Thought and Society

Understanding why gaps persist even among students with high academic potential is the focus of the research led by Andrés Barrios, a faculty member at the School of Economics and Business Administration and director of the Human Development Lab, which was recently awarded a Fondecyt Regular 2026 grant.

"Soil quality is key to food security, ecosystem balance, and human well-being," says Cynnamon Dobbs, a PhD in Ecological Sciences, researcher and academic at the Center for Territorial Studies (CET) of Universidad de los Andes.

The growing presence of mental health symptoms among university students is a concern that has spread worldwide and, in whose research, an UANDES academic has actively participated.

Identifying the mechanisms through which a team member emerges as a leader in contexts where different cultures, languages, and ways of working coexist is the central objective of this research project.

In a global context of the rapid growth of Pentecostalism, especially in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, a study seeks to reveal its growing influence in the political sphere.

The permanent use of smartphones during conversations or face-to-face interactions has become an increasingly widespread phenomenon in everyday life that, despite being more socially accepted every day, is having noticeable effects on the quality of interpersonal bonds.

Universidad de los Andes participated in the preparation of a book edited by the Inter-University Center for Development (CINDA), which addresses the current state of doctoral programs in Chile and proposes approaches to align them with the national industry.

Bringing together areas such as innovation, marketing, and even fashion is one of the purposes of a recent collaborative project by a UANDES researcher.

How do employment subsidies affect female labor participation, and how can they be improved to inform better public policies?

The way in which the media narrated the social outburst defined public understanding of one of the most complex social and political episodes in the country's recent history, according to a study on the journalistic coverage of these events.