RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIPS AND INNOVATION

”la Caixa”
Social Observatory

A benchmark in contributing diagnostics on the situation of society

This completes a series of reports on social needs in Spain, whose research goal has been to identify the social needs of the Spanish population with most impact on individual well-being. A report on basic income has also been published, containing an analysis by a dozen experts on the social situation in Spain.

Access to housing for the most vulnerable people is the focus of the new dossier published in 2019 by the ”la Caixa” Social Observatory: Housing, a right or market?.

The housing dossier examines the residential insecurity of the most vulnerable groups and the ability of young people to get a home of their own.

The report on basic income analyses the capacity of existing aid and subsidies to guarantee a minimum income for all citizens.

This annual report explains the link between the programmes of ”la Caixa” Foundation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

ACTIONS CARRIED OUT

Highlights

Achievements in 2019

In 2019 a new competitive call was launched to fund research projects that stand out for their excellence, innovative nature and social focus.

Proposals are based on quantitative methodologies and their aim is to generate new knowledge that provides insight into the most important social challenges today.

In first person

Miranda Jessica Lubbers

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain.

Investigating the mechanisms behind social cohesion and how this affects political preferences and the democratic quality of society.

In first person

Joan Josep Vallbé

Universitat de Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain.

Why do some courts issue more restraining orders than others? Understanding the keys to this judicial inequality and its tendency.

In first person

Alberto Ardèvol

Universidad de La Laguna.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Investigating why false news is spread and the behaviour and motivations of its broadcasters. University of La Laguna.

AT A GLANCE

2019, in figures