Ideal student profile
Students must hold an official degree or equivalent qualification in the following fields:
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Social Sciences (Social Psychology, Sociology, Political Sciences, Labour Studies, Industrial Relations, Social Work, Anthropology, etc.)
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Health Science (Psychology, Speech Therapy, etc.)
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Education Studies (Education, Education Psychology, etc.)
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Arts and the Humanities (History, Geography, Humanities, etc.)
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Other similar fields.
Knowledge
- Relate psychosocial perspectives with fields of research and intervention based on the scientific literature.
- Describe existing perspectives in the psychosocial field, while questioning their assumptions and limitations.
- Organise methods and tools for the collection and analysis of psychosocial data.
- Identify the ethical and political debates related to the application of psychosocial knowledge.
- Select data collection techniques that are appropriate for the theoretical framework.
- Recognise appropriate analytical methods and techniques for examining psychosocial data.
Skills
- Critically analyse theoretical and methodological approaches from a gender and intersectional perspective in order to adapt them to specific needs.
- Critically apply psychosocial conceptual frameworks to the analysis of social problems and provide guidelines for decision-making.
- Define objectives and methodology for a psychosocial research project, while justifying your choice.
- Ensure ethical and legal standards are upheld to protect both the participants and data integrity.
- Develop tools to collect empirical material in line with the established principles of psychosocial research and intervention.
- Empirically analyse the material resulting from psychosocial research or intervention based on procedures that have a solid foundation.
- Organise a coherent and precise scientific article that is appropriate for the psychosocial field.
- Actively participate in and contribute to working teams by contributing ideas, skills and knowledge.
Competences
- Produce a rigorous state of the art in the field of psychosocial research or intervention.
- Critically and reflexively incorporate current theoretical frameworks into approaches to and analysis of psychosocial problems.
- Design an ethical proposal grounded in the psychosocial field that considers the gender and intersectional perspective.
- Rigorously prepare ethical and data management documentation for the study.
- Plan information gathering procedures for psychosocial research and intervention.
- Present results and conclusions in a clear, effective and ethical manner.
- Draft a rigorous scientific article in order for it to be published.