Francesca Salvà Mut hold a PhD in Educational Sciences and she is full professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). She is principal researcher of the Education and Citizenship Research Group and the Director of the Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Vocational Training (LRIFP) at UIB.She has been a visiting researcher at several international centres, such us Université du Québec à Montreal (Canada), Centre for the Study of Education and Work, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (Canada), Institut Fédéral des Hautes Études en Formation Professionnelle (Switzerland).She has three research sexenniums and five teaching quinquenniums.Academic management experience: Dean of the Faculty of Education (2000-03); Vice-rector of Foreign Affairs (2003-07) and Deputy Director of the Department of Applied Education and Educational Psychology (2007-09).Research areas: Early leaving from education and training, Vocational Education and Training, Training and career paths, Young people with low education profiles, Gender, work and education, Coeducation.Currently, she is the co-principal researcher in the R&D project 'Completion and Dropout Pathways in Intensive Dual VET: An Empirical Approach and Recommendations' (Ref. PID2023-149074OB-I00) (2024-2028). She's also researcher at the project 'Gender segregation and coeducation in vocational education and training: proposals for intervention from a collaborative and holistic approach' (Ref. 9-1-ID24) (2024-25), founded by the Ministry of Equality.Selected publications (2 last years)Sureda García, I., Jiménez, R., Sesé, A., y Salvà-Mut , F. (2024). Validación española del Instrumento de Vinculación Estudiantil en Formación Profesional. Revista De Educación, 1(406), 233–263. https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-406-644.Salvà-Mut, F. y Quintana-Murci, E. (2024). Políticas para la igualdad de género en la educación y en la formación profesional en España. En: V. Millenaar, D. Garino, E. Roberti y C. Jacinto (comp.). Interpelaciones a la formación para el trabajo desde el género. Desigualdades, políticas y resistencias (pp. 121-146). Teseo.Salvà-Mut, F., Moso-Díez, M. y Quintana-Murci, E. (dirs.) (2024). El abandono de los estudios en la formación profesional en España. CaixaBank dualiza.Cerdà-Navarro, A., Quintana-Murci, E. y Salvà-Mut, F. (2024). Reasons for dropping out of intermediate vocational education and training in Spain: the influence of sociodemographic characteristics and academic background, Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 76:3, 619-643. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2022.2049625Salvà-Mut, F. y Quintana-Murci, E. (2023). La educación para la igualdad de género. Una propuesta formativa para educadoras y educadores sociales. Octaedro.Salvà-Mut, F., Tugores-Ques, M. y Quintana-Murci, E. (2023). Early School Leaving and Transition to Adulthood: A Case Study of a Spanish Mediterranean Region. Emerging Adulthood, 11(1), 207-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968221091360.