SOTRAC
Social Transformation and Communication

Date of inception 01 January 2019
End date on 17 October 2024
Leader: Ana Maria Clua Infante
Department: Information and Communication Sciences Department
Center: Faculties
Website: https://blogs.uoc.edu/agora/
Agora is an interdisciplinary research group that focuses on citizens' access to the public sphere in the context of the digital society, with a vocation for interuniversity and intersectoral collaborations taking roots in society.As a main objective, the group addresses challenges in relation to communication as a public good in a context of rapid technological changes and given the need for an urgent reaffirmation of democratic values.At the center of our attention we find the growing inequalities, controversies and contradictions that illustrate the crisis of the concept of social justice, seen as a reference in the construction of a democratic ideal. Our research interest is particularly directed at groups or collectives that stand on the margins of the hegemonic public sphere.We carry out research projects deepening concepts and theories, as well as translating them into specific social actions, always from a gender perspective.We collaborate with associations and groups with whom we share aspirations for positive social change, and we understand research as a tool at the service of and with an impact on society.So far, the team members that make up Agora have done research on youth, the elderly and women (especially those made invisible and minoritized in the public sphere, such as Wikipedia editors, and even in marginal situations, such as sex workers).
Researchers
Classifications
- Ministry Area: PERIODISME, CIÈNCIA POLÍTICA I DE L'ADMINISTRACIÓ, GEOGRAFIA HUMANA, SOCIOLOGIA
- UNESCO Area: TECNOLOGÍA Y CAMBIO SOCIAL (VER 5306), PRENSA (VER 3313.24), MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN DE MASAS, OTRAS (ESPECIFICAR), CONFLICTO SOCIAL Y ADAPTACIÓN (VER 5906.06)
- Application Area: Social sciences
Especialidades predominantes (top 8)
Obtenidas a partir de las publicaciones help
Obtenidas a partir de las publicaciones
Las especialidades temáticas mostradas se han obtenido mediante la aplicación de modelos de inteligencia artificial, obtenidos como resultado del Proyecto Hércules.
Las especialidades temáticas mostradas se han obtenido mediante la aplicación de modelos de inteligencia artificial, obtenidos como resultado del Proyecto Hércules.
- Communication (Social Sciences) Filtrar
- Information Systems (Computer Science) Filtrar
- Library and Information Sciences (Social Sciences) Filtrar
- Anthropology (Social Sciences) Filtrar
- Computers and Society (Computer Science) Filtrar
- Cultural Studies (Social Sciences) Filtrar
- Social Psychology (Psychology) Filtrar
- Sociology and Political Science (Social Sciences) Filtrar
Former members (6)
- Ferran Ferrer, Núria 20192021
- Font Casaseca, Nuria 20192019
- López León, Susana 20192020
- Ramírez Ordóñez, David Ricardo 20192023
- Server Sastre, Adán 20192020
- Terren, Ludovic 20192020