Research Clusters I+D+i

Research - Development - Public Advocacy

Effective Innovations in Public Policy (NIEPP)

This cluster advances an innovative approach to the understanding and design of public policy, challenging the traditional logic that places responsibility for vulnerability on individuals. It contends that precariousness stems from systems of provision rather than from the subjects themselves and promotes innovations focused on improving the quality of provision, policy and program design, and anticipatory evaluation. The cluster advocates for the development of early warning systems and the strengthening of professional teams to increase the effectiveness of public interventions.

I+D+i Lines:
  • Critical analysis of the quality of service provision.
  • Logic and mechanisms for evaluating social policies and programs.
  • Comparative analysis and effective implementation in public policies.
  • Development of prototypes and tools for effective innovation.
Projects 2025
  • Care systems for people with problematic drug use: paradigms in tension.
  • Public advocacy for people experiencing homelessness.
  • Conceptual models and methodological strategies for the participation of children and adolescents in knowledge generation and public advocacy in areas affecting their daily lives.
  • Subjective well-being of mothers and fathers in dual-income families with adolescent children in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. (Collaboration with Fondecyt Regular Project 1230060). Material and subjective well-being of people deprived of liberty in the Chilean penitentiary system from a human rights perspective.
Professors
Mahia Saracostti Juan Ignacio Lozano Claudia Campillo Teresa Matus Gabriela Rubilar Donoso

Highlighted Project

School Engagement, Contextual Factors, and Prevention of Absenteeism and Exclusion

Professors: Mahia Saracostti and Claudia Campillo

Students will participate in ongoing research in schools, supporting identification, generation, and systematization of socio-educational and psychoeducational intervention strategies.

Partners: Local Public Education Service of Valparaíso, Fundación Oportunidad, Fundación Presente, schools in O’Higgins, RM, and Valparaíso regions.

Students: Francisca Bernal, Catalina Silva, Eilleen Segovia, Belén Álvarez, Millaray Farías, Emilia Muñoz, Matías Velásquez, Karen Hormazábal, Millaray Aguilera, Lucas Acuña, Alfredo Lagunes, Katherine Campos, Antonia Carrasco.

Highlighted Project

Public Advocacy for People Experiencing Homelessness

Professor: Gabriela Rubilar

Network coordination at local and regional levels, with direct participation in pre-census phases of the special census module for people experiencing homelessness in May 2024.

Partners: Ciscal, Fundación Gente de la Calle, Mesa Calle (Community of Solidarity Organizations), INE – Special Census Operations 2024, Nuestra Casa, and Municipality of San Miguel.

Students: Rocío Rojas, Darío Piña, María Fernanda Toledo, Allison Arias, Matías Aguillón, Martina Muñoz, Javiera Agüero Martínez.

Highlighted Project

Care Systems for People with Problematic Drug Use – Paradigms in Tension

Professor: Juan Ignacio Lozano

This project seeks to analyze and explain the role of different institutions (community, public, health, private) addressing problematic drug use. It focuses on accessibility, adequacy, and respectful approaches towards individuals, their families, and communities.

Partners: Community, public, health, and private institutions addressing problematic drug use.

Students: Francisca Espinoza, Ángel Ruiz, Martin Ruiz, Gabriel Sepúlveda, Victoria Conejera, Montserrat Amigo, Nicolás Rivera, Bárbara Donoso, Iván Sandoval, Maite Rodríguez.

Other links:

Journal of Critical Proposals in Social Work

MAD Journal

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