Newsletter
1. Call for Applications for Two Research Fellowships at the regional offices in Costa Rica and Ecuador
CALAS and Bielefeld University are accepting applications for two fellowships—lasting two to three months—intended for qualified researchers to work in residence at one of CALAS’s regional centers in Central America and the Caribbean (San José, Costa Rica) or the Andean region (located at FLACSO, Ecuador). In accordance with CALAS’s current research program “Creating Horizons”, candidates are expected to contribute to the development of new methodological and analytical approaches to understanding the changes, transformations, and creation of new horizons in response to crises in Latin America. This may include a review of Latin American and hemispheric approaches, theories, and methodologies that address transformation, mobility, crisis, and horizons, as well as the dynamics of interdependence and disengagement in the region.
The call is open until October 12, 2026. Conditions can be consulted here.
2. Call for Guest Chair CALAS Cuba
CALAS, the University of Havana (Cuba), and the National University of San Martín (Argentina) are inviting applications for a fellowship to serve as the CALAS Cuba Chair, which will be based, on this occasion, at the National University of San Martín (Argentina). The fellowship involves a three-month stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, the Chair invites specialists to submit research proposals on the processes of constitution and (re)production of subjects and the reconfiguration of social relations in contemporary Cuba. Proposals must be grounded in a situated perspective and may incorporate comparative, relational, or transnational approaches involving Latin America and the Caribbean, provided they contribute to understanding the specific characteristics of the Cuban case and its place within broader regional dynamics.
The call is open until October 12, 2026. Conditions can be consulted here.
3. Call for Papers: Accelerations and Transformations in the World of Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean from a Global Perspective (San Jose-Costa Rica, March 15 to 17, 2027)
The CALAS Knowledge Laboratory “Accelerations and Transformations of the World of Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean from a Global Perspective” invites researchers to participate in its International Conference from March 15 to 17, 2027, at the University of Costa Rica. We welcome contributions that address at least one of these four themes: 1. Forms of job precariousness, “legal warfare,” erosion of labor rights, and the weakening of collective bargaining. 2. Platform capitalism, the digitization of the economy, and the gig economy. 3. Forms of alternative economies. 4. Social and cultural representations of labor inequalities.
The call is open until October 12, 2026. Conditions can be consulted here.