Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró (she/her) 

 Principal Researcher in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) at 

“Ursula K. Le Guin explained that the first tool humans adopted was not a sharp, pointy weapon but rather “a carrier bag”—a net, a bottle, a basket, a belly, a medicine bundle, or a sling. ” — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World (1989)

Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró has, for nearly twenty years, dedicated herself to advancing initiatives that drive meaningful change toward a world prioritizing life. Engaging with feminisms, decolonial thought, anti-racism, feminist economics, and ecofeminism, she has collaborated with prominent international organisations such as UN Women, WHO, GIZ, SIDA, UNEP, UNDP, Oxfam, and Global Humanitaria, as well as feminist, Indigenous, social, and women’s movements and groups across North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Balkans.

From these rich experiences, Dr. Carrasco-Miró has learned that critical and imaginative feminist perspectives are essential to understanding the current global crisis, with the sustainability of life being a key approach. This outlook has also influenced her work with the MSc in Development Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) and her PhD in Gender and Post/Decolonial Studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, which continue to guide her research and teaching.

As a published author, Dr. Carrasco-Miró has contributed numerous academic works that, through a critical, feminist, intersectional, and decolonial lens, delve into issues of gender, social, and economic justice. Her research has earned placements in artistic residencies, including BAK-basis voor actuele kunst in the Netherlands and Faber Humanities-Science and Art in Spain. She has lectured on gender justice and international development at esteemed institutions such as the Central European University in Vienna, American University in Washington, D.C., University of Cambridge in the UK, l’Escola Massana of the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her upcoming book, Decolonizing Feminist Economics: Possibilities for Just Futures, is scheduled for publication by Bristol University Press in March 2025.

In her role as Principal Researcher in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) at Includovate, Dr. Carrasco-Miró collaborates with the GESI team to develop analyses and transformative policy concepts that are contextually grounded, participatory, intersectional, and aimed at inspiring sustainable progress toward global gender equality and social inclusion.

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Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World (1989)