Antonio López Peláez Explained

Birth Place:Málaga, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Scholar, professor
Professor of Social Work and Social Services
Alma Mater:National Distance Education University
Discipline:Social Work, Social Services
Workplaces:National Distance Education University
Doctoral Advisor:José Félix Tezanos[1]
Doctoral Students:David Hernández de la Fuente

Antonio López Peláez (born 11 December 1965)[2] is a Spanish Professor of Social Work and Social Services, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain.

Biography

Antonio López Peláez was instrumental in the implementation of social work studies at the UNED, serving as the first academic secretary of the degree in Social Work (2003-2005). He was the first Full Professor of Social Work and Social Services at UNED (2010). He is currently the Director of the Chair in innovation in Social Services and Dependency,[3] the first chair of its kind to be created on this subject in the Spanish university system,[4] and the Chair in Social Inclusion of the UNED.[5] [6]  His work is focused on Digital Social Work, Social Welfare, Participation and Social Policy.[7] From 2020 to the present, is serving as Executive Director of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW).[8]

He was the founding editor of the journal Comunitania. International Journal of Social Work and Social Sciences (2011-2022),[9] managing to place it in Quartile 1 in the bibliographic database Dialnet in 2020. He was the founding director of the Master in Social Work, Welfare State and Metholodogies of Social Intervention at UNED (2013-2020).[10] Director of the UNED Associated Center of Segovia (2006-2015), during his tenure the university center was awarded with the bronze medal of the city of Segovia (2009),[11] one of the most important news of 2009 in Segovia according to the newspaper El Adelantado.[12]

In a society of digital natives, he has highlighted the relationship between late emancipation and the crisis of legitimacy of democratic institutions.[13] Within his contributions to digital social work,[14] [15] [16] he has highlighted how technological innovations transform welfare systems,[17] and how digital innovation has become a key tool to address humanitarian crises.[18] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he launched in March 2020 the first Spanish-language YouTube channel on Digital Social Work,[19] which has been recognized as a means "of sharing information and disseminating guidance for social work practice and innovative interventions".[20] In 2022, he served as co-Chair of The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWESD2022) (Seoul, 26–28 October 2022), under the theme "Redefining Social Policy and Social Work Practice in a Post-Pandemic Society: Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at a Crossroads".[21] In 2023, his article "Food security and social protection in times of COVID-19"[22] has become the Top Trending article in the International Social Work Journal.[23]

Works

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Nuevas tecnologías y sociedad actual: el impacto de la robótica . UNED. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia . 2001 . Thesis . es . Antonio . López Peláez.
  2. Web site: Antonio López Peláez . 2023-01-05 . Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia . es.
  3. Web site: Cátedra Uned – Fuenlabrada – Cátedra en Innovación en Servicios Sociales y Dependencia . 2023-01-05 . es.
  4. Web site: 2021-05-25 . Crean en Fuenlabrada la primera Cátedra universitaria sobre Innovación en Servicios Sociales y Dependencia . 2023-01-12 . Europa Press.
  5. Web site: Cátedra de inclusión social en Tomelloso – UNED-Ayuntamiento de Tomelloso, ADYGSS y Fundación CERES . 2023-01-05 . es.
  6. Web site: elDiarioclm.es . 2021-12-02 . Tomelloso, sede de la nueva cátedra de Inclusión Social de la UNED . 2023-01-12 . elDiario.es . es.
  7. Book: Digital transformation and social well-being : promoting an inclusive society . 2023 . Antonio López Peláez, Sang-mok Sŏ, S. B. Zelenev . 978-1-003-31220-8 . London . 1334895425.
  8. Web site: Administrator . officers and staff . 2023-01-05 . www.icsw.org . en-gb.
  9. Web site: Comunitania: Revista internacional de trabajo social y ciencias sociales . 2023-01-12 . Dialnet . es.
  10. Web site: MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN TRABAJO SOCIAL, ESTADO DEL BIENESTAR Y METODOLOGÍAS DE INTERVENCIÓN SOCIAL . UNED.
  11. Web site: 2009-03-27 . Medalla de Bronce de la Ciudad para el centro de la Uned . 2023-01-12 . El Norte de Castilla . es-ES.
  12. Web site: Resumen del Año 2009 by Adelantado de Segovia - Issuu . 2023-01-12 . issuu.com . en.
  13. Web site: Rodríguez de Paz . Alicia . 2012-07-10 . La crisis cronifica el retraso de la emancipación de los jóvenes . 2023-01-12 . La Vanguardia . es.
  14. García-Castilla . Francisco Javier . De-Juanas Oliva . Ángel . Vírseda-Sanz . Eloy . Páez Gallego . Javier . 2019-11-02 . Educational potential of e-social work: social work training in Spain . European Journal of Social Work . en . 22 . 6 . 897–907 . 10.1080/13691457.2018.1476327 . 150245635 . 1369-1457.
  15. Aguilar-Idañez . Maria-Jose . Caparrós-Civera . Neus . Anaut-Bravo . Sagrario . 2020-01-02 . E-social work: an empirical analysis of the professional blogosphere in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy . European Journal of Social Work . en . 23 . 1 . 80–92 . 10.1080/13691457.2018.1476326 . 2454/40494 . 149494801 . 1369-1457. free .
  16. Web site: mjaguilarid . 2020-05-15 . Coronavirus: Acelerador del Trabajo Social Digital . 2023-01-12 . María José Aguilar Idáñez . es.
  17. Web site: García . Eugenia . 2016-12-01 . La 'brecha robótica' sustituirá a la digital en 2020 . 2023-01-12 . cadena SER . es-ES.
  18. Web site: Otero . Andrea . 2022-07-07 . La tecnología, un recurso para las crisis humanitarias . 2023-01-12 . La Voz de Galicia . es.
  19. Web site: Trabajo Social Digital — Digital Social Work - YouTube . 2023-01-12 . www.youtube.com.
  20. Book: Fronek . Patricia . Social Work in Health Emergencies . Rotabi-Casares . Karen Smith . Dickens . Jonathan . Routledge . 2022 . 9781003111214 . Fronek . Patricia . London . 24 . Introducing Social Work in Health Emergencies . 10.4324/9781003111214-1 . Rotabi-Casares . Karen Smith . https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003111214-1/introducing-social-work-health-emergencies-patricia-fronek-karen-smith-rotabi-casares-jonathan-dickens.
  21. Web site: Organizing Committee SWESD . 2023-02-26 . SWESD.
  22. López Peláez . Antonio . Erro-Garcés . Amaya . Pérez-García . Raquel María . 2022 . Food security and social protection in times of COVID-19 . International Social Work . en . 65 . 3 . 421–433 . 10.1177/00208728221086388 . 0020-8728. 2454/43892 . 247925725 . free .
  23. Web site: Twitter . 2023-02-26 . Twitter . en.