Elena Cortés holds a PhD in Business, Economics and Society from the
University of Alicante, where she has taught on the Undergraduate Degree in
Social Work since 2019. She also teaches on the UA Master’s Degree in
Development Cooperation. Member of the Research Group in Social Work and
Social Services (GITSS) and tutor on the Tutorial Action Programme (PAT) of
the UA Undergraduate Degree in Social Work (Faculty of Economic and
Business Sciences).

She has received several awards in her academic career: María Asunción
Martínez Román Award for Doctoral Theses on Social Services (First Prize) and
two awards for academic excellence on the Undergraduate Degree in Social
Work.Her teaching and research interests focus on the participation of people in
social intervention and social services, eco-social work, the ecological-systemic
approach in social work, social intervention processes, teaching innovation and
participatory methodologies.