Francisco José Cuberos Gallardo holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Seville and works as researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL). His work focuses on the comparative analysis of migratory processes and dynamics of urban conflict in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. He has participated in several research projects on these topics and has done fieldwork in Seville, Lisbon and Buenos Aires. He is coauthor of two books and several book chapters and articles in specialized magazines, including Ethnic and Racial Studies, Cultural Studies, AIBR. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana, Scripta Nova. Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales y EURE. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano Regionales.