Javier Garcia Justicia

Academic Background

• PhD in Sociology and Master´s in Sociology of Population and Territory. Complutense University of

   Madrid (2010)

• University Expert in International Cooperation. University of Oviedo (2001)

• Bachelor´s Degree in Religious and Catechetical Sciences. Pontifical University of Salamanca (2001)

• Specialist Teacher in Foreign Languages. University of Valencia (1997)

Teaching Experience

• Professor at La Salle University-URL, Barcelona (2025-2026)

• Professor at the University of Monterrey, Mexico (2003-2025)

• Professor at La Salle University, Monterrey, Mexico (2003-2015)

Research and Knowledge Transfer Activities

• National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico. Member of the National System of Researchers

   (2018-2021)

• Member of the International Research Network on Religion in Society and the Global Mapping of

  Sociologists of Social Inclusion of the International Sociological Association.

 • Author of several research projects, articles, and books on topics such as social exclusion, 

   discrimination, marginalization, poverty, the third sector, social project development, strategic

   planning for NGOs, and religious education.

 Professional Activity

• Academic Director of the Philosophy degree programs. La Salle University-URL, Barcelona (2025-

  2026)

• Vice-Rector of Upper Secondary Education (2024-2025) and Dean of the Faculty of Education and

  Humanities (2018-2024). University of Monterrey.

 • Consultant in social development and ESG for over 25 years, specializing in governance, strategic

   planning, diagnosis and design of social development projects, theory of change, and impact

   evaluation.

• Advisor to the NGO Effeta. Advisor to the Secretariat of Social Development of the State of Nuevo

  León; Advisor to the Nuevo León Council for Strategic Planning 2030 and advisor to the Sumarse

  Nuevo León Network. Member of the Citizen Advisory Council of the Federal National Population

  Commission.

• He has taught more than 150 courses, workshops, and conferences on social project planning and

  development, impact evaluation, philanthropy and corporate philanthropy, social leadership, spiritual

 intelligence, team management, solidarity, community development, financing of social projects,

 volunteering, analysis of social reality, religious pedagogy and didactics, and education for solidarity 

 and justice in Rome, Krakow, London, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Mexico City,

 Madrid, Barcelona, ¿¿Valencia, Ciudad Real, and Murcia.

Awards

• 2018 Philanthropic Career Achievement Award from the American Fundraising Professionals

  Association.

 • Pro-Magistro Award 2007, University of Monterrey. Highest distinction for the best professors.