PhD in Sociology (Autonomous University of Barcelona). From 2010 on, he is Lecturer at the Department of Pedagogy and Specific Didactics. Postdoctoral researcher at Lancaster University (United Kingdom) 2006-2008.

Member of the Research Group GIFES (Social and Educational Training and Research Group)(http://gifes.uib.eu) of the UIB. He works in the fields of evidence-based family education programmes, social pedagogy, sociology of family and education, and qualitative research. Formerly he worked in the field of sociology of tourism.

Selection of recent publications:

Ballester, L., Valero, M., Orte, C., Amer, J. (2018). An analysis of family dynamics: a selective substance abuse prevention programme for adolescents. European Journal of Social Work, 21, 3, 1-13

Orte, C., Ballester, L., Amer, J., & Vives, M. (2017). Training of practitioners and beliefs about family skills in family-based prevention programmes. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 45, 5, 573-582.

Valero, M., Ballester, L., Orte, C., & Amer, J. (2017). Meta-analysis of family-based selective prevention programs for drug consumption in adolescence. Psicothema, 29, 3, 299-305.

Orte, C., Ballester, L., Amer, J., & Vives, M. (2016). Quality of implementation in an evidence-based family prevention program: 'The Family Competence Program'. Psychosocial Intervention, 25, 2, 95-101.

Orte, C., Ballester, L., Vives, M., Amer, J., & March, M.X. (2016). Cultural adaptation of family evidence-based drug prevention programs in Spain. In M. Israelashvili & J.Romano (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Orte, C., Ballester, L., Amer, J., & Vives, M. (2015). Assesing the role of facilitators in evidence-based family prevention programs via Delphi technique. Families in Society, The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 95, 4, 236-244.

Orte, C., Ballester, L. & Amer, J. (2015). The Strengthening Families Program in Spain: A long-term evaluation. Journal of Children's Services, 10,2, 101-119