Segregation
Study of the unequal distribution of social groups across spaces, institutions and opportunities.
Focus on processes that generate concentration, separation, exclusion or unequal access to resources.
Gender discrimination
Analysis of inequalities between men and women in different social domains.
Attention to the mechanisms that produce, legitimise or transform differences in roles, status and opportunities.
Research methodology
Reflection on concepts, indicators, measurement, models and the validity of empirical results.
Particular attention to the relationship between sociological theory, operationalisation and analytical robustness.
Deviance and suicide
Study of deviant behaviour and suicide as socially situated phenomena.
Focus on integration, social regulation, vulnerability, marginality and changes in social bonds.
Religious behaviour
Analysis of religion as practice, belonging, belief and social participation.
Interest in the relationship between religiosity, identity, cultural change and social transformation.
