Iran’s Islamic Azad University Keen to Provide Atlas of Social Harms
"Development of the atlas and platform of the social harms is on the Islamic Azad University's agenda which means the mentioned harms are considered based on a model of territorial arrangement in different branches of the IAU," Nasser Ebadati, a senior member of the Scientific Council of the Research Center for Drug Abuse and Behavioral Disorders of Islamic Azad University's branch at Islamshahr, told ANA on the sidelines of Asreh Omid Event.
He added that Islamshahr branch of Islamic Azad university has been entrusted with managing the secretariat of the Social Harms Consortium since a year ago after receiving necessary permissions from the Research Center and Director-General of Laboratory Affairs, noting that various subjects of social harms, behavior disorders, violence, family psychology issues, social rights issues, health and well-being and other issues have been put on the agenda in the Consortium of Social Harms.
"We have activated nine Islamic Azad University's research centers across the country in this Consortium which are located in different provinces, and the managers of these research centers are members of the Council of the Consortium of Social Harms in which relevant meetings are held and they propose special plans in different areas," Ebadati said.
He elaborated on the division of tasks among different branches of Islamic Azad University, saying that for instance Islamshahr branch which is the Research Center for Drug Abuse and Behavioral Disorders has also entrusted with studying issues related to slum-dwelling and informal settlement and the related social issues, Urumiyeh branch follows issues related to psychology and social services and Roudehen branch is entrusted with studies on health and well-being issues as well as subjects related to elderly people.
It is worth to say that social harm is defined as the negative collective impacts associated with an illegal or disorderly act, or social control intervention.
Islamic Azad University's "second step of revolution" under the title of Asreh Omid Event was held in Tehran's Mosalla from May 29 to June 01, 2022 to exhibit new achievements, equipment and products in the technological and innovation arenas in line with opening new windows towards strengthening the idea of creating ground for knowledge-based businesses at the 40th anniversary of establishment of the Islamic Azad University.
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