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Dr. Xavier Alarcon

Girona University

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Xavier Alarcón finished bachelor’s degree studies on Social Work in Universitat Rovira i Virigli at 2016. After that he was studying a master’s degree on Youth and Society which involved several Catalonian Universities with expertise on youth policies and youth research. Nowadays, he is PhD candidate in the University of Girona, and he is working on the research project named APPLYING MENTORING. His research is focused in the transition to adulthood of unaccompanied youths, concretely in the absence or presence of formal mentoring relationships in this life stage and on the impact of social support provided by adult mentors.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Settlement
Wellbeing
Youth Development
transition to adulthoo...
Immigrants

Short Biography

Xavier Alarcón finished bachelor’s degree studies on Social Work in Universitat Rovira i Virigli at 2016. After that he was studying a master’s degree on Youth and Society which involved several Catalonian Universities with expertise on youth policies and youth research. Nowadays, he is PhD candidate in the University of Girona, and he is working on the research project named APPLYING MENTORING. His research is focused in the transition to adulthood of unaccompanied youths, concretely in the absence or presence of formal mentoring relationships in this life stage and on the impact of social support provided by adult mentors.