This article was accepted into the corpus but its outbound wikilinks were never NER-processed — typical at the deepest BFS hop or when the run's entity cap was reached. No expansion funnel to show.
| Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales | |
|---|---|
| Name | Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales |
| Native name | Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales (IDAES) |
| Established | 1994 |
| Type | Research institute and postgraduate school |
| Parent institution | Universidad Nacional de San Martín |
| Location | San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Director | Maristella Svampa |
Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales is a postgraduate research institute and graduate school affiliated with the Universidad Nacional de San Martín located in San Martín, Buenos Aires. The institute specializes in social sciences and humanities, convening scholars from across Argentina, Latin America, and global institutions. It organizes research projects, doctoral programs, and public events that intersect with regional studies, social theory, and cultural analysis.
Founded in 1994 under the auspices of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, the institute emerged during a period of institutional expansion in Argentina that also saw growth at institutions like the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and collaborations with the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Early leadership established ties with figures from the Instituto Gino Germani and networks connected to the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, while fostering exchanges with the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s the institute developed projects aligned with scholars associated with the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Ford Foundation, expanding doctoral training and holding seminars that included visitors from the University of Cambridge, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
The institute's mission centers on interdisciplinary inquiry into social phenomena with emphases that connect regional dynamics and global debates, engaging with scholars from Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, and the United States. Intellectual currents at the institute draw on traditions associated with figures like Pierre Bourdieu, Immanuel Wallerstein, Aníbal Quijano, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt, while engaging methodological approaches practiced at the London School of Economics, the New School for Social Research, and the University of California, Berkeley. The institute focuses research strands related to cultural movements examined by scholars from Universidad Nacional de Rosario and policy studies resonant with analyses from the Inter-American Development Bank and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Academic offerings include doctoral programs, master's degrees, and specialized postgraduate diplomas with curricula influenced by models at the Universidad de São Paulo, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the Universidad de Salamanca. The doctoral program attracts candidates who previously studied at the Universidad de Antioquia, the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), and who collaborate with supervisors linked to the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica. Courses frequently feature visiting professors from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), and the University of Oxford.
Research centers at the institute host projects on topics including social movements studied alongside activists connected to the Movimiento Cinco Estrellas, urbanization research in dialogue with teams from the Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, and environment-related studies linked to researchers at the Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Major projects have partnered with the Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, the Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Japón, and networks such as CLACSO. Comparative initiatives have engaged scholars from the Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (Chile), the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Harvard), and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
The institute publishes working papers, edited volumes, and journals that feature work by contributors with affiliations including the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, the Universidad de Chile, and the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. It organizes recurring conferences and seminars in collaboration with entities such as the Institut Français, the British Council, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, attracting keynote speakers from the University of Cambridge, the Columbia University, and the University of Michigan. Publications have included thematic compilations on topics linked to scholars associated with the Red de Investigadores sobre Movimientos Sociales and symposia involving members of the International Sociological Association.
Faculty and alumni include prominent Argentine and international intellectuals, with connections to scholars like Maristella Svampa, Atilio Borón, Néstor García Canclini, Eduardo Grüner, Isidro Morales, and visiting researchers who have held positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and the Universidad de Barcelona. Alumni have gone on to roles at institutions including the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, and cultural organizations such as the Teatro Colón and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Located on the campus of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in San Martín, Buenos Aires, facilities include seminar rooms, a specialized library that complements collections at the Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno, and archives used by researchers collaborating with the Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina). The institute's spaces host events co-organized with the Centro Cultural Recoleta, the Museo de la Plata, and international delegations from the European Commission and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The institute maintains formal and informal partnerships with universities and organizations across Latin America, Europe, and North America, including the Universidad de Buenos Aires, the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, the Universidad de Antioquia, the University of Toronto, and the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Collaborative grants and projects have been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the European Union, and bilateral programs with the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo and the Austrian Development Cooperation.
Category:Research institutes in Argentina Category:Universidad Nacional de San Martín