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Dr. Ramon Flecha Garcia
Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

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Dr. Ramon Flecha, Professor of Sociology at the University of Barcelona, and Doctor Honoris Causa by Vest Timisoara University. World number 1 in the Google Scholar ranking on Gender Violence (H index, 71). Main researcher for 4 RTD projects of the European Framework Programmes of Research: WORKALO (FP5), INCLUDED (FP6), IMPACT-EV (FP7), and now AL-LINTERACT (H2020). Main researcher of 6 projects from the Spanish Scientific Programme of Research. 17 of his former students have been main researchers in the Spanish Scientific Programme of Research, 3 of them main researchers of H2020 projects, and 5 have had Marie Skłodowska-Curie contracts, 3 of them in Cambridge, 1 in Harvard Kennedy School, and 1 in Berkeley. His scientific publications have 21230 citations in Google Scholar and has published in scientific journals such as Nature and PlosOne. Advisor on policy and social impact of research in diverse sciences.

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Journal article
Published: 15 August 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Recent scientific literature has published about the Isolating Gender Violence (IGV), the violence exerted by harassers against those who support their victims. IGV provokes suffering to advocates with health and well-being consequences that have been analyzed by more recent research; but IGV provokes also suffering on the victims of gender violence when they see the suffering of those who have supported them and also for their isolation. Thus, the aim of the present study is to explore the health and well-being consequences of IGV on gender violence survivors. The methodology includes three narratives of gender violence survivors whose advocates supporting them were victimized by IGV. The results show, on the one hand, an increase of the health and well-being effects of gender violence already analyzed by scientific literature; on the other hand, new health and well-being effects appear. All survivors interviewed say that, besides those new consequences for their health, the support of those advocates has decreased the global health effects of the total gender violence they suffered.

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Adriana Aubert; Ramon Flecha. Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 8626 .

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Adriana Aubert, Ramon Flecha. Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (16):8626.

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Adriana Aubert; Ramon Flecha. 2021. "Health and Well-Being Consequences for Gender Violence Survivors from Isolating Gender Violence." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8626.

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Published: 01 July 2021 in El Guiniguada
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El lenguaje juega un papel fundamental en la construcción de la realidad social. Teorías e investigaciones sobre actos de habla e interacción social han hecho grandes aportaciones al análisis de cómo hacemos cosas con palabras y el impacto así generado en la construcción de las relaciones. Sin embargo, nuevas conquistas sociales como los necesarios avances en el análisis del consentimiento planteado por movimientos como el “me too” exigen investigaciones que aborden el conjunto de elementos presentes en los actos comunicativos y no solo en el lenguaje verbal. Gestos, tonalidades o contextos sociales pueden contribuir a que unas mismas palabras o unos mismos silencios formen parte de acosos o de relaciones libres. En este artículo presentamos una aportación reciente de la investigación sobre el consentimiento: la diferencia entre actos comunicativos de poder, que favorecen acoso sexual y violencia de género, y actos comunicativos dialógicos, que promueven relaciones libres de violencia.

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Ramón Flecha García; Garazi López de Aguileta. Aportaciones de la investigación sobre actos comunicativos a la superación de la violencia de género. El Guiniguada 2021, 30, 63 -71.

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Ramón Flecha García, Garazi López de Aguileta. Aportaciones de la investigación sobre actos comunicativos a la superación de la violencia de género. El Guiniguada. 2021; 30 (30 (2021)):63-71.

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Ramón Flecha García; Garazi López de Aguileta. 2021. "Aportaciones de la investigación sobre actos comunicativos a la superación de la violencia de género." El Guiniguada 30, no. 30 (2021): 63-71.

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Published: 01 July 2021 in El Guiniguada
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Desde su creación en 1978 en la Escuela de Adultos La Verneda-Sant Martí, situada en uno de los barrios más desfavorecidos y marginados de Barcelona en la época, las Tertulias Literarias Dialógicas (TLD) han generado transformaciones sociales en contextos diversos, en diferentes países, con personas de diferente nivel socioeconómico y educativo y de distintas edades. Desde entonces han desafiado teorías racistas y clasistas de corrientes de pensamiento estructuralistas y posestructuralistas que niegan a personas de bajo nivel socioeconómico la posibilidad de leer y disfrutar de las mejores obras literarias de la humanidad. Sin embargo, las TLD defienden y promueven la libertad literaria de todas las personas, logrando así superar interacciones de poder y realizar profundas transformaciones sociales y personales.

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Garazi López de Aguileta; Ramón Flecha García. Tertulias Literarias Dialógicas: transformaciones sociales y personales. El Guiniguada 2021, 30, 30 -39.

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Garazi López de Aguileta, Ramón Flecha García. Tertulias Literarias Dialógicas: transformaciones sociales y personales. El Guiniguada. 2021; 30 (30 (2021)):30-39.

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Garazi López de Aguileta; Ramón Flecha García. 2021. "Tertulias Literarias Dialógicas: transformaciones sociales y personales." El Guiniguada 30, no. 30 (2021): 30-39.

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Published: 13 April 2021 in Articulando e Construindo Saberes
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Há décadas, a pedagogia crítica tem apontado a importância da profissão docente para contribuir com a superação das desigualdades, principalmente quando concebida de forma crítica, científica e libertadora. No entanto, as dinâmicas burocrática e bancária que prevalecem em nossos sistemas educacionais contribuem para o desencanto, a apatia e a progressiva perda de sentido dos professores em relação à profissão, o que compromete o impacto da educação na transformação das realidades sociais. As tertúlias pedagógicas dialógicas que consistem em espaços de formação baseados na aprendizagem dialógica onde os professores acessam as evidências científicas do impacto social das ações educativas permitem contrariar esta situação. Pesquisas anteriores estudaram o impacto dessa ação educativa na Espanha, mas até agora sua eficácia em contextos como a América Latina não foi investigada. Assim, este artigo contribui para preencher essa lacuna ao analisar sua transferência para professores de escolas na região rural de Huauchinango, na Serra Norte do México. Por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com abordagem comunicativa aos professores da região, este estudo investiga como as tertúlias pedagógicas dialógicas têm contribuído para que os professores de Huauchinango recuperem o sentido transformador da educação e se reencantem na profissão docente que repercute positivamente na sua prática educacional, nas escolas onde atua e seu bem-estar pessoal.

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José Ramón Flecha; Alfonso Rodríguez Oramas. Resgatando o sentido da profissão docente por meio de tertúlias pedagógicas dialógicas: vozes de professores da Serra Norte do México. Articulando e Construindo Saberes 2021, 6, 1 .

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José Ramón Flecha, Alfonso Rodríguez Oramas. Resgatando o sentido da profissão docente por meio de tertúlias pedagógicas dialógicas: vozes de professores da Serra Norte do México. Articulando e Construindo Saberes. 2021; 6 ():1.

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José Ramón Flecha; Alfonso Rodríguez Oramas. 2021. "Resgatando o sentido da profissão docente por meio de tertúlias pedagógicas dialógicas: vozes de professores da Serra Norte do México." Articulando e Construindo Saberes 6, no. : 1.

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Published: 12 April 2021 in Sustainability
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There is a broad consensus on the impact of teacher quality on students’ outcomes. However, the debate on how to evaluate the impact of teacher training on student improvement remains open. The evaluation of the impact of in-service teacher training, organized in a network for different schools, has been analyzed very little to date. Our research displays an innovative approach in this regard, through an In-Service Professional Development Program based upon scientific evidence and dialogic principles: The Pedagogical Gatherings “On Giant’s Shoulders”. We conducted a multilevel communicative study to analyze its impact upon students’ achievement and schools’ outcomes whose teachers taking part of the Gatherings. Our contribution provides an advancement in the analysis of educational impact in teacher training. We provide indicators to identify those training programs that improve educational outcomes, according to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 4: quality education for all.

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Esther Roca-Campos; Ana Renta-Davids; Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá; Ramón Flecha. Educational Impact Evaluation of Professional Development of In-Service Teachers: The Case of the Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings at Valencia “On Giants’ Shoulders”. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4275 .

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Esther Roca-Campos, Ana Renta-Davids, Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá, Ramón Flecha. Educational Impact Evaluation of Professional Development of In-Service Teachers: The Case of the Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings at Valencia “On Giants’ Shoulders”. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4275.

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Esther Roca-Campos; Ana Renta-Davids; Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá; Ramón Flecha. 2021. "Educational Impact Evaluation of Professional Development of In-Service Teachers: The Case of the Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings at Valencia “On Giants’ Shoulders”." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4275.

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Published: 26 March 2021 in Sexuality Research and Social Policy
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Backgroud Countless efforts to combat sexual harassment have been proposed, and for the first time in history, the second order of sexual harassment (SOSH) has been legislated under the term second-order violence (SOV) by a unanimous vote of the Catalan Parliament. Advances in preventing and responding to sexual harassment contribute to highlighting the intervention as being crucial to supporting survivors against retaliation. A lack of support provides a general explanation on why bystanders tend not to intervene and highlights the reality that reprisals are suffered by those who support victims. Methods From the existing knowledge about sexual harassment prevention and response mechanisms, this paper analyzes scientific evidence through a review of the literature published in databases, as well as legislation, reports, and other materials. Results The context that enables SOV legislation is grounded in three realms: (1) bystander intervention and protection, (2) the role of support networks in protecting survivors, and (3) awareness and legislation of SOSH. An active bystander refers to the involvement of someone who is aware of potential sexual harassment situations. Conclusions The lack of legislation against SOSH limits bystander intervention and support; therefore, legislating protection for supporters has become urgent and necessary. Legislating SOSH has great social implications because gender equality cannot be fully achieved if bystander protection is not legally considered. Policy Implications: As no legal system has previously contemplated SOSH, its pioneering parliamentarian approval and establishment by Catalan law constitute a legal key innovation for the field of gender and women’s studies. In fact, evidence reported here are important in developing further regulations and policy. Policy Implications As no legal system has previously contemplated SOSH, its pioneering parliamentarian approval and establishment by Catalan law constitute a legal key innovation for the field of gender and women’s studies. In fact, evidence reported here are important in developing further regulations and policy.

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Ana Vidu; Gema Tomás; Ramon Flecha. Pioneer Legislation on Second Order of Sexual Harassment: Sociolegal Innovation in Addressing Sexual Harassment. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 2021, 1 -12.

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Ana Vidu, Gema Tomás, Ramon Flecha. Pioneer Legislation on Second Order of Sexual Harassment: Sociolegal Innovation in Addressing Sexual Harassment. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2021; ():1-12.

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Ana Vidu; Gema Tomás; Ramon Flecha. 2021. "Pioneer Legislation on Second Order of Sexual Harassment: Sociolegal Innovation in Addressing Sexual Harassment." Sexuality Research and Social Policy , no. : 1-12.

Research article
Published: 26 February 2021 in Violence Against Women
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Second-order sexual harassment (SOSH) is the harassment suffered by those who stand with and support victims of violence against women (VAW)1. Because the vast majority of programs currently focus on promoting bystander intervention, for such programs to be successful, knowledge about and actions against SOSH are necessary. Through narratives, this article provides unprecedented clues about SOSH. Working on safety strategies for individuals who support victims, promoting solidarity networks that also address SOSH, and ensuring that institutional policies are enforced are found to be central factors that can help prevent and/or transcend SOSH.

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Ramón Flecha. Second-Order Sexual Harassment: Violence Against the Silence Breakers Who Support the Victims. Violence Against Women 2021, 27, 1980 -1999.

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Ramón Flecha. Second-Order Sexual Harassment: Violence Against the Silence Breakers Who Support the Victims. Violence Against Women. 2021; 27 (11):1980-1999.

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Ramón Flecha. 2021. "Second-Order Sexual Harassment: Violence Against the Silence Breakers Who Support the Victims." Violence Against Women 27, no. 11: 1980-1999.

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Published: 01 February 2021 in Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
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Background: We are witnessing increasing demand from governments and society for all sciences to have relevant social impact and to show the returns they provide to society.Aims and objectives: This paper reports strategies that promote social impact by Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research projects.Methods: An in-depth analysis of six Social Sciences and Humanities research projects that achieved social impact was carried out to identify those strategies. For each case study, project documents were analysed and qualitative fieldwork was conducted with diverse agents, including researchers, stakeholders and end-users, with a communicative orientation.Findings: The strategies that were identified as contributing to achieving social impact include a clear focus of the project on social impact and the definition of an active strategy for achieving it; a meaningful involvement of stakeholders and end-users throughout the project lifespan, including local organisations, underprivileged end-users, and policy makers who not only are recipients of knowledge generated by the research projects but participate in the co-creation of knowledge; coordination between projects’ and stakeholders’ activities; and dissemination activities that show useful evidence and are oriented toward creating space for public deliberation with a diverse public.Discussion and conclusions: The strategies identified can enhance the social impact of Social Sciences and Humanities research. Furthermore, gathering related data, such as collaboration with stakeholders, use of projects’ findings and the effects of their implementation, could allow researchers to track the social impact of the projects and enhance the evaluation of research impact.

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Emilia Aiello; Claire Donovan; Elena Duque; Serena Fabrizio; Ramon Flecha; Poul Holm; Silvia Molina; Esther Oliver; Emanuela Reale. Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 2021, 17, 131 -146.

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Emilia Aiello, Claire Donovan, Elena Duque, Serena Fabrizio, Ramon Flecha, Poul Holm, Silvia Molina, Esther Oliver, Emanuela Reale. Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. 2021; 17 (1):131-146.

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Emilia Aiello; Claire Donovan; Elena Duque; Serena Fabrizio; Ramon Flecha; Poul Holm; Silvia Molina; Esther Oliver; Emanuela Reale. 2021. "Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research." Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 17, no. 1: 131-146.

Journal article
Published: 27 November 2020 in Sustainability
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The sustainability of societies is an issue of utmost importance for humankind. This is reflected in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which highlight the main challenges that citizens face, including underserved groups, and set the path for finding solutions to overcome them. The achievement of the SDGs for 2030 is setting not only the political agenda, but also the scientific one. From the field of social sciences, an issue that remains underexplored is the contributions (or lack thereof, in some occasions) from social theory to the consolidation of more sustainable societies, including the underserved groups. In this vein, the aim of this article is to provide robust evidence on how social theory has contributed to such improvement and is still doing it. To this end, it provides an analysis of how the advancements made from social theory with social impact have contributed to the achievement of the SDGs. Alongside, this article also presents how some theories that never had social impact at their core have hindered the improvement of societies. This dual approach provides a clear picture of the role that social theory can play in the achievement of the SDGs, as well as evidence towards the overcoming of exclusionary theories with no scientific basis.

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Ramon Flecha. Contributions from Social Theory to Sustainability for All. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9949 .

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Ramon Flecha. Contributions from Social Theory to Sustainability for All. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9949.

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Ramon Flecha. 2020. "Contributions from Social Theory to Sustainability for All." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9949.

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Published: 10 August 2020 in Language and Education
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The dialogic nature of human beings has widely been argued in the scientific literature. Language, as a cultural and psychological tool, has the potential to construct social meanings, including those related to love, attraction and desire. In these emotional dimensions of the self, people use ‘the language of desire’, defined as the capacity of language to raise attraction and be desired, while the ‘language of ethics’ is used to describe what is ‘good’ and ‘ethical’. This article examines a dialogic intervention with 11–13-year-old children named Dialogic Literary Gatherings and explores its affordances to articulate both forms of language toward nonviolent models. 28 sessions from two elementary schools were analyzed, along with three focus groups with students. Main findings outline that dialogic features enable the emergence of the language of desire in combination to the language of ethics toward nonviolent relationships.

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Garazi López de Aguileta; Elisabeth Torras-Gómez; Rocío García-Carrión; Ramon Flecha. The emergence of the language of desire toward nonviolent relationships during the dialogic literary gatherings. Language and Education 2020, 34, 583 -598.

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Garazi López de Aguileta, Elisabeth Torras-Gómez, Rocío García-Carrión, Ramon Flecha. The emergence of the language of desire toward nonviolent relationships during the dialogic literary gatherings. Language and Education. 2020; 34 (6):583-598.

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Garazi López de Aguileta; Elisabeth Torras-Gómez; Rocío García-Carrión; Ramon Flecha. 2020. "The emergence of the language of desire toward nonviolent relationships during the dialogic literary gatherings." Language and Education 34, no. 6: 583-598.

Research article
Published: 29 July 2020 in Qualitative Inquiry
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The need to develop adequate methodologies to comprehensively assess the impact of research, especially the social impact of European Union (EU)-funded research, is one of the main concerns within the European Commission as well as for EU citizens, who are more active than ever. This article discusses the rationale behind using a qualitative approach to better address these concerns. Drawing on the FP7 IMPACT-EV research project, the present article discusses how to overcome a positivist approach that evaluates the social impact of research conducted only for its economic objectives and using only quantitative data. The focus on what is needed and what research is expected to bring to society are emphasized and made possible through qualitative inquiry of the social impact of the EU social sciences and the humanities (SSH) research. Thus, the development of qualitative-based analysis of the social impact of research is increasingly required to be conducted in dialogue with citizens.

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Teresa Sordé Martí; Ramon Flecha; José Antonio Rodríguez; José Luis Condom Bosch. Qualitative Inquiry: A Key Element for Assessing the Social Impact of Research. Qualitative Inquiry 2020, 26, 948 -954.

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Teresa Sordé Martí, Ramon Flecha, José Antonio Rodríguez, José Luis Condom Bosch. Qualitative Inquiry: A Key Element for Assessing the Social Impact of Research. Qualitative Inquiry. 2020; 26 (8-9):948-954.

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Teresa Sordé Martí; Ramon Flecha; José Antonio Rodríguez; José Luis Condom Bosch. 2020. "Qualitative Inquiry: A Key Element for Assessing the Social Impact of Research." Qualitative Inquiry 26, no. 8-9: 948-954.

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Published: 13 April 2020 in International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences
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Since the Coronavirus health emergency was declared, many are the fake news that have circulated around this topic, including rumours, conspiracy theories and myths. According to the World Economic Forum, fake news is one of the threats in today's societies, since this type of information circulates fast and is often inaccurate and misleading. Moreover, fake-news are far more shared than evidence-based news among social media users and thus, this can potentially lead to decisions that do not consider the individual’s best interest. Drawing from this evidence, the present study aims at comparing the type of Tweets and Sina Weibo posts regarding COVID-19 that contain either false or scientific veracious information. To that end 1923 messages from each social media were retrieved, classified and compared. Results show that there is more false news published and shared on Twitter than in Sina Weibo, at the same time science-based evidence is more shared on Twitter than in Weibo but less than false news. This stresses the need to find effective practices to limit the circulation of false information.

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Cristina Pulido Rodríguez; Beatriz Villarejo Carballido; Gisela Redondo-Sama; Mengna Guo; Mimar Ramis; Ramon Flecha. False news around COVID-19 circulated less on Sina Weibo than on Twitter. How to overcome false information? International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 2020, 1 -22.

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Cristina Pulido Rodríguez, Beatriz Villarejo Carballido, Gisela Redondo-Sama, Mengna Guo, Mimar Ramis, Ramon Flecha. False news around COVID-19 circulated less on Sina Weibo than on Twitter. How to overcome false information? International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences. 2020; ():1-22.

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Cristina Pulido Rodríguez; Beatriz Villarejo Carballido; Gisela Redondo-Sama; Mengna Guo; Mimar Ramis; Ramon Flecha. 2020. "False news around COVID-19 circulated less on Sina Weibo than on Twitter. How to overcome false information?" International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences , no. : 1-22.

Review article
Published: 19 February 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology
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Psychology related to areas such as gender, language, education and violence has provided scientific knowledge that contributes to reducing coercive social relationships, and to expanding freedom in sexual-affective relationships. Nonetheless, today there are new challenges that require additional developments. In the area of consent, professionals from different fields, such as law, gender, and education, are in need of evidence differentiating human communication that produces consent, and those conditions that coerce. Up to now, consent has been focused on verbal language, for example, “no means no,” or “anything less than yes is no.” Despite the fact that focusing consent on verbal language is a very important part of the problem, it does not solve most of the issues currently raised, like the famous case of “La Manada” in Spain. This article presents the most recent results of a new line of research, which places the problem and the solution in communicative acts, not only in speech acts. Even though there might be a “yes” in a sexual-affective relationship, there might not be consent, and it is indeed a coercive relationship if that “yes” has been given in a relationship determined by institutional power or by interactive power. Institutional power may occur if whoever made the proposal for the relationship is a person in charge of the process of selecting personnel in a company, and one of the candidates is the person who receives the proposal. Interactive power may occur if whoever makes the proposal is situated in an equal or inferior position in the company to the person receiving it, but the former threatens sextortion the latter. The potential social impact of this research has been already shown in the cases analyzed for this study.

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Ramon Flecha; Gema Tomás; Ana Vidu. Contributions From Psychology to Effectively Use, and Achieving Sexual Consent. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 92 .

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Ramon Flecha, Gema Tomás, Ana Vidu. Contributions From Psychology to Effectively Use, and Achieving Sexual Consent. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():92.

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Ramon Flecha; Gema Tomás; Ana Vidu. 2020. "Contributions From Psychology to Effectively Use, and Achieving Sexual Consent." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 92.

Journal article
Published: 28 May 2019 in Palgrave Communications
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Lidia Puigvert; Loraine Gelsthorpe; Marta Soler Gallart; Ramon Flecha. Girls’ perceptions of boys with violent attitudes and behaviours, and of sexual attraction. Palgrave Communications 2019, 5, 56 .

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Lidia Puigvert, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Marta Soler Gallart, Ramon Flecha. Girls’ perceptions of boys with violent attitudes and behaviours, and of sexual attraction. Palgrave Communications. 2019; 5 (1):56.

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Lidia Puigvert; Loraine Gelsthorpe; Marta Soler Gallart; Ramon Flecha. 2019. "Girls’ perceptions of boys with violent attitudes and behaviours, and of sexual attraction." Palgrave Communications 5, no. 1: 56.

Research article
Published: 29 August 2018 in PLOS ONE
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The social impact of research has usually been analysed through the scientific outcomes produced under the auspices of the research. The growth of scholarly content in social media and the use of altmetrics by researchers to track their work facilitate the advancement in evaluating the impact of research. However, there is a gap in the identification of evidence of the social impact in terms of what citizens are sharing on their social media platforms. This article applies a social impact in social media methodology (SISM) to identify quantitative and qualitative evidence of the potential or real social impact of research shared on social media, specifically on Twitter and Facebook. We define the social impact coverage ratio (SICOR) to identify the percentage of tweets and Facebook posts providing information about potential or actual social impact in relation to the total amount of social media data found related to specific research projects. We selected 10 projects in different fields of knowledge to calculate the SICOR, and the results indicate that 0.43% of the tweets and Facebook posts collected provide linkages with information about social impact. However, our analysis indicates that some projects have a high percentage (4.98%) and others have no evidence of social impact shared in social media. Examples of quantitative and qualitative evidence of social impact are provided to illustrate these results. A general finding is that novel evidences of social impact of research can be found in social media, becoming relevant platforms for scientists to spread quantitative and qualitative evidence of social impact in social media to capture the interest of citizens. Thus, social media users are showed to be intermediaries making visible and assessing evidence of social impact.

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Cristina M. Pulido; Gisela Redondo-Sama; Teresa Sordé Martí; Ramon Flecha. Social impact in social media: A new method to evaluate the social impact of research. PLOS ONE 2018, 13, e0203117 .

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Cristina M. Pulido, Gisela Redondo-Sama, Teresa Sordé Martí, Ramon Flecha. Social impact in social media: A new method to evaluate the social impact of research. PLOS ONE. 2018; 13 (8):e0203117.

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Cristina M. Pulido; Gisela Redondo-Sama; Teresa Sordé Martí; Ramon Flecha. 2018. "Social impact in social media: A new method to evaluate the social impact of research." PLOS ONE 13, no. 8: e0203117.

Journal article
Published: 14 February 2018 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Background: High incidences of drug consumption and mental health problems are found among the Roma population in Spain, a reality that remains understudied. Past studies have indicated the positive role played by the Iglesia Evangélica Filadelfia (IEF) in promoting rehabilitation and prevention of these practices. Objective: In this article, authors analyze in which ways the IEF favors processes of drug rehabilitation and mental health recovery as well as the prevention of these problems among its Roma members. Methods: A communicative qualitative approach was developed. It was communicative because new knowledge was created by dialogically contrasting the existing state of the art with study participants. It was qualitative because everyday life stories were collected, gathering the experiences, perceptions and interpretations of Roma people who are actively involved in three different IEF churches based in Barcelona. Results: This article identifies these protective factors: anti-drug discourse, a supportive environment, new social relations, role model status, the promotion of interactions, the revaluation of oneself, spiritual activities and the improvement of the feeling of belonging and the creation of meaning. Conclusion: The present research contributes new evidence to the current understanding of the role played by the IEF in improving Roma health status and how the identified protective factors can contribute to rehabilitation and recovery from such problems in other contexts.

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Jelen Amador López; Ramón Flecha García; Teresa Sordé Martí. Drugs and Mental Health Problems among the Roma: Protective Factors Promoted by the Iglesia Evangélica Filadelfia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15, 335 .

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Jelen Amador López, Ramón Flecha García, Teresa Sordé Martí. Drugs and Mental Health Problems among the Roma: Protective Factors Promoted by the Iglesia Evangélica Filadelfia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15 (2):335.

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Jelen Amador López; Ramón Flecha García; Teresa Sordé Martí. 2018. "Drugs and Mental Health Problems among the Roma: Protective Factors Promoted by the Iglesia Evangélica Filadelfia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 2: 335.

Reference entry
Published: 19 December 2017 in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education
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Community-based educational programs (CBEPs) have been recommended as a successful strategy for improving students’ results, family involvement, and community and social cohesion. However, research has shown that not all CBEPs generate the same results. An analysis of the social impact of community-based educational programs enables us to identify programs that achieve better social results and provide evidence of the extent to which these results contribute to improving citizens’ lives. To this end, this study describes the social impact of social improvements achieved as a consequence of implementing community-based educational programs informed by research and how those improvements contribute to addressing existing societal challenges and goals (such as EU2020 targets and Sustainable Development Goals).

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Ramon Flecha. Social Impact of Community-Based Educational Programs in Europe. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education 2017, 1 .

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Ramon Flecha. Social Impact of Community-Based Educational Programs in Europe. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. 2017; ():1.

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Ramon Flecha. 2017. "Social Impact of Community-Based Educational Programs in Europe." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education , no. : 1.

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Published: 18 July 2017 in Research Evaluation
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Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact of evaluation landscape. This article reviews the existing scientific knowledge on evaluation tools and techniques that are applied to assess the scientific impact of SSH research; the changing structure of social and political impacts of SSH research is investigated based on an overarching research question: to what extent do scholars attempt to apply methods, instruments, and approaches that take into account the distinctive features of SSH? The review also includes examples of European Union (EU) projects that demonstrate these impacts. This article culminates in a discussion of the development of the assessment of different impacts and identifies limitations, and areas and topics to explore in the future.

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Emanuela Reale; Dragana Avramov; Kubra Canhial; Claire Donovan; Ramon Flecha; Poul Holm; Charles Larkin; Benedetto Lepori; Judith Mosoni-Fried; Esther Oliver; Emilia Primeri; Lidia Puigvert; Andrea Scharnhorst; Andràs Schubert; Marta Soler; Sàndor Soòs; Teresa Sordé; Charles Travis; René Van Horik. A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities research. Research Evaluation 2017, 27, 298 -308.

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Emanuela Reale, Dragana Avramov, Kubra Canhial, Claire Donovan, Ramon Flecha, Poul Holm, Charles Larkin, Benedetto Lepori, Judith Mosoni-Fried, Esther Oliver, Emilia Primeri, Lidia Puigvert, Andrea Scharnhorst, Andràs Schubert, Marta Soler, Sàndor Soòs, Teresa Sordé, Charles Travis, René Van Horik. A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities research. Research Evaluation. 2017; 27 (4):298-308.

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Emanuela Reale; Dragana Avramov; Kubra Canhial; Claire Donovan; Ramon Flecha; Poul Holm; Charles Larkin; Benedetto Lepori; Judith Mosoni-Fried; Esther Oliver; Emilia Primeri; Lidia Puigvert; Andrea Scharnhorst; Andràs Schubert; Marta Soler; Sàndor Soòs; Teresa Sordé; Charles Travis; René Van Horik. 2017. "A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social and political impact of social sciences and humanities research." Research Evaluation 27, no. 4: 298-308.

Journal article
Published: 30 March 2017 in International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences
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Recent debates on the meaning and use of science are focused on addressing citizens’ needs or concerns of society in different fields. Researchers have developed different methodologies for capturing the relevance of topics to be addressed by research in order to map them. This article proposes a new methodology for identifying the relevance of research goals through collecting citizen’s voices on Twitter and Facebook combing two approaches: top down, starting with already defined research goals priorities, and bottom up, departing from the social media. The article presents the results of the application of this methodology through the research goals of Sustainable Development Goals to identify their relevance and if there are some topics not covered by them. Thus, researchers could integrate this methodology in their daily work and be more in line with the needs expressed by citizens in social media.

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Joan Cabré-Olivé; Ramon Flecha-García; Vladia Ionescu; Cristina Pulido; Teresa Sordé-Martí. Identifying the Relevance of Research Goals through Collecting Citizens’ Voices on Social Media. International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 2017, 6, 70 .

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Joan Cabré-Olivé, Ramon Flecha-García, Vladia Ionescu, Cristina Pulido, Teresa Sordé-Martí. Identifying the Relevance of Research Goals through Collecting Citizens’ Voices on Social Media. International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences. 2017; 6 (1):70.

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Joan Cabré-Olivé; Ramon Flecha-García; Vladia Ionescu; Cristina Pulido; Teresa Sordé-Martí. 2017. "Identifying the Relevance of Research Goals through Collecting Citizens’ Voices on Social Media." International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 6, no. 1: 70.

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Published: 25 June 2016 in International Journal of Sociology of Education
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El informeEqualitity of Educational Opportunity (EEO)de James S. Coleman en 1966, señaló el escaso efecto de la escuela en la igualdad educativa, marcando el contexto socioeconómico y las diferencias étnicas como elementos claves para el aprendizaje. Estos supuestos inspiraron décadas de investigación sobre el rol de la escuela en el rendimiento académico, generando un discurso reproduccionista que negaba la posibilidad de mayor igualdad. Ya autores como H. Levin (1972), o los de laBlack Responserespondieron inmediatamente a los fallos estadísticos y las negativas consecuencias sociales de ese informe y otros análogos como el de C. Jencks (1972). Este artículo presenta cómo el programa de investigación científica europeo ha demostrado que la realización de actuaciones educativas de éxito (AEE) varíamuy significativamente los resultadosacadémicos, superando así todas las variables deterministas consideradas por Coleman.

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Ramã³N Flecha; Nataly Buslon. 50 Años Después del Informe Coleman. Las Actuaciones Educativas de Éxito sí Mejoran los Resultados Académicos. International Journal of Sociology of Education 2016, 5, 127 -143.

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Ramã³N Flecha, Nataly Buslon. 50 Años Después del Informe Coleman. Las Actuaciones Educativas de Éxito sí Mejoran los Resultados Académicos. International Journal of Sociology of Education. 2016; 5 (2):127-143.

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Ramã³N Flecha; Nataly Buslon. 2016. "50 Años Después del Informe Coleman. Las Actuaciones Educativas de Éxito sí Mejoran los Resultados Académicos." International Journal of Sociology of Education 5, no. 2: 127-143.