Jorge Garcés Ferrer is a Full Professor at Universitat de València, Príncipe de Asturias Chair at Georgetown University (2014-2016) Washington DC. He was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (Spain) and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). He is the Director of the Research Institute on Social Welfare Policy (POLIBIENESTAR) at Universitat de València (Spain).