INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: PSYCHOSOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS HUM876

Description

This research group is formed of 8 different researchers from many different fields, such as, Psychology, Informatics Science, Psychopedagogy, Political science and Journalism. The principle objective of this team is to create an observatory of social movements, whose purpose is to unite all the currant and past information associated with the different social groups; like, the contexts in which they operate, et cetera. This tool will enable both public and private institutions such as non- governmental organizations (NGOs) to find information relevant to their work and research. This newly setup, interdisciplinary group is interested in the research of new, youth collective movements, such as that as the �botell�n� (nightlife where young Spanish people socialize in the free air, to drink

Research Topics

Collective Behaviour.
Social Changes and Development.
Social Networking Alternatives.
Participation from Citizens and Employment.
Social Movements.

Scientific-Technical Services

The creation of a volunteer center for social movements.
Social worker in social development.
Help given on techniques for partaking in founding.
Social influences in the use of new technologies.
Sociocultural help for schools.
Organisation of scientific-technical reports for corporate bodies interested in knowing the collective behavior and activities for the improvement of civic participation.