The members of this Research Group carry out relevant research, teaching and transfer work on the different dimensions of the social structure and its link to unequal access to resources and life opportunities in contemporary society. In this way, the influence of variables such as gender, national origin, linguistic uses, social class or family forms of coexistence on access to resources, both material and symbolic, has been analysed.
The constitution of the group represents the convergence of these interests, as well as the formalisation of the research and transfer work that has been carried out up to now, and shows the express will to deepen the collaborative work.
The group has two basic objectives. Firstly, to advance in the knowledge of the social structure and its different dimensions with the combination of different methodologies. Secondly, to transfer this knowledge to our society, both through teaching and advocacy in public debate, in order to propose and evaluate public policies. At the same time, it integrates two basic lines of work: the analysis of the variables that construct the contemporary social structure, especially social class and gender, as well as the analysis of the subjects and the social relations that are constructed; and the implementation of new methodologies to understand the impact of these variables, subjects and relations in people's lives.
The group's research is therefore directed towards:
- The generation of knowledge on the processes of inequality that occur in today's society, especially in the Valencian Country, including classification systems.
- The development of new methodologies - quantitative and qualitative, but also socio-analytical and dialectical - that make it possible to capture the impact of inequality in today's society.
- The analysis, evaluation and proposal of public policies in terms of promoting equality and social transformation.
Generate substantive and methodological knowledge on the processes of inequality that occur in today's society, especially in the Valencian Country.
- Social structure and inequality
Analysis of the dimensions and variables that can explain the processes of change in the unequal distribution of resources for social action. Social camps, capitals and unequal relations.
- Processes of individualisation and social structure
Analysis of the relationship of contemporary processes of individualisation with social structure, especially with gender and class positions. Study of the relationship between agency and social structure.
- Gender inequality and social diversity
Study and analysis of the structure of gender relations in the different spheres of contemporary society. Design of intervention programmes in situations of inequality in access to resources for social action.
- Concepts, relations and systems of social inequality
Analysis of the articulation of the different types of social inequality, including as an object of analysis the systems of classification of social inequalities. Study of the relationship between the socio-historical structure and the system of social inequalities.
- Citizen participation policies and social inequality
Analysis of the public policies promoted by the local level in terms of citizen participation, their impact on the co-production of public policies, the methodologies deployed for this purpose and the effective consideration of "citizenship" (mechanisms of social inequality and education in participation).
- CASTELLO COGOLLOS, RAFAEL
- PDI-Titular d'Universitat
- BENEDITO CASANOVA, ANTONIO
- PDI-Titular d'Universitat
- CORONA SOBRINO, CARMEN
- Alumn.-Servei de Formacio Permanent
- OBIOL FRANCES, SANDRA
- PDI-Titular d'Universitat
- VERDEGUER ARACIL, INMACULADA
- PDI-Titular d'Escola Universitaria
- CANO CANO, ERNEST
- PDI-Titular d'Universitat
- Vicerector/A
- Vicerectorat d'Ordenacio Academica i Professorat
Tarongers Campus
Av. dels Tarongers, 4b
46021 València (Valencia)
- CASTELLO COGOLLOS, RAFAEL
- PDI-Titular d'Universitat
