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This book takes a new, critical, and multidisciplinary look at experiences and meanings of social intervention in different social contexts, taking the approaches of social constructionism as a theoretical approach. This volume collects the results of theoretical-practical experiences that social science professionals with critical and constructionist visions linked to social work intervention have carried out in different spaces. CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: Laura Karina Castro Saucedo, PhD Professor, School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico Laura Karina Castro Saucedo, PhD, has been a full-time professor at the School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico, since 2017 in Risk and Social Welfare. Since 2013, Dr. Castro has published over six books, 11 book chapters, and 20 papers in indexed journals. She has collaborated as a consultant at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) evaluating three programs of social intervention in partnership with the nongovernmental organization “Pro Superación Familiar.” She was granted the Best Research in Human Sciences Award (2014) by the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and received a scholarship from the National Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) and the State Council of Science and Technology (COECyT) in order to develop her research project “Expressions of youth violence from an intervention model with young people in social risk from 15 to 17 years old.” She is member of the National Researchers System (SNI) since 2016 (level I). She was head of the PhD degree program in Social Sciences of the School of Social Work at the Autonomous University of Coahuila (2018–2020). She has been a member of the International Federation of Social Workers and belongs to the board of professors that manage the master’s degree program of Social Intervention Models Based in Social Constructionism since 2017. Dr. Castro graduated as a psychologist from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León., Mexico. She obtained a master’s degree in science, specializing in family violence from the same institution, as well as her PhD in social work and compared welfare policies by the same institution. Fernando Bruno, PhD Professor, School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico Fernando Bruno, PhD, has been a full-time professor at the School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico, since 2015, in the area of Risk and Social Welfare. Dr. Bruno has published over four books and six papers in several journals. He has collaborated with the Center of Investigations and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) in Portugal during three academic stays (2015, 2016, and 2017) on topics such as welfare, sexuality, and elderly people. He is member of the National Researchers System (SNI) since 2017 (candidate level). Dr. Bruno is currently working on research projects on support networks for elder people and is also writing about social constructionism. He has assisted two PhD students as director of their theses, as well as other theses of students registered in master’s and bachelor’s degree programs. Since 2017, he has belonged to the board of professors that manage the master’s degree program of Social Intervention Models Based in Social Constructionism of the School of Social Work at the Autonomous University of Coahuila. He is also currently part of the Taos Institute as an Institute Associate since 2020. Dr. Bruno graduated as a Sociologist from the University Aix-Marseille (2008) and obtained his master’s degree in Sociology from the same institution (2009). He obtained his PhD in Social Work and compared welfare policies (2014) at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. César Arnulfo De León Alvarado Professor, School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico César Arnulfo De León Alvarado has been a full-time professor at the School of Social Work, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Mexico, since 2016 in Risk and Social Welfare. He graduated in Philosophy at de Salesian Institute of Superior Studies. Dr. De Leon has published over 10 book chapters, one paper published in indexed journals, and three papers in reviewed journals. He has been teaching since 2005. He has collaborated with several public and private organizations to create intervention programs to develop emotional skills for the welfare of people in vulnerable situations since 2014. He collaborated in the research project “Diagnosis and analysis of the social impact related to culture, legality, public services and social participation because of the exploration and exploitation of shale gas/oil” (2015), promoted by the National Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT). He has been a member of the International Federation of Social Workers since 2016. He was head of the master’s degree program of Social Intervention Models Based in Social Constructionism of the School of Social Work at the Autonomous University of Coahuila (2016–2020). He has advised 29 theses as director since 2016 on topics related to emotional competencies, organizational development, social constructionism, and entrepreneurship. He is also broadcaster of the radio program named “La Colmena,” transmitted by the FM radio station of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, talking about current social phenomena with several guests each Wednesday. Dr. De León obtained a master’s degree in management and leadership at the Northeast Autonomous University (2006) and a master’s degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy for Adult People and Groups at the Research and Training Center in Gestalt Psychotherapy Fritz Perls (2013) and is currently finishing his thesis to obtain his PhD in Education of Development of Emotional Skills at the same institute. |
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