Sendra, Dalia

Biography

Dalia S. Rodríguez studied History of Art, Management of Cultural Heritage and Development Cooperation.

From 2004 to 2015, she worked in Argentina, France, Lebanon, Morocco and Portugal in the fields of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, intercultural dialogue and women´s empowerment for international organisations such as the United Nations Development Programme, the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe and the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations.

In 2015, she joined Dialogue Cafe Association to coordinate international debates organised through videoconferences on social innovation, creative economy, entrepreneurship, the SDGs and intercultural dialogue issues. From 2016 to 2021, she worked also for the Global Platform for Higher Education in Emergencies as a communication assistant.

Her strong interest for traditional artisanship and cultural heritage brought her to develop other projects as her own brand of handcrafted and sustainable textile garments and a research project aimed to promote women artisans, enhancing artisan know-how, and analysing the role of crafts as drivers of social change and sustainable development.

She started her PhD in Design at IADE - Universidade Europeia in Lisbon and is member of the UNIDCOM/IADE research unit. Her research focuses on Craftsdesign, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability for Social Change. She has been involved as volunteer and trainer in several projects promoting the role of crafts in the empowerment of vulnerable people, such as migrants, youth at risk and rural women.

She holds a professional diploma as a dressmaker and Permaculture Designer. She speaks English, French and Portuguese as well as her mother tongue Catalan and Spanish.