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I. PUBLIC POLICIES AND CITIZENSHIP |
| The Public Policies and Citizenship line of research comprises oriented studies for the understanding of the design, implementation and evaluation processes of public policies in general and of social policies in particular. The impacts on populations, the way services operate, the development of conditions and regulations, the new guidelines related to territorialisation, activation and customisation are aspects that will be prioritised in terms of research. |
II. DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION |
| The Development and Innovation line of research incorporates research lines associated with (new) perspectives and practices of integration and of personal, social and economic development in contemporary societies. It thus seeks to favour research on community intervention, entrepreneurial initiatives and responses, as well as on unexplored fields and innovative integration and development practices, such as transition movements, exchange economy, co-operative economy, self-sustaining communities, among others. |
III. RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL ETHICS |
| The Responsibility and Social Ethics line of research comprises research work in the area of ethical responsibility and the forms that it can take in contemporary societies. Therefore, research work on values, representations, personal involvement practices, such as volunteering, social movements and quality in service delivery will be favoured. |
IV. SOCIAL INTERVENTION, TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY |
| The Social Intervention, Transformation and Quality line of research incorporates research proposals associated with transformations and potentialities of contemporary social intervention, in particular, new demographics and new issues, the challenges of working in multidisciplinary teams, the use of new information and communication technologies in service provision, among other aspects. |