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The Institute of Anthropology at the Pontifical Gregorian University is committed to raising awareness about human dignity, promoting education and interdisciplinary research on human dignity. Its purpose is also to train people who specialize in applying measures that aim to promote and protect human dignity and work to create healthy relationships and environments. The Institute intends to contribute to the formation of men and women who serve others – especially those whose dignity has been wounded and those whose dignity needs special care.
The Institute’s objectives are
The Institute of Anthropology offers two academic programs in safeguarding and one in anthropology.
Our programs have a student-centered approach aimed at providing students with a learning environment that continually challenges them to take their next step towards the lasting acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behaviors. The programs are designed to facilitate the development of the whole person and presuppose the students’ willingness to take responsibility for their own learning as well as to engage in personal reflection, feedback processes, supervision, practical workshops, and faith sharing.
This student-centered approach also fosters the contextualization of the course contents, as students are invited to continuously reflect on whether and how certain content, skills, and behaviors might or might not be applicable in their own cultures and/or professional fields. Students are perpetually graded on their efforts (learning process and class participation), their results (completion of tasks), and the level of their personal and professional reflection.