Fitxa persona

Rafael Chaves is Senior Professor of Economic Policy and Social Economy at the University of Valencia. European Doctorate Laureate in Economics in 1995.  Director of the Research Institute IUDESCOOP for ten years. Director of the Official Doctorate Program on Social Economics at the same university for 15 years. President of the Scientific Commission on Social and Cooperative Economics of CIRIEC-international for 12 years. 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 Journal of business research, Economic research, Voluntas, 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, Journal of Cooperative Studies and books in editorials such as Oxford Univ.Press, 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, the DGV and EISMEA of the European Commission, the scientific network CIRIEC-International and the Spanish Ministry of Science. Elected member of GECES - Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprises of the European Commission (2018-2024).