Newsletter
1. Call for applications for two senior research fellowships “Creating Horizons”
CALAS is offering two research fellowships under its ‘senior visiting researcher’ programme. The fellowships consist of three-month residencies at one of CALAS’s two centers in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Quito, Ecuador, during the second half of 2027. In line with CALAS’s “Creating Horizons” research programme, applicants are expected to contribute to the development of new methodological and analytical approaches to understanding changes and crises in Latin America. Fellowship holders are invited to publish their research findings in the essay collection “Afrontar las Crisis”.
The call is open until January 11, 2027. Conditions can be consulted here.
2. Funding to organise two ‘Platforms for Dialogue’”
CALAS is inviting proposals to coordinate two “Platforms for Dialogue”; one based at its headquarters in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the other at its Southern Cone and Brazil regional office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The “Platform for Dialogue” is a collaborative format designed to promote and foster interdisciplinary, interregional and intergenerational discussion on a specific topic. It is an academic event intended for a group of 15 to 30 participants and may last between two and four days. Financial support of up to EUR 20,000 is available to cover the costs of organising the event.
The call is open until January 11, 2027. Conditions can be consulted here.
3. Research Fellowship: Strategies, partnerships and narratives to strengthen democratic resilience in Latin America
CALAS, in partnership with the Universities of Bielefeld and Kassel, as well as the office for Mexico and the Caribbean of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBS), is offering a three-month research fellowship aimed at promoting studies on democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fellowship funds a residential stay at CALAS’s headquarters in Guadalajara, Mexico, between March and July 2027, with the possibility of travelling to the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s office in Mexico City during this period. The central theme of this fellowship is the study of the implications for democratic theory of the processes of radicalisation and polarisation, as well as of growing authoritarianism in the region.
The call is open until November 15, 2026. Conditions can be consulted here.