amplia red de colaboradores nacionales y con los que investiga y publica. Investigadora invitado en el Institut Mines-Telecom- Business School, Evry-Francia (2022), Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana, Medellín-Colombia (2019), University College of London-Reino Unido (2016-2017), University of New York-Estados Unidos (2011), Erasmus University at Rotterdam-Países Bajos (2009) y University of Sussex-Reino Unido (2007).
Editora jefe del Journal of Human Development and Capabilities y editora asociada del Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies. Premiada con el University College of London Grand Challenge Prize (sept. 2019) por un compromiso significativo entre académia y profesionales.
Premio Margarita Salas del CSIC por su trayctoria en supervisión de tesis doctorales. Entre 2010 y 2023 ha supervisado 19 tesis doctorales en 4 universidades diferentes. Sus doctorandos trabajan en el sector académico (como profesores asociados, conferenciantes e investigadores postdoctorales), en las administraciones locales (ayuntamiento valenciano o personal técnico en universidades), en el sector privado (empresa Ford), en el sector educativo (profesor de formación profesional) y en el tercer sector (ONG en Bélgica y España).
Entre sus publicaciones científicas recientes destacan:
Alejandra Boni, Diana Velasco, Jordi Molas-Gallart, Johan Schot, (2023) Evaluating transformative innovation policy in a formative way: Insights from Vinnova’s food mission experiment, Research Evaluation, rvad029, https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad029
Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro & Alejandra Boni (2023): Enlarging the knowledge transfer realm through engagement with research stakeholders: a conversation attempt with action research, Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, DOI: 10.1080/25729861.2023.2213596
Tabarés, R and Boni, A.(2023) Maker culture and its potential for STEM education, Int J Technol Des Educ, 33, 241-260, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-021-09725
Monique Leivas Vargas, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal & Lina María Zuluaga (2023) Capabilities for epistemic liberation: the case of hermeneutical insurrection of the Network of Community Researchers in Medellin, Colombia, Journal of Global Ethics, 19:1, 43-62, 2023.
DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2022.2079707
Melanie Walker, Alejandra Boni, Carmen Martinez-Vargas & Melis Cin (2022). An Epistemological Break: Redefining Participatory Research in Capabilitarian Scholarship, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 23:1, 1-7,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2022.2019987
Boni, A, Velasco, D. & M. Tau (2021), The Role of Transformative Innovation for SDGs Localisation. Insights from the South-African “Living Catchments Project, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 22, 4, pag.737-747.
Molas-Gallart, J., Boni, A., Giachi, S., & Schot, J. (2021). A formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policies. Research Evaluation, 30(4), 431-442.
Pellicer-Sifres, V., Simcock, N., & Boni, A. (2021). Understanding the multiple harms of energy poverty through Nussbaum’s theory of central capabilities. Local Environment, 26(8), 1026-1042.
Velasco, D., Boni, A., Delgado, C., & Rojas-Forero, G. D. (2021). Exploring the role of a Colombian university to promote just transitions. An analysis from the human development and the regional transition pathways to sustainability. Sustainability, 13(11), 6014.
Belda-Miquel, S. Pellicer-Sifres, V and A. Boni, (2020), Exploring the Contribution of Grassroots Innovations to Justice: Using the Capability Approach to Normatively Address Bottom Up Sustainable Transitions Practices, Sustainability, 12(9), 3617. (Q1).
Boni, A, López-Fogués, A, Millán G y Belda-Miquel, S. 2020. Analysing participatory video thorugh the capability approach - A case study in Quart de Poblet (Valencia-Spain), Action Research, 8, 3, 282-301, DOI: 10.1177/1476750317715073
Boni, A and D. Velasco, 2019, Epistemic Capabilities and Epistemic Injustice: What is the Role of Higher Education in Fostering Epistemic Contributions of Marginalized Knowledge Producers?, GLOBAL JUSTICE : THEORY PRACTICE RHETORIC (12/1) 2019 https://doi.org/10.21248/gjn.12.01.228
Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni & Carola Calabuig (2019), SDG Localisation and Decentralised Development Aid: Exploring Opposing Discourses and Practices in Valencia's Aid Sector, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20:4, 386-402, DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2019.1624512
Alejandra Boni, Aurora López-Fogués, Álvaro Fernández-Baldor, Gynna Millan & Sergio Belda-Miquel (2019) Initiatives towards a participatory Smart city. The role of digital grassroots innovations, Journal of Global Ethics, 15:2, 168-182, DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2019.1636115
Boni, A., Sastre, J.J. y C. Calabuig, (2019) Educating engineers for the public good through internships in developing countries: An exploration based on a case study at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) Science and Engineering Ethics, 2019, 25:1799–1815 DOI 10.1007/s11948-015-9728-z
Boni, Alejandra; Belda-Miquel, Sergio & Pellicer-Sifres, Victoria, (2019) Innovación transformadora. Propuestas desde la innovación social colectiva para el desarrollo humano. Recerca. Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, 23, pp. 67-94.
Boris Lazzarini, Agustí Pérez-Foguet and Alejandra Boni, (2018) Key characteristics of academics promoting Sustainable Human Development within engineering studies, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, Volume 188, 1 July 2018, Pages 237-252
Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Sergio Belda-Miquel, Iván Cuesta-Fernández and Alejandra Boni, (2018) Learning, transformative action, and grassroots innovation: Insights from the Spanish energy cooperative Som Energia. Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 42, August 2018, Pages 100-111.
A. Boni, G. F. Millán Franco & M. A. Millán Franco (2018), When Collectivity Makes a Difference: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from Urban and Rural Communities in Colombia, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 19, 2, 216-231.
Boni, A. & Calabuig, C. (2017) Education for global citizenship at universities. Potentialities of formal and informal learning spaces to foster cosmopolitanism, Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017, 21 (1), pp. 22-38 DOI: 10.1177/1028315315602926
Hueso, Andrés; Boni, Alejandra; Fernández-Baldor, Álvaro, Embracing the complexity of policy processes in sanitation: insights from India, Development Policy Review 10.1111/dpr.12246 2017
Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Sergio Belda-Miquel, Aurora López-Fogués & Alejandra Boni Aristizábal, (2017) Grassroots Social Innovation for Human Development: An Analysis of Alternative Food Networks in the City of Valencia (Spain), Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2017, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2016.1270916
Belda-Miquel S, Boni Aristizábal, A. y M.F. Sañudo Pazos, (2015) Informal learning for citizenship building in shared struggles for rights:Cases of political solidarity between Colombian and Spanish organizations, Voluntas. 10.1007/s11266-015-9598-7.
Boni Aristizábal, A. & Calabuig-Tormo, C.Enhancing pro-public-good professionalism in technical studies, Higher Education 2016, 71, 6:791-804. 10.1007/s10734-015-9916-4
A. Frediani, A. Boni and Des Gasper "Approaching Development Projects from a Human Development and Capability Perspective", Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2014, 15:1, 1-12.
Libros y capítulos de libro
- Velasco, D., Boni, A., & Chalela, S. (2021), Developing Transformative Innovation Through Policy Experimentation in Two Colombian Universities. In Science, Technology, and Higher Education (pp. 181-204). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- A. Boni and A.A. Frediani (2021), Expanding capabilities through participatory action research in The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach, Martinetti, Osmani and Quizilbash (eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 477-495.
- Boruncle, Imbach, Zamora, Urueña and Boni (2021), Building Local Strategies for the adaptation to climate change of farming livelihoods. Review of a participatory approach in Mesoamerica in Lachapelle, Gutierréz-Montes and Butler (eds) Community Capacity and Resilience in Latin America, Routledge, New York/London. Pp.32-51.
- M. Walker and A. Boni (ed.) (2020), Participatory Research, Capabilities and Epistemic Justice. A transformative agenda for higher education, Palgrave McMillan, Springer, Switzerland.
- Boni, Belda-Miquel y Calabuig, 2020, Educación para la ciudadaniá global crítica, Sintésis, Madrid.
- Boni, A y M. Walker (2016), Universities and Global Human Development. Theoretical and empirical insights for social change, World Sustainability Series, Routledge, London
- Boni and Walker, (eds.) (2013) Human Development and Capabilities. Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century, Routledge.
Fomentando la transdisciplinariedad para la cocreación del conocimiento: El caso de la ReD-IT (Universidad de Talca, Chile)
Pablo Villalobos Mateluna, Salim Chalela, Alejandra Boni , 2023. In: Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad.
10.52712/issn.1850-0013-386
Enlarging the knowledge transfer realm through engagement with research stakeholders: a conversation attempt with action research
Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro; Alejandra Boni, 2023. In: Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society.
10.1080/25729861.2023.2213596
Evaluating transformative innovation policy in a formative way: Insights from Vinnova’s food mission experiment
Alejandra Boni, Diana Velasco, Jordi Molas-Gallart, Johan Schot, 2023. In: Research Evaluation.
10.1093/reseval/rvad029
Maker culture and its potential for STEM education
Raúl Tabarés; Alejandra Boni , 2023. In: International Journal of Technology and Design Education.
10.1007/s10798-021-09725-y
An Epistemological Break: Redefining Participatory Research in Capabilitarian Scholarship, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
Melanie Walker, Alejandra Boni, Carmen Martinez-Vargas, Melis Cin, 2022. In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.
10.1080/19452829.2022.2019987
Capabilities for epistemic liberation: the case of hermeneutical insurrection of the Network of Community Researchers in Medellin, Colombia
Monique Leivas Vargas, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal, Lina María Zuluaga García, 2022. In: Journal of Global Ethics .
10.1080/17449626.2022.2079707
Construyendo comunes para el derecho a la ciudad a través de la innovación social colectiva en la distribución y consumo: explorando un marco conceptual y el caso de Valencia.
Sergio Belda-Miquel, Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Alejandra Boni, 2022. In: Eure : Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbanos Regionales.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/EURE.48.143.07
: A Capabilitarian Participatory Paradigm: Methods, Methodologies and Cosmological Issues and Possibilities
Carmen Martinez-Vargas, Melanie Walker, F. Melis Cin, Alejandra Boni, 2021. In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities .
https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.2013173
A formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policies
Jordi Molas-Gallart, Alejandra Boni, Sandro Giachi, Johan Schot, 2021. In: Research evaluation.
https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvab016
Building Local Strategies for the Adaptation to Climate Change of Farming Livelihoods. Review of a Participatory Approach Applied in Mesoamerica.
Claudia Bouroncle; Alejandro Carlos Imbach; Andrea Zamora, Omaira Urueña; Alejandra Boni, 2021. In: .
Developing Transformative Innovation Through Policy Experimentation in Two Colombian Universities
Diana Velasco, Alejandra Boni, Salim Chalela , 2021. In: .
Expanding Capabilities through Participatory Action Research
Alejandra Boni; Alexandre Apsan-Frediani, 2021. In: .
Exploring the Role of a Colombian University to Promote Just Transitions. An Analysis from the Human Development and the Regional Transition Pathways to Sustainability.
Diana Velasco, Alejandra Boni, Carlos Delgado, Geisler Dayani Rojas-Forero, 2021. In: Sustainability.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116014
The Role of Transformative Innovation for SDGs Localisation. Insights from the South-African “Living Catchments Project”
Alejandra Boni, Diana Velasco,Mahlodi Tau, 2021. In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1986688
Understanding the multiple harms of energy poverty through Nussbaum’s theory of central capabilities
Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, Neil Simcock, Alejandra Boni, 2021. In: Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1952968
Educación para la ciudadanía global crítica
Alejandra Boni, Sergio Belda-Miguel, Carola Calabuig, 2020. In: .
A systematic approach to assess climate information products applied to agriculture and food security in Guatemala and Colombia
Claudia Bouroncle, Anna Müller, Diana Giraldo, David Rios, Pablo Imbach, Estuardo Girón, Fernando Portillo, Alejandra Boni, Jacob van Etten, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, 2019. In: Climate Services.
10.1016/j.cliser.2019.100137
Despertando la universidad: propuestas desde el desarrollo humano
Vicente Manzano-Arrondo, Alejandra Boni, 2019. In: .
Estrategia de educación para la ciudadanía global en el ámbito no formal en la ciudad de València (2019-2022)
Alejandra Boni, Sergio Belda, Carola Calabuig, María Alejandra Millán, Alba Talón, 2019. In: Informe.
Extensión universitaria y aprendizaje-servicio. Análisis de dos casos en Sudáfrica y Costa Rica desde el enfoque de las capacidades para el desarrollo humano
Carmen Monge Hernández, Pepa Zlateva Peneva, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal, 2019. In: Revista Interamericana de Educación de Adultos.
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IN-RED 2018: IV Congreso Nacional de Innovación Educativa y Docencia en Red
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XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology
Guido Zolezzi, Massimo Zortea, Gabriella Trombino, Marco Bezzi, Agustí Perez-Foguet, Boris Lazzarini, Ricard Gine, Enrique Velo, Alejandra Boni, Manuel Sierra, Rhoda Trimingham
5th International Conference on Technologies for Development (Tech4Dev 2018)
Jay Drydyk, Lori Keleher, Xavier Ricard, Jean-Luc Dubois, Vijayendra Rao, Sandra Boni, Christine Koggel, Byaruhanga Rukooko Archangel
IDEA-GRETHA 2018 Congress: A World United
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4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’18)
Monique Leivas Vargas y Alejandra Boni Aristizábal
VII Congreso Universidad y Cooperación al Desarrollo Sostenible
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4S/EASST Barcelona 2016. Science & technology by other means: Exploring collectives, spaces and futures
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4S/EASST Barcelona 2016. Science & technology by other means: Exploring collectives, spaces and futures
Belda-Miquel, Sergio; Pellicer Sifres, Victoria; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra
15th Annual STS Conference Graz 2016. Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sañudo Pazos, Maria Fernanda
II Congreso Internacional de Estudios del Desarrollo. Perspectivas alternativas del desarrollo
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sañudo Pazos, Maria Fernanda
IV Congreso de Educación para el Desarrollo
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sañudo Pazos, Maria Fernanda
14th General Conference of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sañudo Pazos, Maria Fernanda
Global Justice through Global Citizenship Conference. The role of Global Education
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Sañudo Pazos, Maria Fernanda
CERES Summer School 2013. Global Gloom, or Development Boom? New Ways of Thinking about Development in a Changing World
Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; Mac Donald, Penny; Peris Peris, Jordi
VI Congreso Universidad y Cooperación al Desarrollo
Belda Miquel, Sergio; Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra; García Monteagudo, Ofelia; Cuesta Fernández, Iván; Peris Blanes, Jordi
I Congreso Internacional de Estudios del Desarrollo
Belda, Sergio; Boni, Alejandra; Peris, Jordi; Terol, Lucía
EADI-DSA 2011 Conference (13th EADI General Conference)
Belda, Sergio; Peris, Jordi; Fredini, Álex; Boni, Alejandra
11th N-AERUS Conference