Interview
“Culture belongs to the upper classes. It is hard to attract families with lower education levels”
November 2018
How can the cultural consumption of the new generations, particularly that of families with lower educational levels, be increased? Françoise Benhamou provides some key points in this interview.
Interview
“There is no real evidence to say this will be the first generation not to reach the standard of living of its parents”
November 2018
Does education really remove social barriers? Robert Erikson analyses the degree of social mobility in advanced democracies.
Report
Economic and material wellbeing
October 2018
Any household must face up to three challenges: having a sufficient income, maintaining a financial balance and avoiding situations of poverty. This report analyses the social needs linked to material living conditions.
Article
Cities, pollution and climate change: to what extent can green infrastructure help?
October 2018
Could we convert cities into healthy places to live? This article analyses to what point so-called “green infrastructures” can offset carbon emissions and decrease air pollution in the city.
Article
Ageing in rural areas: an opportunity to change gender relations?
October 2018
Ageing and the care of elderly people in rural areas pose a challenge and an opportunity for change: with an ever older and increasingly male population, men will have to become more involved in the caregiver role, traditionally associated with women.
Interview
“Our children are perfectly at home on YouTube, but they have no idea how a vacuum cleaner works”
October 2018
José van Dijck reflects on how the major internet platforms are determining how we communicate, buy, and even how we behave.
Article
Employment in Spain: still a long way off from the knowledge society
September 2018
A predominance of low-added value employment, lack of investment in innovation and precarious conditions for workers are distancing Spain from the knowledge economy. How can this situation be corrected?
Article
Public and private universities: evolution of productivity and impact of the crisis
August 2018
How has the economic crisis affected the productivity of universities? This article explains how public centres have reorganised their resources better than private centres and have shown greater efficiency.
Article
Economic crisis and social classes: everyone loses out, especially poorer people
July 2018
Although the economic crisis has produced a generalised impoverishment of the different population segments in our country, the impact has been much greater among the poorer classes.
Article
The new carers
May 2018
Who cares for the carers? This article by the Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” explains the changes that have taken place in the figure of the carer and also the importance of carers receiving care too.