The Research Institute on Social Welfare Policy (POLIBIENESTAR) is one of the research institutes at Universitat de València. Well-known internationally, its main research areas are innovation in social technology, technical advising and training in the social policy field.

Polibienestar is made up of an interdisciplinary team led by Jorge Garcés Ferrer, who is Príncipe de Asturias professor at Georgetown University (Washington DC) and more than 60 researchers shape the team. They come from Universitat de València and other 7 universities such as Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Universitat Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad del País Vasco, Universidad de Burgos, Universidad de Murcia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad de Extremadura.