Research Hubs

Educational system, teacher training and knowledge society
• What are the educational influences that favor learning and participation?
• What factors promote democratic education?
• How is the identity of the student / learner constructed?
• How can reflection and learning be facilitated through practice and experience?
• How to promote individual learning trajectories?


Main lines:

  • Educational interaction processes
  • Teacher / student interaction
  • Interaction in family contexts
  • Moral education
  • Evaluation of learning in the classroom
  • Educational discourses
Equity, Welfare and Inclusion
• How to facilitate the participation and socio-educational inclusion of vulnerable groups?
• What are the necessary competences to exercise active citizenship and access to the working world?
• How can education contribute to equity and social cohesion?
• How to facilitate the processes of reception and incorporation the migrant population in the society?


Main lines:

  • Factors of exclusion and social and educational inclusion
  • Democracy and education
  • Participation, education and construction of citizenship
  • Community development and education
  • Promotion and protection of children
  • Educational work with families
  • Migratory movements and education
  • Education and health Emotional education

Technology-Driven Learning Environments

• What environments, pedagogical guidelines and technological devices can contribute to developing a higher quality and more personalized education?
• How can learning be encouraged in virtual contexts?
• How are technologies used to favor the processes of social inclusion and citizen participation?


Main lines:

  • Collaborative learning
  • Virtual learning in the digital society: design and evaluation
  • Processes of interaction and construction of knowledge in virtual contexts of teaching and learning
  • Language teaching with technological support
  • Communication competence in digital environments
  • Digital and visual culture
  • Digital literacy
  • Social networks and education
Contexts of learning and education
• How does the education system work? How to introduce elements of improvement?
• How do social changes affect the structures and the functioning of the educational system and what educational trends were identified?
• How to improve the results and equity of the education system?


Main lines:

  • Factors that influence learning and educational success
  • Social changes and education
  • Cambios sociales y educación
  • Specific didactics and didactic intermediation artifacts
  • Education by competences
  • Learning and teacher development
  • The quality and development of guidance services for youth and adults
  • Labor and educational transitions
  • The relationships between higher education and society