Proyectos

Water is an irreplaceable resource for developing socioeconomic activities and maintaining life on the planet. According to projections, water scarcity will increase, especially in those countries vulnerable to the effects of climate change and accelerated population growth. The negative impacts of the water deficit are already visible in some regions of the planet. Through the ECOH-WATER project, we will develop capacities for the access and use of rainwater in educational centers in Guatemala and Bolivia for sustainable consumption, adapting to the impacts generated by climate change through strategies based on local needs. To do this, we will first diagnose the areas at risk of drought using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to prioritize interventions. In the selected areas, we will develop an Action Research study with a strong participatory component to involve communities in implementing a rainwater harvesting system. Additionally, we will implement educational strategies for developing skills in seeking rational and sustainable water use. The project will establish alliances with local actors for the project's sustainability. The search for strategies to access quality water for human, animal, and environmental consumption is a worldwide priority. It must involve the communities, raise awareness about natural resources and risk behaviors, and work collaboratively with decision-makers. On the other hand, the transdisciplinary work proposed in this project will allow the search for solutions with an integral vision. On the other hand, this project highlights the south-south collaboration to generate learning, enhance local resources, and move toward our region's sustainable development.

Promover una alianza nacional e internacional con el fin de fortalecer la red de colaboración en el sistema suelo–planta para la generación sustentable e inocua de alimentos, mediante la aplicación de estrategias biotecnológicas y académicas, con foco en el cambio climático y prevención de contaminantes emergentes, como las micotoxinas.

Promover una alianza nacional e internacional con el fin de fortalecer la red de colaboración en el sistema suelo–planta para la generación sustentable e inocua de alimentos, mediante la aplicación de estrategias biotecnológicas y académicas, con foco en el cambio climático y prevención de contaminantes emergentes, como las micotoxinas.

El objetivo principal del proyecto es generar información sobre los niveles de legitimidad y justicia procedimental de las policías entre la ciudadanía de Chile durante los próximos 3 años, así como entender los antecedentes que pueden llevar a un aumento o disminución de las mismas. A partir del escenario actual posterior al estallido social, post pandemia y de aumento en los niveles de inseguridad ciudadana, resulta clave indagar en las percepciones que diferentes grupos sociales tienen sobre la legitimidad policial y las formas en que distintos eventos (corrupción, abuso policial, posibles reformas) impactan en ella en un contexto de alta incertidumbre y cambio. Esto último confiere a nuestro proyecto un potencial novedoso y transformador a nivel de evidencia empírica hasta la fecha inexistente sobre cómo se produce la legitimidad policial y cómo ésta es un antecedente relevante para tener en cuenta en el marco de posibles reformas policiales.

proyecto busca comprender la variabilidad de la relación entre el Estado y los colectivos de particulares que tienen por objeto cumplir funciones de seguridad a nivel local.

Proyecto de divulgación científica en el Marco del Museo del Agua cuya temática principal es el ciclo del agua

Proyecto enfocado en el estudio de principales humedales de la región de O'Higgins

The project seeks to achieve new understandings of how schools (teachers/students), communities (homes/community centers) and universities (researchers/master students) can work together to build knowledge and engagement on contemporary issues of great importance for European societies. In this way young people will be able to take on new roles in our societies, as transformative agency towards merging social and environmental issues and their own future lives. One concrete result will be the development of a roadmap for social change and transformative agency, defined as a multimodal guideline. This will be built on projects and activities at schools in combination with results generated through the collaboration between partners on issues of transformative agency and ways of dealing with social change within schools. Another result of public interest will be emerging constellations of collaboration between educational partners and countries.

The general objective of LUSO is to analyze how the organizing dimensions of colonial ideological thinking persist and operate in Portuguese society, and what function they have in legitimizing discriminatory attitudes and behaviors toward formerly colonized groups. The research questions will be addressed in four working packages (WP). Specifically, LUSO will (1) develop and validate a new instrument measuring the organizing dimensions of Luso-tropicalism, as a postcolonial ideological thinking, which we propose to be organized in four latent factors (WP1); (2) test the social normativity of Luso-tropicalism (WP2); (3) test if it operates as a legitimizing myth within the general framework of intergroup ideologies (WP3), by proposing that it can dampen support to inclusive social policies (i.e., a suppression effect) and facilitate discriminatory attitudes and behaviors toward disadvantaged people from formerly colonized groups (i.e., a foster process); (4) examine the social diffusion of these assumptions with a sample of the Portuguese population (WP4), while testing potential moderators of those relationships, namely socialization patterns (i.e., intergenerational differences) and group status (high SES vs low SES). LUSO will conduct a multi-method research program that includes qualitative and quantitative studies, correlational and experimental research designs, and an online survey. LUSO will make a substantial contribution to the study of the psychosocial processes of colonial legacy in the national context and will significantly advance the knowledge about the structure of postcolonial ideological thinking in the international scene.

Síntesis y caracterización de sistemas de liberación basados en quitosano y estudio de efectos inmunomoduladores en peces de acuicultura (Chitfish)