Plaza Schaefer, Valeria
Undergraduate -Postgraduate education:
Lawyer, UNC (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba). Ph.D in Social Sciences, UBA (University of Buenos Aires).
Teaching position(s) at the FCS:
Interim Associate Professor of Law and Constitution of Institutions (secondary assignment in Constitutional Law and the Seminar on Specific Rights. “Human Rights and Social Work”. On leave from the charge for the competitive position of Assistant Professor in the same department.
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Research Center:
IPSIS - Politics, Society and Social Intervention Institute
IPSIS - Politics, Society and Social Intervention Institute
Key words:
Security. Violence and public policies.
Lines of investigation:
Security, violence, and crime in Córdoba.
Bonding capabilities:
Technical counseling in security policies for state actors and social organizations.
Cyt expertise:
The current research problem is to analyse youth participation in security policy, particularly in the prevention of neighbourhood violence and conflicts related to drug trafficking markets. It is considered that young people are central actors in the violent dynamics related to drug trafficking markets. Therefore, it is crucial their participation in public policies to reduce such violence due to the fact that these conflicts develop in the territories where they live.
Current research project/program:
Configurations, ambivalence, state violence in public policy in Córdoba Province: security and social policies based on people's trajectory.