Júlia Tena Mensa

Júlia Tena Mensa is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento and a researcher within the MSCA Doctoral Network Reworlding. She holds a Double Master’s Degree in Sociology and Demography from Pompeu Fabra University and University of Groningen and a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics from University of Barcelona. As part of the Re-Worlding MSCA Doctoral Network, her PhD research focuses on re-tracing precarious self-employment in the food sector, specifically looking at the role of alternative food networks on individual realities. Her research employs ethnographic and participatory action research approaches. Before starting her PhD, she worked as a research assistant at JHU-UPF Public Policy Center and as a teaching assistant at the University of Groningen. Her main research interests include alternative food systems, sociology of food and social inequalities. Júlia is also interested in political ecology, studying topics such as degrowth, commons  and environmental justice.