Adults, mathematics and work: re-enchantment of the mathematics embedded in workplaces

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Notes on contributor

Javier Díez-Palomar is associate professor in the Department of Science and Mathematics Education in University of Barcelona. He is Member of CREA, Community of Research for Excellence for All, Member of GRESUD (Research Group in Education to Overcome Inequalities), consolidated research center recognized by the Catalan Government (AGAUR). He has been permanent member representing Spain in the Commission Internationale pour l’Ètude et l’Amélioritation de l’Enseignement des Mathématiques (CIEAEM) since 2012. Link convenor of the network 24 (Research in Mathematics Education) in ECER (European Conference of Educational Research), from 2014 until 2018. He is Chief Editor for REDIMAT – Journal of Research in Mathematics Education and Adults Learning Mathematics: An International Journal. Dr Díez-Palomar was a Fulbright Visitor Scholar (post-doctoral) in the Department of Mathematics in University of Arizona from 2005 to 2007, where he collaborated as researcher and member of CEMELA, Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as, led by the University of Arizona, and with the contribution of University of Illinois at Chicago, University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of New Mexico. He has been Co-ordinator of the research group “Parents involved in Mathematics Education”. Member of several international research associations, such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA) since 2005; the Associación Multidisciplinar de Investigación Educativa (AMIE) since 2012; the Adults Learning Mathematics association (where he has also been member of the Steering Committee) since 2004; the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (IGPME), since 2013; and the Societat Española de Investigación en Educación Matemática (SEIEM), since 2011. Dr Díez-Palomar has been the principal investigator for a number of research projects, including FAMA – Family Math for Adult Learners (Grundtvig Program, European Commission), InBalance – Mathematics Standards for Adult Learners (Grundtvig, European Commission). He has also participated as a member of many other research projects, such as INCLUD-ED – Strategies for Inclusion and Social Cohesion in Europe from Education (FP6-028603-2, European Commission), among others.