Society Challenges and Education

This area purposes to develop the research and intervention towards the promotion of health and life quality, social transformation, justice and critical consciousness.

The aims are:

(i) Enhance the knowledge on processes of social and cultural vulnerability and educational challenges that seek life quality development, well being and citizen and community participation.

(ii) Promote educational steps of children and youngsters in risk, as well as adolescents and young adults, that may fully accomplish their right to citizenship.

(iii) Increment the knowledge of health/sickness key factors; aware the importance of the adoption of healthy and active lifestyles; identify the role of different stakeholders and educational backgrounds in the promotion of health and to implement and develop strategies that seek sustainable development.