Alicia Ferrández Ferrer holds a Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Miguel Hernández University) and a Degree in Humanities (University of Alicante). She earned a Master’s degree in Immigration, Refuge, and Intercommunity Relations from the Autonomous University of Madrid, where she also completed her PhD in Social Anthropology, receiving both a "European Doctorate" distinction and an Extraordinary Doctoral Award. She is a member of the Department of Contemporary Humanities, where she engages in teaching and research within the field of Social Anthropology.

Her work focuses on the research and analysis of cultural diversity in the contemporary world. One of her primary research areas concerns transnational Latin American migration and how migrants utilize media to assert their citizenship rights, a subject she has investigated through fieldwork in both Spain and England.

Another area of ¿¿her research focuses on the Roma community, specifically examining recent changes within educational, familial, and reproductive spheres. Additionally, she led an educational innovation and research project at the University of Alicante centered on the Roma community and their trajectories within higher education.

Her teaching activities focus on Social Anthropology across various undergraduate Degree programs. She has also taught in postgraduate programs, such as the Master’s in Migration, Conflict, and Social Cohesion at the University of Deusto (Bilbao). Furthermore, she has served as an internship supervisor for postgraduate students in the Master’s program in Immigration, Refuge, and Intercommunity Relations, as well as in the Continuing Education Program on Migration and Co-development at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

She is a member of the Social Research Group on Equity and Diversity (EQUIDIVERSIDAD), the Sociological Observatory of Education (OBSOEDU, University of Alicante), the Interuniversity Institute for Social Development and Peace (IUDESP, University of Alicante), the University Research Institute on Migration, Ethnicity and Social Development (IMEDES, UAM), and the Valencian Association of Anthropology (AVA).