Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
Senior Researcher
PhD in Sociology - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
vrojas@grade.org.pe
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she worked in the Early Education Department of the Ministry of Education of Peru as Coordinator of alternatives of education in early childhood.
Currently she is a Senior Researcher at GRADE and the Lead Researcher for the Qualitative Component of Young Lives in Peru.
Publications
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Bienestar subjetivo y covid-19 en jóvenes rurales y urbanos del Perú
2024 Vanessa Rojas, Adriana Alván León,
Since 2007, the Young Lives in Peru study has been collecting the voices of children – today youth or young adults – regarding their perceptions of well-being throughout the life cycle. In recent years, and as a consequence of the pandemic, youth – in both rural and urban areas – have faced extraordinary challenges in […]
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Bienestar subjetivo y covid-19 en jóvenes rurales y urbanos del Perú: aproximación cualitativa a las experiencias de Niños del Milenio
2024 Vanessa Rojas, Adriana Alván León
The covid-19 pandemic has had a multidimensional impact on the well-being of the youth population in general, and has been most severe in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using longitudinal and qualitative data from the Young Lives study, the authors analyze how a group of young people from four different regions of Peru -who grew […]
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Educational pathways: young Peruvians in the COVID-19 pandemic
2023 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
Young people have suffered most from the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. The the pandemic constituted a highly complex scenario in which emergency remote and virtual education emerged as a useful, though not perfect, tool. This paper presents findings from the second instalment of a telephone follow-up study conducted […]
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Medidas de protección social del gobierno peruano en época de la Covid-19
2022 Lorena Alcazar, Vanessa Rojas, Emilio López de Romaña
In the current context, where the pandemic still persists, but whose health impacts are reduced by the increasing application of vaccines, it is important to analyze what the State has done to protect the population, especially children and adolescents, from poverty. This analysis makes it possible to assess the effectiveness and relevance of the State’s […]
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Chapter in BookEl Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar
Avances y desafíos en la prevención de la violencia contra los niños, niñas y adolescentes en el hogar: una deuda al Bicentenario
2022 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
This essay focuses on the analysis of violence against children and adolescents in the home, where they spend most of their time and which is not always a safe environment. The authors highlight the limited progress of policies against violence against children and adolescents in the home. They explain that this is mainly due to […]
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‘I’d rather be hit with a stick… Grades are sacred’: students’ perceptions of discipline and authority in a public high school in Peru
2011 Vanessa Rojas
This working paper discusses views and experiences of discipline and punishment in everyday schooling among a group of boys and girls aged between 14 and 16 years old, who are attending a public high school in an urban Andean city in Peru. It draws on data collected using a range of a qualitative methods, including […]
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Infancia, transiciones y bienestar en el Perú: una revisión bibliográfica
2010 Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas
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Young Lives qualitative research: Round 1 – Peru
2009 Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas, Tamia Portugal
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Childhood, transitions and well-being in Peru: A literature review
2009 Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas
This brief report provides a broad context for the Young Lives research being done in Peru by reviewing the academic literature, research findings, statistics and official documents available. It was carried out by the Young Lives qualitative researchers, and thus privileges the main areas to be explored by qualitative research in its first two rounds […]
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Starting school: Who is prepared? Young Lives’ research on children’s transition to first grade in Peru
2009 Patricia Ames, Vanessa Rojas, Tamia Portugal
In recent years, a growing body of literature has pointed to the importance of children’s experiences of pre-school and Grade 1 as foundational for success during the subsequent school years. However, most of this research has been carried out in industrialised countries and has paid little attention to developing countries. This paper therefore seeks to […]
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Educational pathways: young Peruvians in the COVID-19 pandemic
2023 Vanessa Rojas, Gina Crivello, Adriana Alván
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