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Introduction

The UNESCO Chair in Health and Social Development began its activities in 2016 with the participation of the University of Tehran and the UNESCO-Iran National Commission. With the aim of joining the global network of UNESCO academic chairs and using national capacities in the field of natural and social sciences, this chair examines the fundamental issue of social health of citizens and the national development process from different angles. By holding specialized meetings at the national and international levels, carrying out related research projects, creating research and operational infrastructures for those interested in carrying out humanitarian activities in order to promote social health and development of the country, and sending professors and students to national and regional centers. In the fields of research, it will take an important step towards the country's lofty goals in creating scientific-research platforms for sustainable national development. Dr. Younes Nourbakhsh, a member of the faculty of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tehran, chairs this chair. The executive structure of the UNESCO Chair in Health and Social Development includes education, research, scientific committees, as well as international relations and public relations departments.

Scientific group

 
 
The scientific groups of the UNESCO Chair in Health and Social Development are specialized departments that are formed to research and study issues related to the subject of the chair. These groups were formed to bring together the country's scientific and executive elites with the UNESCO Chair in Health and Social Development to advance common goals. The scientific groups define, develop and implement educational, research, extension and international programs in defined specialized areas with the presence of experts and researchers.

International Group

 

Since the UNESCO Chair in Health and Social Development intends to expand its activities by expanding its relations with international chairs in related fields and cooperating with government organizations and institutions as well as the private sector related to improving the quality of life of citizens, a Relations and Public Relations section has been defined in the structure of the chair. Defining joint training workshops and interdisciplinary research with domestic and international universities and chairs, as well as following up on the chair's joint memorandums of understanding with educational and research institutions, and responding to interested parties are among the duties of these sections.

Education Department

The United Nations has announced the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in programs to reduce poverty and hunger, improve health and well-being, improve the quality of education, achieve gender equality, access to safe drinking water, clean and affordable energy, economic growth and decent work for all, develop industrial infrastructure and innovation, reduce inequality, sustainable communities and cities, produce and consume responsibly, strive to protect the environment, preserve water resources and life on a clean earth, promote social justice, support powerful organizations to protect peace, and ultimately strive to attract participation to achieve these goals. The UNESCO Chair in Social Health and Development at the University of Tehran intends to take an effective step in partnership with the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tehran to educate interested parties to increase awareness of the steps to achieve sustainable development in developing countries. The most important activities of the education sector include providing educational services (including holding workshops and short-term training courses) to government agencies, organizations, and centers, and private enterprises on the subject of development and social health, providing consulting services to government and non-government agencies, raising awareness of the local community on the subject of development and social health through promotional activities in cooperation with non-governmental organizations and popular institutions, and cooperating with academic and educational centers in developing educational syllabuses related to development and social health.

Research Department

 

Social health determinants (SHD) refer to the conditions in which people are born, grow up, find a job, live and age. They also refer to the broad structures that shape such conditions for everyday life. These structures can include policies and economic systems of societies, development programs, social norms and cultural, social and political policies. Social health determinants play an effective role in the global agenda for sustainable development of societies. Therefore, one of the effective factors in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is the promotion of the social health of citizens. The Research Section of the UNESCO Chair in Social Health and Development was established with the aim of supporting research projects and theses related to the subject of this Chair, as well as organizing and conducting research in the field of social indicators of health and sustainable development in cooperation with relevant organizations and institutions.