Highlights

Stress and freedom, by Ernesto Castro

Interview

Stress and freedom, by Ernesto Castro


Ernesto Castro is a writer, philosopher and professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In this conversation, he talks about the intrinsic relationship between the stress we live with and the freedom we desire.
Examining the trade-offs of car-sharing in cities: mobility alternatives, congestion, and pollution

Article

Examining the trade-offs of car-sharing in cities: mobility alternatives, congestion, and pollution


Natalia Fabra, Catarina Pintassilgo and Mateus Souza, EnergyEcoLab, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid;
Can car-sharing, a service that generally involves the use of electric vehicles, be an efficient measure for reducing pollution in cities? We analyse its use in Madrid.
Call on the social impact of Climate Change (FS23-2B)

call

Call on the social impact of Climate Change (FS23-2B)


The Social Observatory of the ”la Caixa” Foundation is opening a new call to support research projects in the social sciences in which data are used from quantitative surveys on the social impact of Climate Change, in Spain.
Do Spanish and Portuguese young people use their mobile phones differently?

Article

Do Spanish and Portuguese young people use their mobile phones differently?


Science
Gonzalo Fernández-Duval and Javier García-Manglano, Institute for Culture and Society, Universidad de Navarra; Charo Sádaba, School of Communication and Institute for Culture and Society, Universidad de Navarra; Tiago Lapa and Gustavo Cardoso, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, University Institute of Lisbon;
Young people from both countries use their mobile phones in similar ways. However, slight differences exist between their profiles that may influence their well-being.
Detection of workplace bullying and its negative impact on psychological well-being

Article

Detection of workplace bullying and its negative impact on psychological well-being


Social Inclusion
José María León Pérez, Francisco Javier Cantero Sánchez, Míriam Benítez González & José María León Rubio, Cármides Research Group, Universidad de Sevilla; Alejandro Orgambídez Ramos, Cármides Research Group, Universidad de Málaga;

11.2% of the population present a high probability of suffering a situation of harassment in their workplace and may develop generalised anxiety disorder. How can possible cases of psychological harassment be detected?

Going Viral, by Ester Lázaro

Interview

Going Viral, by Ester Lázaro


Ester Lázaro, a researcher at the Centre for Astrobiology and an expert on viruses, speaks about the parallels between biology and sociology on a topic that touches us all: going viral.

Latest publications

Do Internet usage and education play a role in health inequalities? A study of the Spanish population aged 50-79

Article

Do Internet usage and education play a role in health inequalities? A study of the Spanish population aged 50-79


Science
Sergi Trias-Llimós, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CERCA/UAB);

Can the Internet help us to maintain good health? According to this study, improving the health literacy of the population and providing them with access to the internet could help reduce health inequalities.

Attachment Style: emotional bonds condition mobile use among young people and their relational satisfaction

Article

Attachment Style: emotional bonds condition mobile use among young people and their relational satisfaction


Cecilia Serrano, Gonzalo Fernández-Duval, Javier García-Manglano, Charo Sádaba and Claudia López, Youth in Transition Research Group, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra;

Young people who have established secure affective and emotional connections primarily use their phones to communicate and socialise. But what about those who use them to escape reality?

Young people’s social interactions: prominently face to face, with friends and family members, and involving little use of mobile phones

Article

Young people’s social interactions: prominently face to face, with friends and family members, and involving little use of mobile phones


Aurelio Fernández, Universidad de Navarra and Universidad de Gante; Charo Sádaba, Universidad de Navarra; Javier García-Manglano, Universidad de Navarra; Marieke Vanden Abeele, Universidad de Gante;

We seem to have accepted that young people interact via their phones. However, this study shows that two out of three of their social interactions are face-to-face. How and why do young people interact?

Seminars

Imaginaries in transition in today’s democracy

Activity

Imaginaries in transition in today’s democracy


-

How are our imaginaries, our shared concepts, regarding economics, the environment, and culture changing? We analyse this issue in this series of seminars organised jointly with the Fundación Ernest Lluch.

Breaking the silence: talking about grief

Activity

Breaking the silence: talking about grief


-

All of us experience at some point in our lives grief for the loss of someone or something. This series of seminars, co-organised with the AFIN Research Group from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, contributes to raising the visibility of this solitary and silent process.

Technology, business, and new cities

Activity

Technology, business, and new cities


-

What effect is the digital transformation having on the business and social fabric of cities? This series of seminars, co-organised with the KIMbcn Foundation, will explore the difficult balance between technological development and city life to guarantee an ethical and sustainable implementation of technology.

newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter

Subscribe and we will keep you up to date on the Social Observatory's publications and conference series.

researchers

Subscription form for researchers in social sciences

Subscribe and we will inform you about professional collaboration proposals and research calls in the field of social sciences.