Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desigualdades (IEAD)
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Inequalities (IASI) is an interdisciplinary academic unit, coordinated by the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. It will be dedicated to academic and applied research, as well as social research training in critical studies of race, gender, translation, migration and territory. The institute's areas of work are gender and territory, human mobility, political ecology and ancestral knowledge.
We prioritize decolonial and critical methodologies with an emphasis on participatory methodologies, oral histories and social mapping. The institute seeks to influence public policies and will become a link between researchers, programs, organizations, national and international research centers and the community. The institute will position itself in Global South studies as a promoter of transnational and interdisciplinary conversations on social inequality.
Research on gender and territory, human mobility, political ecology, communication and ancestral knowledge. We prioritize decolonial and critical methodologies, including oral histories and social cartography.
To develop collaborative research related to social and inequality studies, with a focus on critical studies of gender, race, human mobility, translation, communication and territory.
To promote research and the production of knowledge through comprehensive studies with an interdisciplinary perspective and through participatory methodologies aimed at intercultural dialogue and coexistence and the creation of national and international academic networks.
Research
- Translation, communication, globalization and territory:
Connected communities: digital activism and new media, sustainable communication HUBI: 12523 - Human Mobility:
Migration and food (in)security (MiFood) 17526.
Regional challenge: the exodus of Venezuelan migrants to Ecuador. - Gender-based violence:
Interdependence in San Cristobal (Galapagos) HUBI: 15724 - Political ecology:
Feminist political ecology in the Galapagos Islands: environmental gender violence HUBI: 16973 - Race/Racism:
Harnessing Afro-Ecuadorian Women`s Heritage to promote peaceful and equivalent development in Esmeraldas, Ecuador HUBI: 16821 - Mobility in the city of Quito:
Shared Mobile Experiences: Informal Transit and Gendered Perceptions in Quito, Ecuador HUBI: 5516 - Oralities:
The Revitalization of the Quijos Language and Culture HUBI: 15731
Andean Oralities HUBI: 17112 - Intersectionality and social mobility
Diet, social identity, gender and social mobility in adolescents and youth from Guangaje, Ecuador, 2019. - Cognitive and learning studies
- Diversity studies
- Latin American cultural heritage studies
- Human behavior and development studies
- Global/regional/national/local studies
- Comparative politics
Partnerships
Entity Name: University of Laurier
Country: Canada
Type of collaboration: MiFood Project, SSHRC 2.5 million
Entity Name: School of Social Work Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina
Country: USA
Type of collaboration: Publications
Entity Name: International Organization for Migration
Country: Ecuador
Type of collaboration: SRHR and GBV project
Entity Name: University of Northumbria
Country: UK
Type of collaboration: British Academy Project 423,000 USD
Entity Name: University of New Mexico
Country: USA
Type of collaboration: Translation project, publications
Entity Name: FUSP NIDA Center for Advanced Research on Translation
Country: Italy
Type of collaboration: Collaborative projects for publishing results
Entity Name: Lund
Country: Sweden
Type of collaboration: Publications
Entity Name: Secretaria de DDHH
Type of collaboration: Technical Assistance
Entity Name: Université de Laval
Country: Canada
Type of collaboration: Publications
Entity Name: Rutgers University
Country: USA
Type of collaboration: Publications
Entity Name: York University
Country: Canada
Type of collaboration: Connected Communities Project
Entity Name: CONFENIAE
Country: Ecuador
Type of collaboration: Workshops and projects in the Ecuadorian Amazon, funded by UN Sustainable Development Network
Entity Name: Bournemouth University
Country: "Connected Communities" Project
Type of collaboration: Student and faculty exchange, with Erasmus funds.
Entity Name: UC Santa Barbara
Country: USA
Type of collaboration: Collaboration in the translation of Palgrave's book (8,000 USD)
