Estu­dios Marí­ti­mos y Socia­les is a maga­zi­ne published by Estu­dios Socia­les Marítimos’s team, from the Uni­ver­sity of Mar del Pla­ta (GES­Mar group). Its pages are open to cir­cu­la­tion for scien­ti­fic inves­ti­ga­tions on the social scien­ces field, with par­ti­cu­lar inter­est in issues rela­ting the past, the pre­sent and the futu­re of port and mari­ti­me com­mu­ni­ties. Also, the magazine’s aim is to sti­mu­la­te the deba­te bet­ween the dif­fe­rent dis­ci­pli­nes of social scien­ces on more gene­ral issues.