Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU.

Matxalen Legarreta-Iza holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the same university.

She is a member of the AFIT-Feminist Anthropology Research Group and her lines of research mainly deal with care and gender inequalities.

She regularly collaborates with the public administration and third sector organisations, carrying out research and giving conferences, training and awareness-raising courses related to her areas of work.