Social Dynamics and Change (SODYC)

Affiliated Research areas

• Social structure, social mobility, social innovation
• Social integration, exclusion, prosocial behaviour

Scientific Areas

• Political science
• Public administration
• Sociology

Keywords

• Activism and radicalisation
• Citizenship and identity
• Civil society and social cohesion
• Reorganisation of the welfare state
• social change
• social justice
• Social risk

Summary

In the wake of the past decade’s economic crisis, the impact of neo-liberal forms of government, and the flow of immigrants and refugees the classic questions of social change and social dynamics have re-emerged as key issues on the academic, political and institutional agendas in Europe, calling for a revitalisation of the problems of social justice, redistribution, recognition, inclusion and stigmatisation, and of critical engagement and forms of democratic action and participation.