Applied ethics constitutes today one of the most fruitful research fields both in philosophy in particular and in the humanities and social sciences in general. Not surprisingly, it addresses the complexity and uncertainty of activities, practices and processes from ethical reflexivity and is therefore linked to the hottest public issues of our time: robotics and artificial intelligence, crisis of politics and good governance, human enhancement, human rights and duties, aging, etc.

The research group in phenomenology is driven by a philosophical, rather than historical, interest in the possibilities of analytical description of the living world. The group is devoted to the theoretical inquiry of the structure of experience and shows particular attention to the problematic of the living body and to the debates concerning its ontological status.

This group adopts a multidisciplinary research approach, drawing upon social and political philosophy, with the objective of formulating a theoretical framework of justice that encompasses and interconnects various dimensions, including: (1) spatial dimensions, such as global justice, migratory patterns, environmental concerns, urban dynamics and post-national citizenship; (2) temporal dimensions, including memory, history, and the role of narrative in shaping identity; (3) gender dimensions, encompassing human rights, feminisms, and inter-ethnic relations; and (4) cultural diversity dimension

The Research Group THEORIA CUM PRAXI (TcP) ETHICS, EPISTEMOLOGY and SOCIEDAD was named after the Leibnizian adage, adopted by Kant in Theorie and Praxis, whose understanding was that all Praxis can be realised and improved from Theory. From Ethical, Philosophical and Culture coordinates, the group assumes the enlightened motto that ideas should mould our daily lives.

Research Group on Demographic Dynamics, IEGD, CCHS, CSIC Web: http://demografia.iegd.csic.es/ The activity of the Research Group on Demographic Dynamics began in 2002. On one hand, it is oriented towards basic research in the field of demography, especially in the areas of: fertility, nuptiality, migration and health-mortality, and, on the other hand, towards the realisation of applied demography studies, from a multidisciplinary perspective that includes: economics, sociology, public health, geography, statistics, history...

The Research Group on Aging - CSIC (GIE-CSIC) was established in 1989 at the Institute of Economics and Geography, to face the analysis of the aging of the Spanish population which began to be considered in those years as a subject of significant social importance. Group members agreed (i) to contribute to the scientific research on aging in Spain, which has resulted in an extensive curriculum (projects and contracts, publications, participation in various scientific and outreach activities), and (ii) to interact with other social research lines, disciplines and groups.

The research focuses on human mobility (with special emphasis on mobility from Eastern Europe to Spain, across borders), and geopolitical and social changes in Europe, Russia and Eurasia. The group that makes up this line of research involves researchers from the University of Valencia, Universidad Complutense, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad de Valladolid, Universidad de Alicante, University of Barcelona, University of Bucharest, University of Iasi, Romanian Academy, University of Odessa (Ukraine), Cernauti European Institute (Ukraine) University of Varna (Bulgaria), Russian Academy of Sc

The geographic information, generated, managed and analyzed with the help of technology such as remote sensing and GIS, provides a unique tool to analyze events and processes that occur on the territory, facilitating accurate, detailed and real-time information very useful to support the decision making that allow understanding the causes and mitigate the adverse effects of Global Change.

The group aims to investigate the behaviour and make a prospective assessment of agri-food systems from a territorial development approach, based on the wide range of spatially differentiated responses with different historical trajectories.The context of analysis in which the group situates itself is the new functionality that agri-food systems and territorial development processes (rural and urban) have at the global and local levels, from economic, productive, social and environmental perspectives.

The research of the ‘Nutrition and Production of Herbivores’ group is mainly focused on the study of the nutritional factors affecting metabolism, productive performance, final product characteristics and well-being of herbivores of livestock farming interest.