Frederic Guerrero: "Digital methods can be a driving force for the renewal of research in the humanities and social sciences and we must lose our fear of using them"



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## Frederic Guerrero: "Digital methods can be a driving force for the renewal of research in the humanities and social sciences and we must lose our fear of using them"

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The Universitat Jaume I has held the 27th edition of the Conference for the Promotion of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, which aims to create a forum for debate to promote joint and multidisciplinary work, as well as to provide a first space for research projects of the students of the Faculty.

At the inauguration, the Dean of the FCHS, Andreu Casero, stressed the importance of this conference to vindicate the role of research in the fields of humanities and social sciences, "research with quality and rigour that is not always recognised, and which contributes to social welfare and the configuration of a quality democracy", he pointed out.

He also added that the conference aims to generate research vocations and give a boost to the early careers of young researchers, which is why a new collection of books called "Emergents" has been created to bring together the best papers.

Frederic Guerrero Solé, associate lecturer at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and PhD in Public Communication, then gave the inaugural lecture on research methods in the humanities and social sciences.

Guerrero stated that "we must break down the barriers of knowledge in order to generate new knowledge", referring to the cultural barrier that usually separates the sciences and arts and that "limits our vision as researchers". In this sense, he stressed the usefulness of the social sciences in the current context of the complexity of social phenomena, which means "an infinite number of objects of study that must lead us to reflect and innovate in research methods", he pointed out.

He pointed out that a good researcher is one who asks good questions and the method is a tool for solving them, so "we must not get married to a method because it will limit our questions, but we must take risks and find the best one and learn it". On this issue, he added that "digital methods can be a driving force for the renewal of research in the humanities and social sciences, and we must lose our fear of using them. We should not think that they are not for us and that there is a knowledge barrier," he said.

Finally, Frederic Guerrero also gave some references of tools and platforms available to the research community such as Anaconda or GitHub and reflected on new scenarios that can be the subject of research such as TikTok or the metaverse, without losing sight of the field of humanities and social sciences and also adapting classical methods to the digital environment.

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