Research across (and into) processes of change in rural areas from a geographical perspective, with special attention to the interactions between the social, cultural and environmental dimensions of rural change. Besides present interest the theory and history of rural geography and policy-related research. Traditionally rural areas are spaces of change, recently characterized by their intensity and persistence in all dimensions. The contemporary processes of rural change cover all dimensions of rural life.

This research group has as its principal objective the analysis of the imperial powers that emerged in southern Europe and in the Atlantic worlds in the early modern period, (1500-1920). The principal aim is to understand the strategies of the Spanish Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.

The group aims to study the visual culture and the artistic processes in the modern societies (15th and 21st centuries), especially during contemporaneity. It departs from the novelties linked to the printing invention, regarding reproductibility and the spreading of images and texts, up to the globalized visual culture, opened to new technologies and digital humanities. This interdisciplinary focus integrates traditional perspectives and genders of the discipline with other artistic, critic, graphic and documentary realities and approaches to collective imaginaries.

The research of AIMAS group focusses on the development of innovative analytical techniques and methodologies, mainly of separation (gas and liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis), and on their application in studies in the environmental, food and health fields, paying special attention to the interrelationship between these three areas.

Our group deals with the synthesis of new organometallic frameworks having natural products in their structures. The aim of this research is both, to develop new synthetic methodology, as well as obtain, in an efficient manner, organic and organometallic compounds with well defined physiochemical properties. Very recently (september 2021) we have started a new research project directed to the development of new compounds having antibacterial activities.

The Structural Bioinformatics Group is developing innovative techniques for the analysis and modeling of molecular structures. http://chaconlab.org/

This group is composed of researchers from different backgrounds and interests which gives it a marked multidisciplinary character. The group was a pioneer, in our country, in the application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to the resolution of structural problems of interest in Chemistry and Biology. Our research is aimed at elucidating the chemical-physical bases that determine the structure, dynamics, stability and folding of peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes.

Development and characterization of active materials as heterogeneous catalysts. Study of processes of energy and environmental interest: Reforming of Hydrocarbons, Hydrogen Production and purification, fine chemicals, agricultural waste recovery and lignocellulosic biomass. Group¿s Web page: http://matproner.icms.us-csic.es/

The mission of the research group "Nanotechnology on Surfaces" is the development of high level scientific research within the frame of surface engineering and nanotechnology, as well as the transfer of the acquired knowledge to the industry and other social stakeholders.