Prof. Rafael Chaves Avila
(brief bio – breve biografía)
Contact information:IUDESCOOP – Research Institute on Social Economy, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship
Department of Applied Economy – Economic Policy
Faculty of Economics
Campus dels Tarongers, s/n
University of Valencia
46.022 Valencia (SPAIN)
Tlf. +34.96.382.84.28 / Fax. +34.96.382.84.15
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Born in Strasbourg (France) in 1966. PhD in Economics (1995), University of Valencia, European Doctorate Laureate.
Professor at the Department of Applied Economy – Economic Policy Area.
Current positions
. President of the Scientific Commission of CIRIEC-International for Cooperative and Social Economy since 2003. Renewed in 2007 and 2011 (
. First Director of the IUDESCOOP –Research Institute on Social Economy of the University of Valencia (2003-2010) (
. Director of the Doctorate official program on Social Economy of the University of Valencia (HU
. Expert of the Spanish Government. Member of the Expert Committee for the Spanish Law of Social Economy.
. Expert of the European Social and Economic Committee
. Editor of the scientific journal CIRIEC-ESPAÑA, revista de economia pública, social y cooperativa, categorized as ‘Excellent’ by Fecyt-Spanish Ministry of Research. (
. Vicepresident for Research of REDENUIES - Spanish universities on social economynetwork.
. Board member & referee of several scientific journals and refereeof projects for national and international governments.
Lastest publications
(see also in for publications in Spanish)
. The Social economy in the European Union, European social and economic committee, 2007 and 2012 (
. Beyond the crisis: the social economy, prop of a new model of sustainable economic development, Service Business. An international journal, 2012 (vol 6:1)
- Recent issues in social economy research. Special issue, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2012
- The European Social Economy: concept and dimensions of the third sector in Europe, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2008
- The emergence of Social Economy in Public Policy. An international perspective (dir) Peterlang publishers (2013)
- La economía social y la cooperación al desarrollo. (dir) Publ. Univ. Valencia(2012)
Projects
Projects financed by the FP7 of the UE (Third Sector Impact, leaded by B.Enjolras), by the European Economic and Social Committee, by the DGV of the European Commission, by the Science & Innovation Ministry of the Spanish Government, by the Ministry of Labour of the Spanish Government, by the CAF – Corporación Andina de Fomento, by the Valencian Regional Government and other University and private entities.
Research fields
Public policies, Economic policy, Social economy – third sector – cooperatives – social enterprises, Labour policy, Social policy, Holdings – Evaluation of public policies - Cooperative groups – networks, Worker cooperatives and self management, Corporate governance – participation – empowerment – social movements – gender studies – corporate social responsibility.