Trabajo Social

Research Clusters I+D+i

Research - Development - Public Advocacy

The research clusters create or strengthen transdisciplinary spaces that, depending on the social phenomena to be addressed, incorporate mixed research and intervention tools, as well as diverse conceptual, epistemological, and methodological approaches. Likewise, through collaboration with public, private, and civil society institutions, they open opportunities for external cooperation and institutional integration with high social impact. The relationships established emulate a framework that aligns coherently with each phenomenon and its respective R+D (Research and Development) strategies.

Operationally, the clusters are organized into conceptual lines that are deployed through projects actively involving academics, students, and non-academic actors. This triad of knowledge production strengthens engagement with society and effectively embodies bidirectionality and social impact — one of the key criteria established by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA).

Based on this collaborative and integrative work, it is possible to generate outputs in various formats: academic outputs (R), outputs for professional practice and intervention development (D), and outputs for public engagement and knowledge transfer (i).

Cluster Coordination:

Mahia Saracostti, Cluster Coordinator

Karina Cárdenas, Cluster Management Assistant

nucleosts@facso.cl

R+D+i Clusters Bulletin

Effective Innovations in Public Policy (NIEPP)

This cluster seeks to focus on a concept of innovation that challenges conventional assumptions, establishing a relationship between policy deficits and failures, and the development of transformative processes and adjustment mechanisms.

Complex Territorial Systems (SITEC)

This cluster approaches territory as a complex and multiscalar system, seeking to move beyond reductionist interpretations that regard it merely as the stage where social phenomena occur.

Diversity and Gender: Intersectional Feminist Approaches (DyG)

This transdisciplinary cluster focuses on the uses of “diversity” and gender in public policies, social interventions, and collective actions, approached from intersectional feminist perspectives.

Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Work (NEITS)

This cluster seeks to develop and deepen disciplinary discussions in Social Work by examining its foundations and shedding light on its controversies, internal crises, and contextual challenges at both local and global scales.

Socioeconomic Relations and Social Struggles (NURELS)

This cluster aims to critically address these phenomena by observing new socioeconomic configurations and contemporary social struggles.