Itziar Rekalde-Rodríguez is doctor in Pedagogy at Salamanca University (2000). She is a Lecturer in the Department of Didactics and School Organization at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and teaches the following programs: the Degree of Pedagogy, Master in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education, and University Master in Research in Social and Educational Spheres. She is a member of the Academic Committee of the Doctorate Program School, Language and Society, which participates with the research lines of the IkasGura group. She has participated in 31 research projects and contracts with public and private companies and has published 84 enquiry papers.