Social Communication students will represent UNR at the most important Social Sciences Congress in Latin America.

A group of students from the Bachelor's Degree in Social Communication at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario was selected to participate in the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Social Sciences (CLACSO) to be held from June 12 to XNUMX in Bogotá, Colombia.

Comprised of Mauro Colombo, Joaquín Torrado, Sol Caseres, Andrés García, Tiago Giménez, Olivia Hulten, Santiago Lunghi, Juan Cruz Mares, and Mateo Troielli, the team will present the work carried out within the framework of the Fair Play Observatory, a project promoted by the Writing II Chair, under the coordination of Professor Orlando Verna, in conjunction with the Human Rights Area of ​​the UNR.

UNR will accompany the team during their participation in this new edition of the conference. Within this framework, Rector Franco Bartolacci welcomed Joaquín Torrado and Mateo Troielli, members of the Fair Play Observatory, with whom he discussed the importance of the project and the University's commitment to strengthening student initiatives that articulate academic training, human rights, and engagement with society.

The initiative proposes linking football analysis with a human rights perspective, using the notion of "Fair Play" as its core. Using a proprietary qualitative analysis tool, the group observed the Copa América matches held in the United States in mid-2024 to assess compliance with the code of conduct related to fair play.

“Professor Orlando Verna invited us to conduct a fair play analysis during the Copa América. The objective was to highlight issues that have become normalized in football over time: topics such as racism, fair play, and injustices,” explained Mateo Troielli, adding: “Not only on the field, but also among the fans, in the stadium, and in the management. In other words, we didn't do a tactical analysis, so to speak, but rather a…”