Sergio Belda Miquel is PhD in Local Development and International Cooperation (PhD Extraordinaru Award and international PhD mencion). MSc in International Development, Degree in Social Work and Degree in Architecture.

Is associate professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Services, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of València. Previously, he has been assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics of the same University, lecturer at the Universitat Politècnica de València and researcher at the Institute on Innovation Management - INGENIO (CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València)

His areas of specialization are: global development and international cooperation; transformative learning; transitions to sustainability; community participation and social innovation; social welfare.

In these areas he has published numerous articles, book chapters and books. He has participated in regional, national and international (H2020, Erasmus +) research projects. He has coordinated and participated in numerous consultancy and research contracts with public administrations such as the Valencian Solidarity Fund, the Valencia City Council and the Valencian regional Government (for example, analysis of cooperation policies or development education strategies). He periodically carries out outreach activities in collaboration with social organizations and public institutions.

He develops innovation and coordination activities in teaching (coordination of innovation projects and coordination of undergraduate courses, among others).

He has carried out research stays at the University of Oslo (Norway), the University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom) and the Universitat Javeriana of Bogotá (Colombia).

He is Head of Sustainability Initiatives at the Vice-Rectorate for Sustainability, Cooperation and Healthy Living at the University of Valencia.

He is Chair of Cooperation and Sustainable Development at the University of Valencia.

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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.

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Degree in Social Work and Sociology. PhD in Sociology. Master in Ethical Governance and Artificial Intelligence.

Lines of research: Social impact of digital transformation; Social and Employment Policies; Applied Ethics; Ethics and Artificial Intelligence; Citizen Participation.

Member of the Chair of Digital Gender Gap. UV.

Member of the research group on Social Structure and Social Inequality. IPRODES

Collaborates with research group TRANSICIONS: employment, social inequality. UV.

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I am an Assistant Professor (PhD) in the Department of Social Work and Social Services. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work and a Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies from the University of Valencia. I am an International PhD in Gender Studies and Equality Policies, with a doctoral thesis on embodied experiences of fatness from a feminist and interdisciplinary perspective. I have also trained in Narrative Therapy and Community Work.

My doctoral thesis was awarded the Isabel Folguera Prize for Best Unpublished Doctoral Thesis and received a Special Mention (Accèssit) in the Diversitats Prize. This work is the first research project in the Spanish-speaking context to analyze the embodied experience of fatness in women through the lens of feminism and Fat Studies, and it reflects a trajectory of over ten years dedicated to the critical study of fatness, its representations, and its social and political implications.

I have also received other awards for my research activity: the Olga Quiñones Prize for Best Master’s Thesis, the First Prize in the 1st Edition of the Article Writing Contest organized by the COTSV (Official College of Social Work of Valencia), and the Jane Addams Prize for Best Undergraduate Thesis.

My research interests focus on stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against fat people (fatphobia or weight stigma); narrative practices; anti-oppressive social work; the sociology of the body; gender-sensitive approaches to health; family caregiving; and cinema as a learning tool. I also incorporate methodological approaches that are still emerging in the field of social sciences, such as qualitative techniques for Foucauldian discourse analysis from a feminist perspective, autoethnography, and life histories. I have published scientific articles in journals such as Azarbe: International Journal of Social Work and Welfare, Quaderns de Ciències Socials, Athenea Digital, and Cuadernos de Trabajo Social. I have also contributed chapters to books published by Tirant Humanitats, Dykinson, and Icària. With the latter, I also co-coordinated the book Miradas sociológicas de género. Una sociología sin barreras, cerraduras ni cerrojos.

I was born in Jersey and have lived in Bradford, London, Barcelona, and Valencia. I spend most of my time with my partner and our two dogs. I enjoy taking care of my plants, reading, listening to the radio, cycling, making collages, and crafting handmade books.

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