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MELLA NUÑEZ

PhD in Education (USC), with International Mention and Extraordinary Award. His priority lines of research are: service-learning, higher education and skills development. He was a professor at UVIGO and UNIR. Since 2020 he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics (Area of Theory and History of Education) at USC. He is a member of the ESCULCA Research Group (Competitive Reference Group); of the regionally funded RIES Research Network (Immigration Network, School and Society); and the Network of Excellence University, Innovation and Learning in the Knowledge Society (EDU2014-51756-REDT and EDU2017-90651-REDT). He is a member of the PAIDEIA and Alén-ApS Teaching Innovation Groups of the USC. He has participated in different R+D+I activities and projects, among which the following stand out: Regional: • "Os programas de educación non formal e a empregabilidade da xuventude en Galicia" (2015-CP022). Contrato con la Consellería de Traballo - Xunta de Galicia. • Construíndo cidadanía global para a transformación social a través da aprendizaxe-servizo (ApS). Convocatoria de Educación para o Desenvolvemento 2019. • Aprendizaxe-servizo e cooperación para o desenvolmento. Formando para a cidadanía global. Convocatoria de Educación para o Desenvolvemento 2023. State R&D&I Plan: • Aprendizaje-Servicio e Innovación en la Universidad. Un programa para la mejora del rendimiento académico y el capital social de los estudiantes (EDU2013-41687-R). RETOS 2013. • Aprendizaje-servicio (ApS) y empleabilidad de los estudiantes universitarios en España: competencias para la inserción laboral (EDU2017-82629-R). RETOS 2017. • El impacto de la universidad en la comunidad a través de los proyectos de aprendizaje-servicio. Un estudio centrado en la reciprocidad (PID2021-122827OB-I00). Generación del conocimiento 2021. Erasmus+: • Service-learning to improve training and employability in wildfire management in Southern Europe (FacingFire). Erasmus+ KA203 (Strategic Partnership). • Mobilising university-community resources through SL(M) for the inclusion of migrants/refugees. Erasmus+ KA220-HED (Cooperation partnerships in higher education). He completed a research stay at the National University of Ireland, Galway (2017), where he obtained the Graduate Student Scholarship, an award granted by the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. He has presented more than 40 works at National and International Conferences. He has published a total of 18 articles in scientific journals, 12 book chapters and 1 book in the Octaedro Editorial. He participated in the Organizing Committee of multiple scientific-technical conferences and events, highlighting the case of four International Conferences. Likewise, he has been part of the Scientific Committee of the I International Congress of Educational Psychology (UDC, 2020) and the III International Symposium “Service-Learning in the University. Employability and Quality” (USC, 2021). He has more than 100 hours of teacher training. He has directed a total of 17 Degree Final Projects and 17 Master Final Projects. He has participated as a teacher in different university teacher training activities at USC and UVIGO. He has been part of the Evaluation Commissions in the VII and VIII Calls for Educational Innovation Projects in Service-Learning of the USC, as well as the II Awards for Teaching Innovation Projects in Service-Learning of the UDC.