Editorial. Ruralities in transition. Imaginaries, policies and practices for spatial justice

Economic and Business Studies (UOC). Xarxa UOC Rural Academic Coordinator Professor of the UOC and the Economic and Business Studies of the same university, PI (principal investigator) and academic coordinator of the Xarxa UOC Rural (Rural UOC Network) and director of the university master degree in Sustainable Tourism and ICT. As the principal investigator of the Rural UOC Network, she defines the Network’s knowledge strategy, its linkage to the UOC’s research and teaching ecosystem related to contemporary rural challenges, and leads two ongoing competitive projects and two more within the framework of R&D&i. She is part of the European Commission’s Rural Pact Coordination Group. She seeks to be an active voice in academic and social spaces that promote a critical and innovative perspective on the rural world and knowledge. In parallel, she develops her research in the NOUTUR group (SGR 2023), from which she has obtained competitive financing as PI of national (ECCOLTUR, EPTUR) and European (IDEATE) projects, as well as numerous transfer contracts. This work has enabled her to open new lines of study into the impact of ICT on tourism and the potential of the collaborative economy in shaping new social geographies.