Enric Sigalat Signes

Enric Sigalat Signes is a permanent faculty professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Services at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Valencia. He is affiliated with the Inter-university Institute for Local Development (IIDL) and conducts interdisciplinary research through multiple research groups including DEMOVAL, GRIDET, and InterCanvi.

His research focuses on social work, local and territorial development, demographic dynamics in the Valencian region, and social intervention for community change. His work explores the impacts of commercial globalization on local development strategies, particularly in rural and regional contexts.

The thematic focus of his research integrates social services with sustainable territorial planning and community resilience. Although no publications are listed in the provided text, his involvement in multiple research groups suggests an active engagement in collaborative academic projects and policy-oriented studies.

• Inter-university Institute for Local Development (IIDL)
• DEMOVAL – Group of Analysis and Demographic Research on the Valencian Population
• GRIDET – Research Group in Territorial Development
• InterCanvi – Research Group on Action and Intervention for Social Change

He earned his doctorate from the University of Valencia in 2015 with a thesis on local development strategies under commercial globalization, supervised by Dr. Rafael Castelló Cogollos and Dr. Bernat Roig Merino. There is no public information available about his advisees or research grants in the provided content.