Antonio Rojas Rabaneda

Degree in History, Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) linked to the knowledge area of ??Archaeology. Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management at the local level and Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude (CAP). He has submitted his doctoral thesis "Chronological, architectural and urban evolution of the Iberian village of Sant Sebastià de la Guarda", which has been publicly exhibited, and will be defended in September 2025, within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Human Sciences, Heritage and Culture (University of Girona). He has more than 27 years of active and uninterrupted professional experience in the fields of research and the implementation of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology projects.

As a research project development technician at the ICRPC, since 2007, he has participated in the design and implementation of numerous national and international research and transfer projects, on heritage uses, audience studies, master plans for cultural facilities, historical and archaeological reports, heritage valuation, data analysis or heritage inventories, among others. He has extensive knowledge of national and international research funding programs.

He has been part of several competitive R&D projects focused on the study of the uses, dissemination and communication of heritage, as well as on the processes of patrimonialization. He has been a member of the Research Group on Cultural Heritage of Catalonia (GRPRE 2017 SGR 835) and of the Research Group on Patrimonialization and Uses of Heritage and Processes of Patrimonialization (2009 SGR 1065). At the University of Girona he has been a member of the Department of History and History of Art, of the Institute of Historical Research. He is a member of the Research Group on Archaeology, Prehistory and Heritage, of the Laboratory of Archaeology and Prehistory of the University of Girona and of the Consolidated Research Group 2021 SGR 139 “Renaissance and Baroque Art in Catalonia”.

In parallel, as an archaeologist specialized in Protohistory, the ancient world and archaeological heritage, he has extensive experience in the management of archaeological interventions and in the patrimonialization of archaeology. He has participated as a researcher in R&D projects such as “The patrimonialization of Archaeology. Conceptualizations and current uses of archaeological heritage” and was co-director of the company ARES. Archaeology and Restoration (1998-2003).

He has extensive experience as a teacher in the Department of History and History of Art of the University of Girona, where he has taught, between 2008 and 2024, various subjects of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the degrees of Histpry History and Art and the Master of Heritage (specializing in cultural and natural heritage). Author of 85 articles and 50 communications in national and international conferences.