La investigación social en torno al vínculo entre migraciones y desarrollo: un recorrido por las tesis doctorales producidas en el contexto español.

Migrations and development are two phenomena tightly connected, and this connection has evolved over time according to the goals and the agenda of different agents. It has also generated political, social and academic interests. Since the first theoretical formulations, the migratory phenomenon has been related to the lack of economic development as one of its main causes, although over time other approaches have been added, addressing the effects of migration on development, especially in the origin communities of migrants. No obstante, el enfoque predominante ha sido aquel que abogaba por un discurso preventivo de las migraciones, empleando la cooperación al desarrollo para tal fin. However, the prevailing approach has advocated a preventive discourse on migration, using development aid for this purpose. Thus, a large number of issues emerge from the migration-development nexus with enormous social implications and, therefore, have been of enormous interest for social research. Hence, the goal of this paper is to quantitatively and qualitatively study the doctoral theses focused on these subjects and produced in Spain in the last 30 years. Through the review and documentary analysis of these researches, it has been possible, on the one hand, to document the years of production, the authorship, the universities and the areas of study from which the theses have been produced. On the other, although in close connection, it has allowed us to reflect on the academic interests, the topics addressed, the contexts studied and the ways in which these investigations have been carried out. Finally, this work has helped us to study what has been said in the Academy about the migration-development nexus and, above all, to value doctoral productions as contributions of great value to the scientific world and to society, emphasizing the importance of the applicability of our academic works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]