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New management team starts revolutionary research phase at CALAS!
Bielefeld's CALAS starts a new project phase with 3.2 million euros in funding. Management team reorganized for interdisciplinary research.
New management team starts revolutionary research phase at CALAS!
A new chapter in the field of Latin American research is opening! The CALAS Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies has just started the next project phase entitled “Creating Horizons: Accelerations, Emergences, Transformations”. How Bielefeld University reports, the project is being supported with a whopping 3.2 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and will run over the next four years.
A new wind is blowing on the line! Professor Dr. Wilfried Raussert, an expert in North American studies at Bielefeld University, takes over as the new German director. He succeeds Professor Dr. Olaf Kaltmeier, who played a key role in the successful development of the project. At his side will be Dr. Eleonora Rohland will act as the new university representative on the governing body. Rohland brings a transregional approach that cleverly links ecological crises and social upheavals.
Research focus on creative change
Bielefeld University will manage two knowledge laboratories in this phase. The first is dedicated to the topics of “Creativity, Art, and Social Change”, while the second pursues future-oriented approaches with “Earth Care as transformative force”. The aim is to conduct research in an open dialogue between science and society - fundamental principles that also apply to the newly established focus area SHIFT/Shifting Worlds at the university.
CALAS has established itself as an important lighthouse in Latin American research, promoting international networking and collaboration Ceags reports. It brings together a total of three German and four Latin American universities and is currently the most extensive research project on Latin America supported by federal funds.
Research in the face of global challenges
CALAS, based in Guadalajara, Mexico, is led by a strong team of project leaders such as Professor Dr. Christine Hatzky from Leibniz University Hannover, coordinated. The current research focus is on “Mapping Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America”. The project groups cover a wide range, such as “Visions of Peace” and “Coping with Environmental Crises”. An exciting constellation that aims to do justice to different social dynamics in Latin America.
A look outside the box also shows that interdisciplinary approaches are increasingly in demand. The Latin America Institute at the Free University of Berlin has also focused on researching complex relationships. The institute's goal, among other things, is to explore the conditions and prerequisites of the Latin American present, as can be seen from the current research profile, which can be found under LAI Berlin is accessible.
With commitment and international exchange, the next phase of CALAS will show what creative solutions and scientific approaches can emerge from today's challenges. It remains exciting!