David Casado Neira

David Casado-Neira is as associate professor of sociology at the University of Vigo. He hold a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and a Degree in Political Science and Sociology, studying in Madrid, Santiago de Compostela and Jyväskylä. His research has focused on various forms of violence, particularly gender-based and political violence. In recent years, he has participated in several research projects on the training of professionals agents working in the field of women who have suffered gender-based violence, mainly focused in interpreters and translators, as well as other professionals in the healthcare, judicial, socio-assistential sectors. Projects dealing with the communicational difficulties and the training skills, such as: “JUSTISIGNS 2. Empowering Victims of Gender-Based Violence through VET for Multiagency Actors” (2019-2022, European Commission – Erasmus+), “MELINCO. Linguistic Mediation for Development Cooperation” (Xunta de Galicia, 2019-2020), and “SOS-VICS. Speak out for support” (European Commission, 2012-2014). He has also participated in various projects on vulnerability and victimology, such as: “ViDes – Unaccounted Lives. Refuge Spaces for Inhabiting Social Disappearance“ (Ministry of Science and Education,  I+D+i Projects, 2021–2025), PROMEDIAR. PROMEDIAR – Prostitution and media: Construction of Reality and Media Reception” (Institute of Women, 2012-2015), and “World(s) of victims: Construction of victims’ identities in contemporary Spain” (Ministry of Science and Innovation, 2011-2014). He is also author of numerous research, dissemination, and training publications on these themes (available at: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-5039).