Thematic areas

The International Congress "Migrations, Conflict, Women and Youth - Care for the Common Home" proposes an academic space where the different lines of research are not presented as watertight compartments, but as territories in constant dialogue. From an interdisciplinary perspective and in harmony with the Social Doctrine of the Church and the ethical principles of the social sciences, the congress invites to explore four major thematic axes that intertwine to offer a critical and transformative look at contemporary social issues.

1. Conflicts

This line examines the multiple forms of conflict that cross our societies: from territorial, political and ethnic disputes, to structural tensions such as institutional violence, armed conflicts and social fractures within States. It covers both international and local conflicts, recognizing their historical, economic and symbolic complexity. It promotes a critical reflection on the conditions that perpetuate violence and on peace, memory and reconciliation initiatives.

Women and gender

From a feminist and gender justice perspective, this line addresses the structural inequality that affects women in diverse geographical and cultural contexts. It aims to make visible the multiple forms of violence they face -domestic, labor, symbolic, institutional- and to highlight the resistance, knowledge and struggles for equity. It also incorporates a look at masculinities, understood as social constructions subject to criticism and transformation. This line opens the possibility of thinking about gender as a fundamental analytical category to understand current social dynamics.

3. Youth

This line explores the living conditions, vulnerabilities and political agency of young people in contexts marked by precariousness, exclusion and accelerated change. The line seeks to analyze how young people face challenges such as unemployment, violence, forced migration, environmental crisis and digital transformation. At the same time, it recognizes their potential as actors of change, bearers of new forms of participation, spirituality and social organization.

4. Migrations

This line of research addresses both internal and international human displacements, motivated by conflicts, environmental disasters, structural violence or economic aspirations. It examines phenomena such as forced mobility, the construction of transnational identities, the human rights of migrants, border policies and the global governance of mobility. Emphasis is also placed on the intersectional experiences of migration -especially women and youth-, highlighting their life trajectories, resistance and processes of inclusion or exclusion.