To prepare the Final Masters, the students can propose their topics of interest and to join ongoing projects.
The main lines of research of the Master in Social Policies and Community Action are the following:
A) GENERAL TOPICS
citizen participation / Public Policy
social services / Dret
associations / Acció comunitària
social movements
social innovation / Social innovation in care (0-3 years)
Social and solidarity economy
Entrepreneurship
Third sector
Non-standard work and job insecurity / New social risks
Genre / Feminismes / Gender violence
Gender relations (ta. feminist, ta Marxist and decolonial critique) / feminist economics, economy of care, seniors
Prison and social reinsertion
urban studies, Right to the City, self-organization and mov. social
common / Community management
migration
housing
community gardens
food sovereignty / Food Policy and Gender
Agroecology
social history / social identities
Media / Community communication
analysis, Management and evaluation of public policies, approach with citizens / Analysis of group processes, organizational, institutional and community action / Analysis of mechanisms of participation and advocacy, civil society, governance relations, etc..
B) SPECIALIZATION IN RESEARCH METHODS
En aquest cas, the focus is on the application of methods, always areas of knowledge specific to the Masters
participatory research / Social network analysis and data
qualitative methodologies
C) LINKING OF TFM’S TO PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
These projects vary each edition of the Master, the current topics are:
Elderly dependent
Inequalities in municipal resources and their relationship with the processes of residential segregation
common urban
Community action in Barcelona
Projects with focus in Nou Barris
Projects educomunicació
