- Circular Economy as a mechanism to promote socially just sustainability. (IP Mario Pansera)
- Cooperative Societies and Social Economy: researching cooperatives as responsible business models (IP M.José Cabaleiro / Carlos Iglesias Malvido)
- Grassroots Innovation as enablers of transformative socio-ecological changes. (IP Mario Pansera)
- Politics of Innovation: Our research is geared to democratizing the institutions of science, technology and innovation, asking questions such as: What is innovation for? Who’s innovation for? Who wins and who loses? (IP Mario Pansera)
- Post-Growth and Degrowth: Understanding the role of technology, science and innovation under a post-growth paradigm: post-growth organizations, post-growth innovation, limits of science. (IP Mario Pansera)
- Responsible Innovation: Developing models of responsible innovation to ensure that governability and ethical considerations are built into high-risk socio-technical interventions. (IP Mario Pansera)