About QUIT

Objectives

The fundamental aim of the research group is focussed on the development and consolidation of a line of investigation that relates the fields of work and everyday life. Because of this, our investigations tend to interrelate fields and areas rather than segment them. To do so, three axes of interest stand out:

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  Investigations demand rigour and theoretical debate as a fundamental objective, so QUIT organizes seminars and meetings with other researchers and scholars.

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  There is extensive agreement on methodology and investigation techniques which the group wishes to maintain as one of their essential features. This agreement gives importance to the elaboration of hypotheses that interrelate the labour market, domestic work and everyday life; it highlights the importance of the context in which these phenomena are inscribed, and it focuses on strategies of the social protagonists in order to understand the phenomena we study. In terms of data analysis, without underrating the quantitative approach, they insist on a more qualitative approach: observation, participation, interviews and biographical, social network and content analysis...

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  QUIT also gives particular importance to the training of doctoral students, supervising theses and incorporating young researchers into QUIT project teams. It organizes special courses on research techniques. The objective of training linked to investigation is also planned for the whole of the Sociology department. The group has always maintained a very active presence in the doctoral program providing courses related to its investigations, organizing various seminars and preparing conferences for the whole of the faculty of Political Science and Sociology.