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  MIRA GRAU, FRANCISCO JAVIER

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MIRA GRAU, FRANCISCO JAVIER
MIRA GRAU, FRANCISCO JAVIER
RUA

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Position:
PROFESOR/A TITULAR ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA
Dept.
TRABAJO SOCIAL Y SERVICIOS SOCIALES
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Academic background

  • SUFICIENCIA INVESTIGADORA
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE (17/12/2002)
  • PROGRAMA DE DOCTORADO "BIENESTAR SOCIAL Y DESIGUALDADES". (PERIODO DE DOCENCIA E INVESTIGACIÓN)
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, DPTO. SOCIOLOGÍA II (01/01/2000)
  • LICENCIATURA EN SOCIOLOGÍA DE LO URBANO
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, FACTD. DE CC.EE. y EMP. (07/09/1999)
  • DIPLOMATURA EN ASESORAMIENTO Y ORIENTACIÓN FAMILIAR
    UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA DE SALAMANCA, E.U. CIENCIAS DE LA FAMILIA (17/01/1995)
  • LICENCIATURA DE TRABAJO SOCIAL
    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ENTRERÍOS FACULTAD DE SERVICIO SOCIAL (21/12/1992)
  • DIPLOMATURA EN TRABAJO SOCIAL
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE, E.U. DE TRABAJO SOCIAL (24/07/1990)

Javier Mira Grau holds a university diploma in Social Work (1990), a Master's degree in Family Therapy (1997) and a degree in Sociology (1999). He teaches in the Department of Social Work and Social Services of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the University of Alicante.

His lines of teaching and research focus on Professional Skills for Social Work and Social Innovation in Social Intervention Projects. He has been visiting professor at Universidad Autónoma del Sur (Chile-2003), Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (Chile-2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007), Universidad Autónoma de Chile (2006), Cologne University of Applied Sciences (Germany-2014, 2017 and 2019), Loyola University Chicago (USA-2020), Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile-2022), Cologne University of Applied Sciences (Germany-2023) and Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (Germany-2023).

During his teaching career, he has been evaluated through student satisfaction surveys, always obtaining positive results in all evaluations. The average rating is 9.7 points out of 10 in the last academic years. According to the UA's Docentia programme, it has received different ratings of "Very favourable" and/or "Excellent" in its teaching performance. In July 2023 he was nominated in the VI Edition of the EDUCA ABANCA Awards for the Best Teacher in Spain 2023 - University Category.

In the field of university management, he currently holds the position of Vice-Dean of the degree in Social Work at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the University of Alicante. Previously, he has been the coordinator of the External Practices of the degree in Social Work in the same Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. He has also served as academic secretary of the Department of Social Work and Social Services at the same University. He is also a member of the group of International Mobility Tutors of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies of the University of Alicante. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish University Association of Social Work.

In his professional work prior to university teaching, he was a Social Worker in the Municipal Housing Board of the Alicante City Council for 12 years.

Finally, it should be noted that in 2023 the Degree in Social Work of the University of Alicante is the best valued in the Spanish State in the Ranking "50 careers" prepared annually by the newspaper "El Mundo", this degree being the one that occupies that position 19 of the last 20 years.