Research Clusters I+D+i

Research - Development - Public Advocacy

Complex Territorial Systems (SITEC)

This research group studies the territory as a complex and multiscalar system, going beyond reductionist perspectives and promoting interventions based on spatial justice and transdisciplinarity. It provides theoretical frameworks and innovative strategies to address:

  • Socioterritorial inequalities.
  • Socio-environmental risks.
  • The impact of climate change.

Its educational, research, and interventionist mission aims to influence the formulation of territorial policies.

I+D+i Lines:
  • Territorial Inequalities.
  • Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management.
  • Water and Energy Vulnerability.
  • Public Policy and Territorial Complexity.
Projects 2025
  • Resilient Community: co-creating emergency plans in Pudahuel Rural.
  • Territorial Complexity and Public Policy Line.
  • Housing policy, collective action, and democratization of the city. Collaborative project with Movimiento Ukamau.
Professors
Gabriela Azócar de la Cruz Valentina Abufhele

Hugo Cadenas

Anahí Urquiza María Antonieta Urquieta

Featured Project

Resilient Community: transdisciplinary strategy for disaster risk management in Pudahuel

Professor: Gabriela Azocar

Research that incorporates and dialogues with diverse perspectives on disaster risk in the municipality will enable the creation and implementation of an intervention focused on providing effective knowledge and prevention and preparedness tools.

Partner: Municipality of Pudahuel / Disaster Risk Management Unit.

Students: Tabata Tapia, Sofía Polanco, Michelle Ortiz, Isidora Romo, Isadora Salazar, Daniela Ponce, Hernán Aedo, Catalina Toloza, Almendra Muñoz, and Javiera Torres.

Featured Project

Territorial Inequalities and Political Exclusion of Popular Sectors

Professor: Valentina Abufhele

The project addresses the interrelation between territorial and political inequalities, and how these manifest and are negotiated in housing policy for vulnerable sectors.

Partner: UKAMAU.

Students: Isidora Morales, Natalia Córdova, Iván Zamorano, Constanza Lagos, Ana Isabella Niza, Ignacio Fredes, Flavio Passi, Ashley Vivanco, Benjamín López, and Fernanda Leal.

Featured Project

Línea+D of Public Policy and Territorial Complexity

Professors: Antonieta Urquieta and Johanna Madrigal

The Territorial Complexity and Public Policy line is dedicated to the critical observation of public policies from the perspective of territorial complexity and the rights of habitation.

Partner: Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (MINVU), Fundación RECREA.

Students: Kiomara Escanilla, Paz Vásquez, Antonia Ramírez, Paz Bueno, Victoria Galleguillos, María Paz Medina, Bárbara Rivera, Javiera Aedo, Andrés Ugarte, Cristobal Montecino, Javiera Quijano, Valentina Pontanilla, Monserrat Troncoso, Gustavo GAC, and Daniela Loyola.

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Journal of Critical Proposals in Social Work

MAD Journal

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