This report presents a summary of the results of the institutional self-assessment of the Postraduate Program in Social Sciences in the 2021-2024 evaluation cycle, and defines the strategic guidelines for the next four-year period (2025-2028).
Prepared during the Institutional Self-Assessment and Strategic Planning Seminar in October 2024 and approved at an Expanded Meeting of the Academic Board in November 2024, the report emerges in the context of the transition of the PPGCS to the a Postgraduate Program in Sociology (PPGS), whose formalization began in December 2024. This process represents a strategic opportunity to strengthen integration between research axis, expand the integration of the academic community and expand the Program's activities at regional, national and international levels.
The document is structured in two constituent parts:
(1) Qualitative Report of the SWOT Diagnosis: Institutional Self-Assessment (2021-2024) – Presents the reflections of the faculty and students on the “strengths”, “weaknesses”, “opportunities”, and “threats” of the Program, based on the methodology adopted by the Pro-Rectory of Research and Postgraduate Studies - PRPPG. These analyses support integrated strategies for management, teaching, research and extension.
(2) Strategic Planning Report: Guidelines for the Next Four-Year Period (2025-2028) – Transforms the findings of the diagnosis into a structured plan, organized into three axis: Strategic Aims (OE), Global Goals (MG) and Action Plans (PA), aimed at consolidating academic excellence and expanding the social impact of the Program in the next evaluation cycle.
The OE establish priorities for the next four years, with an emphasis on consolidating the research lines as the Program's structuring pillars, improving academic and administrative management, integrating the academic community, strengthening social impact, and qualifying scientific, technical, and cultural production. The MGs translate these priorities into more concrete deliverables, with deadlines and indicators that will allow monitoring progress throughout the period. The PAs detail the initiatives needed to achieve the goals within the next CAPES evaluation cycle, covering lines, management, integration, impact, and production.
With this strategic planning, the Program reaffirms its historical commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and social relevance, consolidating its position, at the national level, as a center for the production of critical and transformative knowledge, capable of contributing to significant changes in society.