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NAVARRO PEREZ, JOSE JAVIER

NAVARRO PEREZ, JOSE JAVIER

PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatDirector/a de Servei General

Departamento de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Campus Tarongers Avda. Los Naranjos, s/n 46011 Valencia (Spain) Despacho 2D 23 J.Javier.Navarro@uv.es Director de la Cátedra Luis Amigó para la promoción de infancia, adolescencia y juventud en riesgo: https...

(9616) 25026

j.javier.navarro@uv.es

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Jota (José Javier) Navarro-Pérez is a Doctor with Extraordinary Prize in Local and Territorial Development from the University of Valencia. He has a diploma in Social Work and a degree in Criminology. Professor of the Department of Social Work and Social Services, researcher of the GESinn Group and collaborator of the ARTEC Real-Time Graphic Engineering Group. His main lines of work focus on childhood and adolescence at risk, delinquency and youth transitions, violence and Latino gangs, social change and socialization processes, with attention to the social impact of digitization on adolescents and young people.
He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in disciplines such as Social Work, Criminology, Psychology and Education, as well as Master's and Doctorate programs at different universities. It also participates in the training of university teachers through specialized courses in teaching methodologies, conflict management in the classroom and research strategies with mixed methods.
Author of more than 150 publications indexed in journals and databases of scientific impact. Coordinator of several books and monographs. Co-author - together with Nolo Tarín, in 2026 - of the book "Adolescentes in risk; experiences and reflections from the socio-educational intervention", Tirant lo Blanch.
He is currently IP of the European Project VET PARTICIPATION, RETENTION, AND EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IN THE WAKE OF COVID 19 – A CROSS-COUNTRY EXPLORATION (HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10 - Grant Agreement ID: 101177858 - (2025-2027). This is a comparative European research focused on the analysis of the processes of identification, participation and student retention in Vocational Training (VET), with special attention to young people from vulnerable contexts.The study analyzes public policiesand educational strategies in the voices of educational communities in Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Scotland and Spain, based on the collaboration between universities and research teams in these countries.
He has directed competitive interdisciplinary research projects with areas of Engineering, Psychology, Sociology and Pedagogy, with results of transfer and social impact: https://dap360.es/](https://dap360.es/ https://www.uv.es/uvweb/universidad/es/videos/listado-videos/app-liad-prevencion-violencia-genero-adolescentes-1285868042985/Recurs.html?idu003d1286022575300]( https://www.uv.es/uvweb/universidad/es/videos/listado-videos/app-liad-prevencion-violencia-genero-adolescentes-1285868042985/Recurs.html?idu003d1286022575300
He is Coordinator of the Consolidated Group of Educational Innovation CIDES-CR Ref: GCID23-2577102 (Teaching Skills and Innovation in Higher Education - Risk Groups) and of the State Network of Teaching Innovation with Childhood, Adolescence, Youth and Society -REIDIAJS 8.0-. Teaching innovation materials prepared in documentary format: https://www.uv.es/catedra-luis-amigo/es/investigacion/proyectos/herramientas-audiovisuales/documentales-analisis-intervencion/ritmos-coma.html
https://www.uv.es/uvweb/universidad/es/universidad-valencia/video-clip-musical-mundo-cambia-cambias-tu-1285845048380/Recurs.html?idu003d1285978573445
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vu003dLntmFAvLjyU
He has directed 10 doctoral theses and 5 currently in process.
Visiting professor and researcher at the University of Cologne and University of Münster (Germany), University of Malta, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Luis Amigó Catholic University Medellin and University of Manizales (Colombia), ESAN and National Mayor University of San Marcos (Lima), Salesian Polytechnic University and Simón Bolívar Andean University (Ecuador). He is a member of both national and international research networks:Ociogune, Estrategi@s, REDidi and REJS http://juventudysociedad.net/presentacion/
He is director of the Luis Amigó Chair at the University of Valencia for the promotion of childhood, adolescence and youth at risk https://www.uv.es/catedra-luis-amigo/es/catedra-luis-amigo.html
From 2022 he is director of the Permanent Training and Educational Innovation Service (SFPIE-UV).
More references:

Scientific Production https://producciocientifica.uv.es/investigadores/334204/detalle

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-7154

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?useru003da_nT6SkAAAAJ&hlu003des
 

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BOTIJA YAGUE, MERCEDES

BOTIJA YAGUE, MERCEDES

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
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TRAINING

Doctor in Social Sciences, Diploma and Graduate in Social Work, Bachelor of Humanities, Master in Criminology and Master in Emotional Intelligence.

Positive evaluation of the research activity by CNAI (six-year research period)

Positive evaluation of teaching activity (Docentia)

RESEARCH

she has received different social research awards including: Dolors Arteman, Ciudad de Talavera de Castilla-La Mancha and Amparo Moreno

Among her lines of research are Social Services, Vulnerable Groups and Health.

Author of different books, chapters and research articles in national and international journals indexed in prestigious databases

Principal Investigator of contracts with different private and public entities in competitive competition. She has directed and participated in Innovation projects derived from public calls with the objective of knowledge transfer. She has participated in transnational research projects dependent on competitive calls.

TEACHING

Teaching Research Staff - University Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Services (University of Valencia).

she teaches Doctorates, Masters and official degrees at both national and international universities, as well as professional courses. Between thesetraining programs include training in Degrees in Social Work, Masters in Socio-Health Care for Dependencies, Master's in Social Welfare: Family Intervention, Master's in Social Economy, Master's in International Cooperation... Lucrative), as well as Doctorate in Social Sciences.< /p>

He usually directs TFG, TFM and Thesis. Several of them have been rewarded with different prizes

MANAGEMENT

he has held various management positions. Among them she her Social Sciences Doctorate Program Secretary , Research Commission Coordinator; internship coordinator for bachelor's and master's degrees (University of Valencia).

CAREER PATH

In the last 20 years she has directed, planned, designed and executed social action programs linked to the socio-sanitary field both nationally and internationally.

CANET BENAVENT, ENCARNA

CANET BENAVENT, ENCARNA

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl

Departament de Treball Social i Serveis Socials Facultat de Ciències Socials. Universitat de València Primer pis despatx 1D08 Investigadora de l'Institut Universitari d'Estudis de les Dones (IUED)https://www.uv.es/uvweb/instituto-universitario-estudios-mujer/es/instituto-universitario-estudios-...

(9616) 25450

encarna.canet@uv.es

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MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, LUCIA

MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, LUCIA

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl
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Lucía Martínez Martínez is a permanent lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the University of Valencia. She has a diploma in Social Work, a degree in Sociology, a certificate in teaching adaptation (CAP), a master's degree in Local Development Promotion and Management (master's in ADL) and a PhD in Local Development and Territory.

For 22 years, she worked as a social worker in local government, holding various positions ranging from direct care to coordination of the Municipal Social Services department. In 2011, she joined the University of Valencia through a competitive examination, hoping that her professional experience would improve the training of social work students.

Her lines of research revolve around social policies, particularly those based on the social services system: its creation, organisation, management and evaluation. Many of her publications on this subject have appeared in various journals in the field, including Documentos de Trabajo Social, Alternativas (Cuadernos de Trabajo Social), Revista de Servicios Sociales y Política Social, Azarbe, etc.

She has published a wide range of books and is the editor of Los Servicios Sociales en la provincia de Valencia: Análisis territorial y estado de la cuestión (2017), PUV, which was funded by the Provincial Council of Valencia for distribution to all local authorities in the province. She has also contributed chapters to books published by Aranzadi-Thomson Reuters, Caritas-Foessa, Tirant Lo Blanc, Publicaciones de la Universitat de València (PUV) and the Association of Spanish Geographers through the University of Alicante.

He has participated in various conferences on social policies and in various publicly funded research projects on the legislative creation of the social services system in the Valencian Community, carrying out various studies prior to the creation of the legislation, such as the one published at this link: https://www.dival.es/es/inclusio-social/laboratorio-social

He appears in databases such as: Researchgate, Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Dialnet, Roderic, etc.

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ROMERO GONZALEZ, JUAN

ROMERO GONZALEZ, JUAN

PDI-Emerit/a Universitat

(9616) 25953

juan.romero@uv.es

CARBONELL MARQUES, ANGELA

CARBONELL MARQUES, ANGELA

PDI-Ajudant Doctor/ACoordinador/a Curs
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Ángela Carbonell Marqués is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Services at the Universitat de València and a researcher in the GESinn Research Group (Social Studies, Intervention and Innovation, Ref. GIUV2015-241). She holds a PhD in Social Sciences, a Master’s degree in Social Welfare: Family Intervention from the Universitat de València, and a Master’s degree in Suicide Prevention from Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Her academic and professional work is grounded in critical social work and critical suicidology, with a particular focus on suicide prevention, mental health and addictive behaviours. She has developed a strong research line on risk and protection assessment in childhood and adolescence, particularly through the development of the DAP 360º–ACRAM tool (www.dap360.es), as well as on the analysis of social and health care systems and public welfare policies. She has been awarded one recognised research six-year period  and one teaching five-year period. Her work combines qualitative, evaluative and systematic review methodologies, an area in which she has recognised expertise, and she has an extensive record of publications in indexed journals and edited book chapters.

CARAVANTES LOPEZ DE LERMA, GLORIA MARIA

CARAVANTES LOPEZ DE LERMA, GLORIA MARIA

PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A
CAPELLA CASTILLO, SERGIO

CAPELLA CASTILLO, SERGIO

PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A

DESPATX 2D25 DEPARTAMENT DE TREBALL SOCIAL I SERVEIS SOCIALS FACULTAT DE CIÈNCIES SOCIALS UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA

sergio.capella@uv.es