The University Social Responsibility of the Department of Psychology is a collective space developed by teachers with the purpose of responding to the demands and social problems of Peru, through the articulation of initiatives led by teachers that bring together students and graduates of psychology, as well as other members of the university community. The USR approach is incorporated in the Department of Psychology in order to promote responsible social involvement in the teaching practice, which is visible in the different training, research and public commitment actions.
It is aimed at favoring the development and strengthening of personal, theoretical and technical resources of teachers, promoting the integration of social reality to the university teaching practice. In addition, it aims to foster the interest of Psychology teachers at PUCP in contributing to people in situations of oppression and social exclusion. It also seeks to enhance the formative relationship between teachers and students through the realization of social responsibility projects, which are carried out from an organized and elaborated work by all parties. It is, therefore, a space of permanent training for students, graduates and teachers, which seeks to promote processes of collaboration and mutual enrichment with society and its needs.
Promote and consolidate university social responsibility in the training and research carried out by the Department of Psychology. This goal is achieved through the promotion of academic activities of reflection on university social responsibility; promotion, prevention and psychosocial intervention actions; accompaniment and supervision of professionals and students involved in USR projects; and active participation in networks and public advocacy spaces.
Its political dimension seeks to respond from diagnosis, research, intervention and psychological evaluation, to the demands and social problems that we have as a country. It also seeks to incorporate the learning that is generated in the interaction with a complex reality in the teaching work, thus raising concern for the other, for their needs and for the recognition of diversity.
Lines of action are established to guide the work carried out by psychology teachers, complementing and enhancing academic and professional work, building a USR experience based on dissemination, knowledge development, training and psychosocial intervention.