The Collective Identity Research Center (CEIC/IKI) is a research center and reflection group on issues related to identity in contemporary societies. It has its headquarters in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of the Basque Country (EHU). The CEIC/IKI was founded in 1994 and since 1996 has been qualified as a Type A Consolidated Research Group of the Basque University System.
An initiative spearheaded by the Research Committee on Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change (RC48) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), based at CEIC.
Research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) analyzing the traits of socio-ecological practices in Europe and Latin America, directed by Benjamín Tejerina.