César González-Saavedra, PhD in Community Development: 'We must strengthen real social networks, not digital networks'

When talking about social networks, anyone will come to the head instantly X, TikTok, Instagram and company... However, César González-Saavedra, member of the scientific management of the CaixaProinfància program, PhD in Community Development and researcher at the Universitat Ramon Llull refers to its original meaning: the creation of permanent human links. A real community that, according to a recently published article by the La Caixa Foundati…

Article published in Red and Black no. 399, April 2025 It was in 1993 when a renowned English anthropologist from Oxford University, Robin Dunbar, presented his thesis on the “social brain.” In it he hypothesized, from the observation of primates, that human beings could grow both intellectually and improve in mental health through our social relationships. On this we will talk. By saying Social Support Networks (or Mutual Support) we refer to t…