Rafael Chaves is Professor of Economic Policy and Social Economy at the University of Valencia. He obtained a European Doctorate Laureate in Economics in 1995 and was Director of the Research Institute IUDESCOOP for ten years until he took on the position of Director of the Official Doctorate Program on Social Economics at the same university. He is President of the Scientific Commission on Social and Cooperative Economics of CIRIEC-international. His research has focused on public policies towards the third sector, major figures in the field of social economy, and definitions and theories on the third sector and social economy.
He has published in journals such as The Service Industries Journal, Service Business, Management Decision, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, CIRIEC-España revista de economia publica social y cooperativa, Economía Industrial, International journal of rural development, Revista de estudios cooperativos, Nouvelles pratiques sociales, Journal of Cooperative Studies and books in editorials as De Boeck and Peterlang.
He has extensive experience in leading international and national projects, financed by European Institutions as the European Economic and Social Committee or the DGV of the European Union, the scientific network CIRIEC-International and the Spanish Ministry of Science. He is elected member of GECES - Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprises of the European Commission.

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Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. Coordinator of the Gender, Sustainability and ICTs Microcluster. Dr Unidad de Investigación Economía Feminista (Feminist Economics Research Unit) http://go.uv.es/WU0RjTt . Member of the Institut Universitari d Estudis de les Dones, Universitat de València (Spain). PhD Cum Laude in Economics from the Universitat de València. Research on a just transition towards a Feminist Economy: Ethics of care and sustainability of life, Social Sustainability and Circular Economy, Feminist Theory and Economics, Household employment, Formal and informal labour markets, Income poverty and capability deprivation, Macroeconomic context, Non androcentric indicators, Migrations, Equality policies. Women, times and jobs, Globalisation, cooperation and migrations and Innovation, among others. Specialised teaching in Feminist Economics in Degree: Work and Gender; Globalisation, cooperation and Development from a gender perspective; Gender relations, citizenship and society: Feminist Economic Thought. Specialised teaching in Feminist Economics in the Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies and Doctorate. Stays in International Centres: University of Bristol (UK), UNAM (Mexico DF), among others. Recent research awarded in the Feminist and Equality Studies Prize. Aragonese Women's Institute.

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