Sustainability goals, mental health and violence: convergent dialogues in research and higher education

Abstract

Our research and teaching work have been guided by a preceding theme, which can be syn thesised as the relationship between environmental changes, quality of life and subjectiv ity. In those analyses, we consider the model of economic development and its relationship to the adequate use, or not, of natural resources, which through accelerated urbanisation promotes changes in land use patterns, new social and political dynamics, and which impose negative consequences on society and the individual, including increased poverty and violence. However, here we are focus on the objective to be achieved – a sustainable development model that provides better living conditions for the population, creating real possibilities to tackle the challenges for adaptation and mitigation to a new scenario.