Cristina Asenjo Palma

Name: Cristina Asenjo Palma
Title
Organisation: Social Policy School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh
Address: Edinburgh UK
Telephone
E-Mail: Cristina.Asenjo@ed.ac.uk
Research Interests: Well-being, Community Development, Rights-based Approaches, Asset-based Approaches, Mixed Methods, Conflict Resolution
URL: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/community_and_representation/research_student_profiles/social_policy/cristina_asenjo_palma

PhD Title

Enhancing community well-being: a matter of assets or rights?

Research Interests

During my work as a community development worker, I faced a recurrent question: how can practitioners enhance the well-being of communities in situations of disadvantage? Two approaches lead the development practice in Scotland. The asset based approach seeks to help people develop skills to address difficulties by themselves. The rights based approach seeks to help people make governments accountable for addressing the structural barriers to well-being.

My research aims to explore how asset and rights based approaches may influence the well-being of communities facing disdavantage accross three dimensions: material, social and personal.