Ivonne Herrera-Pineda is a social anthropologist. Her research focuses on social movements, urbanism, citizen participation, urban and rural communities and the history of architecture in Portugal and Spain. Her specific research interests are socio-economic inequalities, sociability, collective memory and the built environment. Her education is interdisciplinary: she has a degree in Philosophy (2012), a Master's in Social Anthropology (2013) and a PhD in Human Sciences (2021), all from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

The specific area of her PhD was social and cultural anthropology, specifically urban and economic anthropology. Her doctoral research focused on urban communities, specifically on various mutual aid networks developed in a Madrid neighbourhood called Tetuán. This research looked at the role of these collective processes in the construction of the contemporary city, emphasising their capacity for resilience and social creativity. During her PhD, she enjoyed a research stay in Portugal, at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) at the University of Coimbra. This academic period contributed decisively to consolidating her understanding of the possibilities of ethnography and her interests in urban studies, particularly in the social production of built space.

She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Studies on Socioeconomic Change and Territory (DINÂMIA'CET), at the University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte-IUL). She is a researcher on the ERC project "ReARQ.IB - Built Environment Knowledge for Resilient, Sustainable Communities: Understanding Everyday Modern Architecture and Urban Design in the Iberian Peninsula (1939-1985)", directed by architect and researcher Ricardo Agarez. As part of this project, Ivonne focused on activating participatory processes and studying collective memory around everyday architecture. During this time, she has carried out intensive fieldwork in various communities in the interior of Portugal, particularly in Beira Serra and Trás-os-Montes. Since January 2024, she has begun a phase centred on south-west Spain. His work involves a series of activities to disseminate knowledge, so he has also organised a total of nine public events to collect collective memory and two research seminars, took part in the First Congress of Public History in Portugal in 2023 and is permanently working on building a public database with the results of his ethnographic work.