
Education for Social Transformation
In a complex reality such as the present, beset by multiple crises, we envisage the emancipatory educational action as a transition strategy towards a model that puts the sustainability of life before the inherent rationale of the current colonial, heteropatriarchal and capitalist development model. We believe interlinking social organisations and movements from a feminist and internationalist approach to be essential to transcend the narrow or sectoral orientations that have dominated the international cooperation and education panorama. An education, therefore, that incorporates the political dimension into its goals and into its strategic and educational proposals for social change.
Research lines
Critical university
The public university plays a key role in the task of creating and disseminating critical knowledge, while at the same time it must be a strategic agent of change and social transformation. However, it is not exempt from contradictions. While it advocates generating social dialogue and meeting spaces for joint reflection, it also drives a university model that is more in keeping with market interests than social problems. We analyse those contradictions and the role of the University in society and its relationship to the type of knowledge fostered.
Food sovereignty
We are working with the teaching staff to generate critical awareness and rally the educational community about the environmental, economic and social consequences arising from our current food model. Food sovereignty is a strategy for social change, to build equity and implement a greener, closer and more sustainable production and consumption system. This programme supports the consolidation of the education centres as institutions committed to the sustainability of life and to environmental and social justice.
Team
Marta Barandiaran
Professor and researcher
Gema Celorio
Education for social change
Juanjo Celorio
Professor and researcher
María Luz De La Cal
Professor and researcher
Amaia del Río
Education for social change

Iris Murillo Hidalgo
Education for social change

Joseba Sainz de Murieta
Professor and researcher
Interesting resources
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Encuentro Estatal para docentes de Formación Profesional
Date: 2022 November 10
Place: Spain
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Kit de Herramientas para trabajar la Soberanía Alimentaria con enfoque de género en la familia de Servicios Socioculturales y a la Comunidad (FP)
Date: 2022 June 13
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Keys for a critical investigation born from the articulation between university and social movements
Date: 2022 May 12
Place: Euskadi, Colombia
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Presentación online: Kit de herramientas para la Familia Profesional de Hostelería y Turismo
Date: 2021 December 16