University research and social responsibility: an urgent matter in Latin America.

Obando-Peralta E.C.; Vascones G.R.A.; Vasquez-Shimajuko C.S.; Vargas W.A.C. · Encuentros (Maracaibo) (2023) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8271595

Resumen

In Latin America, research in university centers has not been consistent with the requirements of major social and environmental problems that occur in the region, rather it is the product of developing lines of research that are somewhat disjointed from the current reality. For this reason, this study seeks -through documentary hermeneutic value analysis- to offer a reflective vision of the need to focus research within a framework of University Social Responsibility-USR. Research at the university must respond as a mechanism for the insertion in ecosocial processes to respond to indicators of the goals of the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda, for this, it requires a curricular transformation where the training and research processes complement the extension function of the university trying to satisfy the urgent social demands. This action will also meet the objective of overcoming the commodification of knowledge that is in progress and that tries to perpetuate itself in the region.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; Universidad Privada de Tacna