The topics of study of this center are related to early childhood, school education, technical and vocational education, job training, and higher education, among others.
. School of Economics and Business Administration, recently created the Human Development Lab (HD Lab), an initiative that aims to improve the effectiveness of training and increase development opportunities in Chile and the world, generating rigorous scientific evidence and contributing to public debate and the design of educational, labor, and social policies.
"The HD Lab project is the result of a joint reflection between academics from different faculties and authorities of UANDES on the contribution we can make to the public debate based on the research we are generating.. university produces high-quality research on relevant topics for the design and development of educational, labor, and social policies, but this evidence does not always reach the hands of policy makers and relevant actors for the design of public policies. In response to this situation, we brought together academics from different faculties to contribute to the public debate," explains Andrés Barrios, director of the HD Lab.
The topics of study of this center are related to the early childhood, school education, technical and vocational education, job training, and higher educationamong others. "We want to facilitate collaborations between the members of the laboratory and foundations, public institutions, and relevant actors, for the design of policies that contribute to expanding the development opportunities of people and incorporate an interdisciplinary vision to the scientific work of the members of the laboratory," says Barrios.
The HD Lab is made up of a multidisciplinary team of researchers and professors from different faculties of our university, including researchers from the School of Economics and Business Administration,, the School of Education , and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
"We hope to form links with policy makers and representatives of civil society to transmit more directly the policy lessons emerging from our academic work.It is important to better understand the concerns and needs of these groups to potentially initiate collaborations that allow us to contribute from our areas of expertise to the public debate," says the director of the HD Lab.