Loyola Research Collective
Fostering scientific temper, research culture, and lifelong learning through multidisciplinary collaboration and engaged scholarship.
Our Mission
The world is becoming increasingly complex, competitive, data-driven, and knowledge-intensive. Loyola's mission is to make its students globally competent for which they have to be deeply knowledgeable and willing to be lifelong learners.
We felt that it was high time we went beyond the existing Research Clinic and brought teachers, research scholars and students of all departments on a synergistic platform that promoted multidisciplinary and different opportunities for growing together by enriching one another. That is why we evolved Loyola Research Collective (LRC).
The knowledge of and aptitude for research culture and aptitude among students and faculty members by promoting the practice of learning and growing together.
Our Objectives
The Loyola Research Collective is built on six foundational objectives that guide our research culture.
Engaged Learning
Strengthening research as a process to promote engaged learning.
Research Methodology
Enhancing the understanding of research methodology.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Encouraging interdisciplinary perspectives among the students and the faculty.
Social Relevance
Using research as a platform to engage students on socially relevant topics.
Critical Thinking
Fostering critical thinking and dialogue among students.
Technological Tools
Facilitating better use of technological tools for quality research.
Research Areas
Our doctoral programmes span diverse research areas in social sciences.
Sociology
- Urban Studies
- Gender & Development
- Social Movements
- Irrigation Studies
- Environmental Sociology
- Political Sociology
Social Work
- Community Development
- Medical Social Work
- Disaster Management
- Child Welfare
- Women Empowerment
- Gerontology
Management Studies
- Human Resource Management
- Organisational Behaviour
- Strategic Management
- Leadership Studies
- Corporate Social Responsibility
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Become part of a vibrant research community that values collaboration, innovation, and social impact.
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