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Objectives of the prize

The aim of the "la Caixa" Prize in Social Sciences is to advance analysis and debate on the transformations that contemporary society faces. This could relate to social, environmental, technological and health related challenges, or a combination of this.

Through this competition, "la Caixa" will reward studies of proven scientific and academic quality which focus on the Spanish social context from a national or international comparative perspective.

The prize is 40,000 Euros and includes the publication of the winning study in the Social Studies collection of "la Caixa" Foundation.

Topics

Primary consideration will be given to studies within the following research frameworks:

• Social change and the life course

  Studies regarding the analysis of social change in certain life stages or related to principal life transitions in family contexts.

• Social cohesion

  Studies that analyse social exclusion and its determinants, as well as its manifestations in poverty, isolation, marginalization and violence.

• Education and citizenship

  Studies aimed at the analysis of the role of formal and informal education in the formation of citizenry and in civic, political and associative participation, as well as in the building of competencies for active citizenship.

• Health and quality of life

  Studies related to health, quality of life, the welfare of individuals and populations, the prevention of illness and improving the health care system.

• Information Society

  Studies that analyze the social impact in the public and private spheres of information and communication technologies (ICT), access to ICT or their new uses and applications.

• Urban planning, the environment and sustainable development

  Studies related to the social dimension of sustainable development and the interrelationships between the environment, ecological crisis and the production and use of resources.

Call for applications 2012. Presentation of studies

The deadline for the entry of works will be 31 December 2012.

Entry must be through certified mail:

"la Caixa" Prize in Social Sciences 2012
Obra Social "la Caixa"
Área de Becas y Estudios Sociales
Avenida Diagonal, 621· 08028 · Barcelona