A Glimpse at Our Work
This page provides a glimpse of the different fields of work at the Ibero-American Institute (IAI). This quarter we would like to introduce:
desiguALdades.net – a Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities in Latin America
Since the end of 2009 the Ibero-American Institute and the Institute for Latin America Studies (LAI) at Freie Universität Berlin have coordinated the international and interdisciplinary research network desiguALdades.net. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides financial support to the network in the frame of its funding line on area studies.
The network's research focuses on the phenomena of social inequalities, which are shaped by Latin America's transregional interdependencies. Of the project's four research dimensions, the IAI is responsible for the area exploring socio-ecological inequalities.
Grants for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral fellows and research residencies for guest researchers are important instruments for promoting the network worldwide and building networks. Annual conferences, summer academies and seminars on development policy and workshops foster the exchange of expertise between academics and enable the network to develop its profile. The findings of the project are presented in various publications and the desiguALdades.net Working Paper Series. For more information, go to: www.desiguALdades.net.