Lissette González A. is an independent researcher on social inequality and social policy in Venezuela. She earned her PhD in Sociology at Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). She was researcher at Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales and Director of the School of Social Sciences at Andrés Bello Catholic University (Caracas, Venezuela). She was Coordinator of Monitoring, Research, and Dissemination at Provea, where she was the main editor of Provea Annual Report (2022-2026), the most comprehensive analysis of the Venezuelan human rights situation since 1989. Recent publications:

• “Historia del pensamiento social venezolano en el siglo XX” in Tomás Straka (ed) Las ideas en el siglo XX venezolano (Fundación para la Cultura Urbana, forthcoming)
• “Desigualdad y cuidados en Venezuela” in Carosio, Alba (coord.). ¿Cómo sobreviven las trabajadoras del cuidado en Venezuela? (Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales / FES Venezuela, 2024)
• “Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, pobreza y derechos humanos en la Venezuela actual” Cuadernos del CENDES 41(115): 41-62. (in collaboration with Desirée González)