Polibienestar
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 100 researchers shape the team. They come from Universitat de València, another 9 Spanish and 3 international associate universities.
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The eighth and final meeting of the Euveca Project begins today in Brussels
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Third Transnational Meeting of the DanceCare Project in Athens
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Polibienestar leads social research for a European project to promote fairer climate transitions
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Participa en el 2º taller de Cosecur para mejorar la seguridad en los espacios públicos
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