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| CLACSO | |
|---|---|
| Name | CLACSO |
| Native name | Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Region served | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Members | over 700 research institutions |
CLACSO is a regional scholarly consortium founded in 1967 that brings together research centers, graduate programs, and universities across Latin America and the Caribbean to promote social sciences and humanities research. It operates as a networked hub for collaborative research, postgraduate training, policy dialogue, and open access publishing, engaging with a broad array of institutions and figures from across the hemisphere and beyond. CLACSO has played a role in regional debates involving actors such as Organisation of American States, United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and many national ministries and universities.
Established during a period marked by political turbulence and academic mobilization, CLACSO emerged alongside initiatives linked to figures like Raúl Prebisch, José Martí-inspired intellectual circles, and movements connected to Latin American Structuralism and Dependency Theory. Its early decades overlapped with military regimes in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil, prompting collaborations with exiled scholars and institutions including Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Universidad de Chile, and Universidade de São Paulo. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s CLACSO engaged with transitional processes in nations like Spain and Portugal as comparative models and connected with networks involving International Labour Organization research and debates around the Washington Consensus. Into the 21st century, CLACSO expanded programs on democratization, indigenous rights, and social movements, intersecting with actors such as Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, Zapatista Army of National Liberation, and policy forums like World Social Forum.
CLACSO’s mission emphasizes strengthening social science research capacities across institutions such as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and University of the West Indies, while fostering dialogue with bodies like United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Inter-American Development Bank, and Ford Foundation. Its objectives include advancing comparative studies relevant to crises involving International Monetary Fund programs, migration flows through corridors linked to Mexico and Central America, human rights challenges connected to Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and environmental conflicts such as disputes involving Irigoyen-era policies and extractive projects in Bolivia and Peru. CLACSO supports postgraduate training, policy-oriented research, and dissemination through platforms that interact with prize-awarded scholars like Arturo Escobar, Aníbal Quijano, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
The consortium functions through a secretariat based in Buenos Aires alongside national and thematic nodes embedded in institutions including Universidad de la República (Uruguay), Universidad de Costa Rica, and Universidad de Antioquia. Governance mechanisms involve assemblies and councils with delegates drawn from member centers such as Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Centro de Estudios Rurales y Urbanos, and university departments like Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (UBA). Executive leadership liaises with advisory committees composed of scholars affiliated with entities like Latin American Studies Association, Consejo de Rectores, and international partners including European Union research programs and agencies such as Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional.
CLACSO coordinates thematic networks spanning topics such as gender and feminism with connections to activists and scholars from Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres, indigenous studies linked to organizations like Consejo Indígena de Gobierno, migration studies engaging centers at El Colegio de México, and public policy analysis tied to think tanks such as Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento. Networks facilitate comparative work on social movements—referencing cases like MST (Brazil), Movimiento 19 de Abril (Venezuela), and Movimiento al Socialismo (Bolivia)—as well as projects on memory and transitional justice intersecting with tribunals and archives in Argentina and Chile. Capacity-building programs have partnered with donors such as Open Society Foundations and research schemes under Horizon 2020-style frameworks.
CLACSO maintains publishing programs and digital repositories that amplify scholarship from presses and journals associated with institutions like FLACSO, CEPAL-affiliated authors, and university publishers across Latin America. Its open access repository hosts working papers, monographs, and journals authored by scholars such as Néstor García Canclini, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, and Maria Teresa Tula-linked studies. The consortium promotes interoperability with international platforms, supports translations of key works by writers like Eduardo Galeano and Pablo Neruda-era commentators, and advances editorial standards consistent with indexes including Scopus and Redalyc.
CLACSO engages in partnerships with regional organizations like Mercosur-level education initiatives, multilateral agencies including World Bank research units, and academic associations such as African Studies Association and Association of Asian Studies for South-South dialogue. It participates in global forums alongside networks affiliated with United Nations Development Programme, International Institute for Educational Planning, and transnational coalitions like Latindadd. Bilateral collaborations have involved ministries of culture and education in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and exchange agreements with universities such as Harvard University, University College London, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Funding streams combine membership contributions from centers in countries like Argentina and Chile, project grants from foundations such as Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations, and contracts with agencies including European Commission research calls. Governance balances representation through assemblies of members, executive secretariats, and oversight by advisory boards featuring academics affiliated with Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and regional universities. Accountability mechanisms coordinate audits and program reviews aligned with donors including Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and international evaluators.
Category:Latin American organizations