rocío garcía carrión

Rocío García-Carrión is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Deusto (Spain). Her research focuses on inclusive learning environments that foster equitable participation, enhancing both academic and socioemotional development. Through a sociocultural lens, her work has examined how dialogic interactions improve learning outcomes and strengthen social cohesion by creating engaging, safe, and supportive learning environaments, particularly for systematically marginalised populations. Her studies have contributed to understanding classrooms as dialogic spaces for inclusion and equity, where every child can learn, be heard, and feel valued and respected, and where educators become generative teachers who create these learning contexts. Her leadership as an international scholar in education has been consolidated through her coordination of major international research projects and extensive collaborations with scholars across the world. She has recently coordinated the Horizon Europe project SCIREARLY, aiming at reducing early school leaving through evidence-based policies and practices that improve academic achievement and well-being. She has also led several research projects funded by the Spanish National R&D Plan and has participated in over 30 competitive projects at European, national, and regional levels. She has published extensively, with more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters in leading international journals. Her work has been presented in over 100 international conferences, where she has delivered keynote and invited presentations. She has carried out research and teaching collaborations in institutions such as the University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and Wolfson College, as well as in Latin American institutions. She holds active editorial roles in leading international journals, including the Journal for the Study of Education and Development, AERA Open, and Learning in Context. She has supervised numerous master’s and 10 doctoral theses, many of which received competitive research funding. Since 2022, she has served as Secretary General of the World Education Research Association (WERA). ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5520-5105