XII International School of the Ibero-American Network of Postgraduate Studies in Childhood and Youth – RedINJU

This is an intensive postgraduate training program with a comparative and regional perspective. It has been held for nine consecutive years with the participation of master's and doctoral students, professionals responsible for the formulation and implementation of public policies, and representatives of social organizations working on early childhood, childhood, and youth issues in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• To provide a high-quality and rigorous postgraduate training proposal in the field of studies and policies in early childhood, childhood and youth, from a national, regional, international and comparative perspective.

• To foster dialogue on the topics of ongoing research and the difficulties involved in this process.

• To exchange knowledge among participants on theoretical, epistemological and methodological issues of research on early childhood, childhood and youth, as well as professional management practices in social policies.

• To creatively address the challenges of integration among the countries of the region; to recognize, value and live with ethnic-cultural diversity, and to make visible the regional, national and local particularities that frame the discourses and practices of the participants in the School.

• To empower participants with a critical and analytical vision of the social, political, cultural, and economic institutions and forces of their countries and the continent; a position committed to building conditions of equity and justice in the region, as a framework for knowledge production processes, policy analysis, and the design of programs aimed at the human, social, cultural, and political development of early childhood, childhood, and youth; as well as the construction of opportunities and conditions for dignified and equal living.

• To generate dynamics of articulation between the production of knowledge and the development of social policies and actions, as well as to promote solidarity, collaboration, the sense of collective action and the exchange of experiences in the construction of common projects.

• Strengthen the network that is being formed with researchers, public policy officials and representatives of social organizations on issues of early childhood, childhood and youth.

• To promote dialogue and exchange of experiences between researchers at different stages of their training.

• Sara Victoria Alvarado (Coordinator of RedINJU, Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Childhood and Youth and of its Doctorate in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth of Cinde and the University of Manizales, General Director of the Cinde Foundation, Colombia)
• Pablo Vommaro (Director of Research at CLACSO, Argentina)
• Alejandro Gambina, (Virtual Training Coordinator of CLACSO, Argentina)
• Yamileth Andrade (Vice-Rector, University of Manizales, Colombia)
• Daniela León (Director of Teaching, University of Manizales, Colombia) Silvia HS Borelli (Representative of the RedINJU, PUCP-SP, Brazil)
• Rodolfo Cruz (Representative of the RedINJU, El Colef, Mexico)
• Alejandra Barcala (Representative of the RedINJU, UNLa, Argentina)
• Myriam Southwell (Representative of the RedINJU, FLACSO, Argentina)
• Daniel Llanos Erazo (Representative of the Salesian Polytechnic University of Ecuador and Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Childhoods and Youth)
• Melina Vázquez (Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Childhoods and Youth, Argentina)
• María Camila Ospina (Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Childhoods and Youth, Colombia)
• María Isabel Domínguez (Coordinator of the Youth Studies Group of the Center for Psychological and Sociological Research, CIPS, Cuba)

• The School will meet within the framework of the XXIX Session of the Postdoctoral Research Program in Social Sciences, Childhood and Youth: Inequalities, rights, public policies and participation of girls, boys and young people with independently conducted workshops. Similarly, the thematic areas for this version of the school that will be addressed during the meeting are:

• Public Policies on Children and Youth.
• Current situation and child and youth participation.
• Policies of care, human rights and good living.

The lectures are expected to contribute to the school's core concepts, while the workshops aim to create a space for reflection and co-creation based on participants' practices. Similarly, each workshop session will focus on the following points of exchange and analysis:

• Objects of knowledge / objects of work
• Categories of analysis in research and in the development of policies or actions for social intervention.
• Connections between Social Sciences, policy formulation and social intervention. Research and policies for transformation.

• Certificates of participationThey will be given to all students who participate in carrying out the set of proposed activities.

The call for applications is aimed at:

• Master's or doctoral thesis students with thesis projects in the areas of childhood or youth, preferably linked to a CLACSO member center or studying a postgraduate course in the CLACSO Postgraduate Network.

• Public policy officials or representatives of social organizations working in the areas of childhood or youth in Latin American or Caribbean institutions.

Participation in the School is free. Latin American and Caribbean participants will have their accommodation in shared rooms covered from the night of May 7th to the night of May 10th (breakfast included). Lunches on May 8th, 9th, and 10th will be provided at a location designated by the organizers. Accommodation will not be provided for those residing in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA).

The institutions organizing the school They do not assume or cover air or land transport costs.

An international jury, made up of members of the academic committee and other designated evaluators, will select the participants.

The evaluation will take into account academic, geographic, and institutional criteria to ensure the participation of students from diverse countries and institutions. The decision will be final and cannot be appealed. 

The results will be published on the websites of CLACSO and the Center for Advanced Studies in Childhood and Youth of CINDE.  

A total of 45 participants will be selected: 15 international visitors, 30 Argentine residents or nationals that they are master's or doctoral students; responsible for public policies or leaders of social organizations.

RedINJU Special FundOne postgraduate student will be selected from each institution that is part of the Network: Cinde Foundation, University of Manizales, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUCP-SP, Brazil; University of Lanús - UNLa, Argentina, Faculty of Social Sciences - FLACSO, Argentina; Salesian Polytechnic University, Ecuador; College of the Northern Border - El Colef, Mexico; University of Buenos Aires - UBA, Argentina; Center for Psychological and Sociological Research - CIPS, Cuba and the University of the Republic - UdelaR, Uruguay.

REGISTRATION

Those interested should register on the CLACSO website. To do so, they must complete the following requirements: 

• Online form
• CV
• Letter of intent
• Summary of your research project (in the case of postgraduate students) 
• Letter of endorsement (in the case of public policy representatives or social organizations)

IMPORTANT

Those who have participated in previous editions of the RedINJU International Postgraduate School, held in Cartagena de Indias, 2011; Montevideo, 2012; La Paz, 2013; Tijuana, 2014; Antigua, 2015; Manizales, 2016; Tegucigalpa, 2017; Manizales, 2018; Tijuana, 2019, Quito, 2022 and Manizales 2023, will not be able to apply.