Francisco Ródenas-Rigla has a PhD in Sociology. He is an associate professor at the University of Valencia (Faculty of Social Sciences) and a senior researcher at the Polibienestar Research Institute in the areas of social policy, social welfare, and long-term care policies. He has 30 years of teaching and research experience and leads a line of research on efficiency and quality of health and social systems for long-term care associated with chronicity. He has participated in 18 European R&D projects, has directed 4 R&D projects in Spain funded by the Ministry of Education, and has been a part of the research team in over 71 projects and research contracts.  He has carried out research visits at other European Research Institutes such as the Medical Centre at the VU University in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), the Centre for Health Service Studies at the University of Kent (UK), and the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).