"Juan Luis Vives" Social Security Institute

Type of institute

Carlos III Institute
Year: 1999

To create a multidisciplinary teaching team to investigate the complexity and diverse aspects and subjects related to the Social Security field.
The planning and development of teaching programs with the elaboration and systematization of knowledge in order to achieve greater diffusion and better understanding. Programs on all levels: specialization courses, Master’s and Doctorates, but also conferences and study seminars on current events.
To create specialized documental and bibliographic resources
To carry out research in collaboration with other centers, faculties, both national and international, which specialize in this subject. Likewise, the exchange and collaboration of specialists will be fostered.
To collaborate with public and private institutions in charge of the management of protection and social prevision systems, thus contributing to its personnel’s training in pertinent subjects.

Community Social Security: problems of coordination and conciliation.
The role of complementary social protection in the Social Security system.
The reform of social protection for the elderly in Europe: comparative study of experiences among different nations..
Voluntary reforms in recent collective negotiations
Work Health and Safety at work and its connections to the protection of professional contingencies in the Social Security system.
Determining financial factors in the evolution of the Social Security System.
Social assistance and social services in the framework of Estado de Autonomías (Spanish Autonomies).
The role of the Mutuas de Accidentes de Trabajo and Enfermedades Profesionales (Mutual Insurance Companies) in the Social Security management system.
Connections between the labor market and Social Security.
Social protection and new social needs. The Social Security reform in the face of social transformation.
Social protection for people with disabilities.