ICS Blog
In this page we collect some of the articles published in the blog of Institute for Culture and Society. It includes interviews, opinion articles and reports related to the activities and research carried out at the center.
THE HUMAN GAZE
Bolívar and the Latin American Age average
JUAN DIEGO MOLINA
In 1830, Simón Bolívar declared America ungovernable and predicted the rise of tyrants, supported by unbridled crowds. The liberator's fatalism may seem exaggerated; however, a glance at Venezuela or Mexico may be enlightening.
THE HUMAN GAZE
Adding perspectives to innovation
Mª CRUZ DÍAZ DE TERÁN
What is innovation? The concept itself is constantly evolving. Mª Cruz Díaz de Terán, coordinator of REDWINN, explains how women have been promoters of social innovation.
THE HUMAN GAZE
Artificial Intelligence, an ally in the fight against poverty in Nairobi's slums
LEIRE ESCALADA
Researcher Ángela Abascal, collaborator of the Navarra Center for International Development of the ICS, develops a method for predicting poverty through satellite images, citizen science and AI.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"It is core topic to develop social-emotional competencies to train the entrepreneurial personality"
LEIRE ESCALADA
In the framework of the workshop 'Social-emotional competences and entrepreneurship', promoted by ICS, the new report of the network WINN was presented: 'Confidence to undertake. Female entrepreneurship'.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Students' mental health becomes vulnerable at the college stage."
LAURA ROJAS RÍOS
Stress due to academic pressure, development of mental disorders or imbalance of healthy habits... These are some of the consequences that students may experience in the university stage.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"The European Commission's Digital Services Act is an international benchmark for regulating large platforms."
ISABEL SOLANA
Eleonora Esposito, a leading national expert in the Digital Services Unit of DG Connect of the European Commission, shares some details of the new Digital Services Act.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Our society must give young people the knowledge they need to move confidently into marriage and family life."
ISABEL SOLANA
W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage project at the University of Virginia (USA), visited ICS to share some of his research on marriage and family life.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"The 'fake news' and the speech of hate feed each other."
ISABEL SOLANA
Dámaso Izquierdo, researcher Juan de la Cierva of the ICS, reviews the importance of detecting hate speech, even in the most subtle cases, on the occasion of the symposium 'Hate speech at the crossroads of aggression, anxiety, and resonance'.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Physics financial aid us to understand why life emerges and the passage from non-living to living can occur."
ISABEL SOLANA
One of the great questions that remain an enigma for human beings is the origin of living systems. Providing knowledge on this question is one of the objectives of the project 'New approaches to biological causality' of the ICS.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Many times, young people's expectations are defined by the construction of the present, not the future, because the future is totally uncertain."
ISABEL SOLANA
Today, young people are moving towards adulthood in a context characterized by uncertainty and change. For previous generations, the model of reference letter was to study, get a permanent work , get married and start a family.
THE HUMAN GAZE
The per diem expenses of mobile devices, core topic to achieve digital wellbeing
NATALIA ROUZAUT
Pick up the cell phone to take a short break and stay average hour in front of the screen. Looking away from work at any notification. That habit of checking the phone every five minutes.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"In the political speech discourtesy is used to advance one's own proposal, regardless of the image of the other."
ISABEL SOLANA
On May 28, municipal and regional elections will be held in Spain. At the ICS, an expert discussed strategies for attracting voters through letters.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Gender-based cyber violence impacts everyday life and costs between €49 billion and €89 billion"
LAURA TELLA ROYO
Gender-based cyber-violence is growing on digital platforms. Several programs of study conclude that there is more violence against women than against men.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Universities should not only train productive individuals for the market, but also good citizens."
ISABEL SOLANA
Character is at the core of our identity: it determines who we are, who we want to become and what subject society we want to help build.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Problems with video games, pornography, online gambling, shopping? The signs of a behavioral addiction."
ISABEL SOLANA
There is a great social awareness of substance abuse such as alcohol or drugs. However, they are not the only subject of addiction.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"The West is only viable if the U.S. and Europe are truly united on the same project"
ISABEL SOLANA
The September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers put the West in check. For the first time, the hegemonic civilization for centuries perceived a real threat to its supremacy.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Fatherhood and motherhood in crisis? Three keys to success
ALFONSO OSORIO
Parenthood is often experienced as one of life's greatest gifts and, as all of us who have experienced it know, it is not without its many questions.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"The current fees of mental health problems in children and youth in the most developed countries are worrisome."
ISABEL SOLANA
The programs of study for the last 20 years on the prevalence of mental health problems in children under 18 years of age indicates that one in eight had a mental disorder at the time of the assessment.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"A believing scientist is above all a lover of truth."
ISABEL SOLANA
The progress of science financial aid to unravel the complexity of the world. However, the scientific knowledge is not the only way to know the truth.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"There are cases of radicalization undetectable for many months. If the people around us look like us, we are unconcerned."
LAURA TELLA ROYO
The radicalization, violence and hate speeches have been protagonists in episodes of recent history for many years.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"The freest society is the one whose citizens have the greatest capacity for self-government."
ISABEL SOLANA
It is a fact that we live in increasingly complex and plural contexts. Citizens are increasingly demanding that those in power be able to maintain a solid order and respond appropriately to their different needs.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"In the Education of children, the most important thing is presence: from security they will learn everything else."
BERTA VITERI
Carlos Beltramo recently presented the book "Parentalidad positiva: Una mirada a una nueva época", which he has coordinated together with Sonia Rivas, professor at the School of Education and Psychology.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Populists create a problem to make people feel fear and then present themselves as the solution".
BERTA VITERI
Emotions play a key role in politics and International Office.
INTERVIEW
"After the pandemic, cities are no longer so attractive to some people".
BERTA VITERI
Interview with Betina Bock, Professor at the University of Groningen and the University of Waningen (The Netherlands)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
What can Philosophy contribute to neuroscience? An Aristotelian view of the problem of consciousness
NATALIA ROUZAUT
The Theory of Everything, Interstellar, AI. Artificial Intelligence, Devs, The Big Bang Theory... These are some examples where the idea of the supremacy of science is sample .
OPINION
The brain, much more than a supercomputer
JOSÉ MANUEL MUÑOZ
For decades, mainstream neuroscience has conceived of the brain as a kind of computer that, after receiving information in the form of sensory inputs, is able to...
INTERVIEW
Emotional self-regulation: an element core topic for wellbeing staff and couples
NATALIA ROUZAUT
From falling in love to love is a big leap and, to achieve a deep and mature bond, an effort is needed on both sides of the couple.
RESEARCH
Family time, a pillar of positive adolescent development
ISABEL SOLANA AND CARLOS JIMÉNEZ
Adolescence is a stage in a person's life, core topic , as it marks the beginning of the transition to adulthood.
RESEARCH
From stimulating neurons with light to using artificial intelligence to analyse MRI scans: the latest techniques to study the brain.
ISABEL SOLANA
Analysis of some of the state-of-the-art techniques for the study of the brain.
INTERVIEW
"Who loves, who desires, who believes, who relates to other human beings is not only the brain, but the person".
BERTA VITERI
Neuroscience enters into dialogue with all subject of disciplines; its presence is especially B in the field of Humanities.
INTERVIEW
"In lovingly caring for another person I am meetinglinked to their destiny".
BERTA VITERI
Interview with philosopher Anthony J. Steinbock, Professor at Stony Brook University
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Young people and the couple: is it true that they are afraid of commitment?
BERTA VITERI
It is a fact that Spaniards are marrying later and later: statistics show that women marry at averageat 35 and men at 38.
INTERVIEW
"The family generates goods that have a humanising potential for society".
BERTA VITERI
Healthy family ties have implicit goods such as reciprocity, generativity and hospitality and have the capacity to expand beyond themselves and benefit society as a whole.
THE HUMAN GAZE
"Isaiah Berlin was one of the first intellectuals to focus on Russian liberalism, an alternative to Tsarism as a political future for Russia".
ISABEL SOLANA
Interview with António Bento, Professor at the University of Beira Interior (Portugal)
THE HUMAN GAZE
Keys to understanding the war in Ukraine
ICS
Several ICS researchers offer contributions to help understand the background to these developments and their potential international implications in the medium and long term deadline.