
IUS Interculturality Network (RIUSI)
Fostering Social and Cultural impact through academic collaboration in youth areas, human rights, and intercultural relations.
Our Network

Mission:
The mission focuses on the social and cultural impact through academic activity in very specific aspects such as youth, human rights, environmental protection, ecumenical and religious dialogue, and intercultural relations

Vision:
To Contribute to the creation of knowledge in the field of interculturality, from a collaborative ideal, among the members of the RIUSI.

Objectives:
• Develop and strengthen academic relations between IUS members through virtual communication resources (skype, videoconferences, among others).
• Strengthen the research field of RIUSI through an articulated work between -at least- two members that make it up.
• Contribute to the field of Continuous Training on Intellectuality, through a pedagogical proposal in online and regional modality, which allows a contribution to training and intercultural regulations of the region..

Mission:
The mission focuses on the social and cultural impact through academic activity in very specific aspects such as youth, human rights, environmental protection, ecumenical and religious dialogue, and intercultural relations

Vision:
To Contribute to the creation of knowledge in the field of interculturality, from a collaborative ideal, among the members of the RIUSI.

Objectives:
• Develop and strengthen academic relations between IUS members through virtual communication resources (skype, videoconferences, among others).
• Strengthen the research field of RIUSI through an articulated work between -at least- two members that make it up.
• Contribute to the field of Continuous Training on Intellectuality, through a pedagogical proposal in online and regional modality, which allows a contribution to training and intercultural regulations of the region..
Approach

• The collaboration of the member of the IUS network is carried out through the collaborative and rotating annual period. However, three-year planning of activities are carried out, which is reviewed every two years; the monitoring of the planned activities are reviewed by the IUS that are coordinating during the respective period
Partnership Institutions




Areas of Research
Areas of Research
Team

General Coordinator
Fernando Garcés (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador)
Contact
Email: riusi@ius-sdb.com

Member
Elena Bartolomé (Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià – Spain)
Contact
Email: ebartolome@euss.es




Member
Josemar de Campos Maciel (Universidade Católica Dom Bosco – Brazil)
Contact
Email: Maciel50334@yahoo.com.br


Member
Simona Mayo (Universidad Católica Silva Enríquez -Chile)
Contact
Email: simona.mayo@gmail.com

Member
Gustavo González (Universidad Católica Silva Enríquez -Chile)
Contact
Email: ggonzalezg@ucsh.cl

Member
Sebastián Granda (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador)
Contact
Email: davilac@ups.edu.ec


Member
Pablo Vásquez (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador)
Contact
Email: pvasquez@ups.edu.ec