They have new ideas, they refresh research topics and methods, they are enthusiastic and want to enter into dialogue with their conversation partners and the community to which they belong. “Several departments have organized themselves by setting up discussion groups and permanent seminars, and I think they have given new impetus and created a new environment to the units in which they are deployed,” he emphasized.
During the work of the Fourth Conference of Postdoctoral Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2023, which will take place at the Institute of Legal Research, the sociologist emphasized that for years the university has prioritized the integration of young researchers through various academic figures and the aim is to maintain it connections to them.
For example, he explained that at the Institute of Historical Research, a network of postdoctoral researchers has been organized to maintain relationships with current researchers and those who have completed the research periods, thus maintaining the spirit of innovation and relationship in the future.
Valencia García asked the participants of the meeting to preserve and create this type of initiative. “Postdoctoral projects give our communities the opportunity to be bolder and more innovative, thanks to the support of a university-affiliated entity. Our postdoctoral researchers have found the best space in our humanities units, from programs to institutes, to conduct research according to their interests.”
Taking the floor, Fernando Rafael Castañeda Sabido, General Director of Academic Personnel Affairs, pointed out that this body of the University is responsible for financing research projects aimed at improving teaching and has established agreements for the progress and support of academic improvement; Its programs include the renewal of the academic facility.
Programs like postdocs are the university’s great opportunity; One must support and encourage the development of students, their academic improvement, for which there is another, including for studying abroad; It’s all part of a joint effort, he said.
During the conference there will be presentations on digital culture, the regulation of social networks in Mexico, the reconstruction of the historical discourse of the Nahua and Mixtec codes, social production within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals in our country, whiteness and miscegenation, as well as Vulnerability should be presented. Work throughout life, among other things.
