Application and Research Center for Social Responsibility (SSUAM) - Areas of Activity

• To develop and carry out social responsibility projects, conducted with the active participation of university staff and especially our students, aimed primarily at the social and cultural development of children, women, young people, people with disabilities and the elderly, and at improving the economic situation of these groups.
• To carry out educational programs and publications aimed at raising public awareness of social responsibility, primarily among young people, to organize cultural events, and to participate in and support similar projects.
• In line with the Center's founding philosophy, to ensure, through a participatory approach, the realization of new projects or participation in existing projects in cooperation and partnership with the university's other application and research centers and with national or international institutions and organizations.
• To provide student exchanges aimed at increasing our students' experience within the framework of cooperation with similar projects abroad.
• To carry out supportive education and training activities on social problems of interest to university staff, and especially to students.
• To provide students with professional experience and practical opportunities through social responsibility projects.
• To provide students participating in projects with basic training in fundamental topics such as the importance of being a democratic, organized society and of sharing social responsibility in community life, skills for resolving social problems and conflicts, and the expected benefits of projects for societies and participating individuals, as well as the basic training required by the field of activity they choose according to their interests (drama, communication, child education, sign language, etc.).
• To conduct academic research on strengthening awareness of social responsibility, taking part in social solidarity groups, the effects of these processes on the parties involved, and processes of change, and to organize various activities and prepare reports for this purpose.
• To develop new social responsibility and solidarity projects with the participation and suggestions of women, young people, the elderly and people with disabilities.
• To carry out promotional activities.
• To develop and implement new projects on the above-mentioned subjects approved by the Board of Directors.
• To carry out other activities decided by the Board of Directors.