The LAPS is a laboratory for promoting research within the Department of Sociology of USP and brings together teachers, postdoctoral students, graduate students, and undergraduate students. On the one hand, it socializes Social Sciences undergraduate students in qualitative and quantitative techniques for social research, through short courses, fieldwork, and individual and collective research projects in sociology. On the other hand, it hosts conferences, receives visiting researchers, encourages inter-institutional and international cooperation, as well as the publication and dissemination of research results.