DEUSTO recognises the work of 16 new projects for their positive impact and transforming action on society in the fourth edition of the Call Label Deusto Research Social Impact. Up to today, DEUSTO has recognised in total 56 projects with social impact.
The 16 awarded projects with the ‘Deusto Research Social Impact’ label are from the different faculties and research units of DEUSTO (Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Deusto Business School and Orkestra), showing that excellent research can bring about answers to societal challenges in all fields of knowledge.
They all have been developed in cooperation and co-creation with social agents, such as business players, NGOs, public administration and other education and training organisations, and have presented clear indicators and evidences of their contribution to tackling today’s major societal challenges.
The awarded projects are (in alphabetic order):
- Competitiv'eko: Revitalización de la Competitividad de la PYME basada en la Colaboración Transfronteriza Euskadi-Navarra-Nueva Aquitania. Henar Alcalde y Usue Lorenz. Orkesta.
- COMTRANSe2o: Compentencias Transversales 2020 (Año 1) de la Asociación Española de Escuelas de Segunda Oportunidad. Lourdes Villardón. Faculty of Psychology and Education.
- EDI: European Data Incubator. Diego López-de-Ipiña. Faculty of Engineering.
- EE- Bizilagun III: Etorkizuna Eraikiz Bizilagun. Felix Arrieta Frutos. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.
- EE- Elkar Ekin: Etorkizuna Eraikiz - Elkar Ekin. Ane Ferran Zubillaga. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.
- ESSA: New Skills Agenda Steel_Industry-driven sustainable European Steel Skills Agenda and Strategy. Aitor Goti. Faculty of Engineering.
- FEPBRAD: Funciones ejecutivas y prematuridad de bajo riesgo en la adolescencia y adultez temprana. Leire Zubiaurre Elorza. Faculty of Psychology and Education.
- GEARING ROLES: Gender Equality Actions in Research Institutions to traNsform Gender ROLES. María Silvestre Cabrera. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.
- HERIO: Heriotza. Ante la muerte. José Angel Achón Insausti. Faculty of Social and Human Sciences.
- HUMANS: Social Accounting and Humanistic Management for Social Impact. Ricardo Aguado. Deusto Business School.
- OSOS: Open Schools for Open Societies. Mª Luz Guenaga Gómez. Faculty of Engineering.
- POSTLowCIT: Postal Operators to ensure last mile connections through optimized urban and long distance transport. Ignacio Angulo Martinez. Faculty of Engineering.
- REHAFAMEP: Tratamiento combinado de rehabilitación cognitiva en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson y psicoeducación en sus familiares cuidadores: Eficacia a corto y largo plazo. Naroa Ibarretxe Bilbao. Faculty of Psychology and Education.
- Road2DC: New Tools for the Design and Control of Hybrid AC/DC Distribution Networks. Cruz E. Borges Hernández y Enrique Zuazua. Faculty of Engineering and Deusto Foundation.
- SavingFood3: Análisis del desperdicio de alimentos en los hogares del Territorio Histórico de Gipuzkoa. Ainhoa Alonso Vicario. Faculty of Engineering
- VirtuAAL: Virtual and Augmented reality for combating cognitive impairment. María Begoña García Zapirain. Faculty of Engineering
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