Applying knowledge to develop comparative analysis and case studies concerning processes of building peoples and states in Europe, in their social/political, cultural/identity and economic aspects, within the institutional framework of the European Union.
Carrying out research projects and producing quality academic texts in Basque.
Communicating the conclusions of studies of social, cultural, legal/political and economic issues related to democracy, sovereignty and territoriality and the peoples of Europe.
Designing and carrying out ethically grounded, competitive and quality research projects in their methodological, theoretical and empirical dimensions, in the multidisciplinary area of democracy, sovereignty and territoriality, in Europe in general and the Basque Country in particular.
Engaging in theoretical reflection to allow the critical review of the processes of construction of sovereignty taking place in the Basque Country in their respective political/institutional, linguistic/cultural, communicative and economic dimensions.
Generating and disseminating in society knowledge offering better understanding of economic, political and social problems, at local and international level.
Including contributions from sociology, political theory, economics, culture, communication and international relations in the analysis, and applying them with scientific rigour to an innovative, multi-faceted understanding of the conflictive processes of constructing sovereignty, democracy and territoriality currently taking place in Europe.
Producing doctoral theses and quality, competitive research projects.
Recognising and critically dealing with a variety of theoretical and empirical corpora of knowledge making it possible to understand, from a standpoint of multi-disciplinary, situated knowledge, the complexity of the phenomena of democracy, sovereignty and territoriality in the context of the peoples that make up Europe.
