Environment, Climate Change and Good Living in Latin America and the Caribbean: conflicts, struggles and policies
RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR TEAMS FOCUSED ON CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Registration closes: July 22
Among the major problems facing the world today, climate change and the relationship between humankind and the environment have emerged as strategic issues shaping the development of the 21st century, understood both as a local and global phenomenon. Likewise, there is a growing number of struggles by peoples, collectives, and communities defending their territories and livelihoods, while simultaneously proposing alternative forms of production and relationships with nature.
In this context, in which the environmental, social, economic and cultural consequences of climate change have intensified in relation to the various dimensions at both the global, local and regional levels, it has become necessary to generate clear scientific and political responses to its multiple problems.
The increasing impacts of climate change on countries in the Global South and on certain populations living in situations of inequality and vulnerability motivate the exploration of the links between climate change and capitalist development. The unsustainability of the current development model, which is socioeconomically unequal and ecologically destructive, demands a structural transformation through public policies aimed at preserving societies and communities and their relationship with the environment. Discussions surrounding extractivism, as well as proposals based on Buen Vivir or Sumak Kawsay in Latin America and the Caribbean, are part of the approaches that require further research, building new evidence and highlighting under-recognized social experiences.
Likewise, in recent years we have witnessed a growing mobilization of broad sectors of society in Latin America and the Caribbean in defense of the environment and territories, denouncing the harmful effects of certain activities such as deforestation, logging, mining, pollution, and the development of extensive, export-oriented agriculture and livestock farming, among others, which weaken Indigenous communities, biomes, and ecosystems. Similarly, the impacts of climate change exacerbate existing multidimensional inequalities that shape the living conditions of most Latin American and Caribbean populations.
Based on the understanding that knowledge production is social, situated, and collective, this call promotes the application of researchers and/or research teams made up of researchers from diverse backgrounds, trajectories, and experiences, who can incorporate public responsibility and work with environmental organizations and movements.
Proposals should focus on one of the following dimensions of the environment, climate change, sustainable development and its conflicts:
– Public policies at different scales and levels.
– Conflicts, social movements and resistance.
– Discussions and experiences on development, alternatives, environment and society.
Based on the above, CLACSO announces a call for research projects for teams on “Environment, Climate Change, and Good Living in Latin America and the Caribbean: Conflicts, Struggles, and Policies.” This call seeks to produce rigorous and innovative knowledge on the proposed topics, as well as to generate public and social influence that contributes to counteracting their impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean.
CONTEST RULES
Call for proposals Climate change
- The team coordinator must be a researcher with accredited ties to CLACSO Member Centers. The information provided on the form is considered a sworn statement. If awarded the grant, the coordinator must submit a letter of support signed by the highest authority of the member center.
- At least the team coordinator must have the link with the Member Center, open the form and register their center.
- Only team presentations (up to 4 members) will be accepted.
- Its composition must respect gender parity (not exclusively men or exclusively women) and must select one member as the project registration representative. These teams must be comprised of established researchers—those with a master's degree, doctorate, or equivalent qualification and a proven academic track record—and researchers in training—those currently pursuing a master's or doctoral degree or who are up to 35 years old and hold an undergraduate degree. In other words, the teams are expected to be intergenerational, integrating researchers with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- The composition of the team will be an indicator to take into account in the evaluation of the proposal.
- Each researcher may only participate with one proposal in this call.
- If the scholarship is awarded and travel is necessary, the winners will be responsible for covering the costs of medical insurance or similar expenses.
Up to 6 research projects will be recognized.
The amount of support granted will consist of U$D 10.000 (ten thousand US dollars or its equivalent in local currency) for each winning proposal.
The proposed research will be carried out over a maximum period of 10 (ten) months. The grants will be paid in installments via bank transfers made to the recipients. It is expected that at least 60% of the grant funds will be used for activities related to gathering and processing the information necessary for the research, which must be reported to CLACSO with supporting documentation.
The selected researchers will work with the support of tutors assigned by CLACSO who will follow the process of their research and results.
CLACSO will publish the final products in print and/or digital media, giving them wide publicity and dissemination through the means it deems appropriate. If necessary, researchers will be asked to make the adaptations and adjustments required for the publication of the resulting research.
The authors will transfer the original publication rights of their works, given that CLACSO adheres to and defends the principles of open science and open access to knowledge, so that the resulting work is easy to find, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. Subsequently, these works may be published in any other medium, always citing the grant received. Researchers must inform CLACSO of the subsequent publication of works resulting from the grant work.
- The member centers to which the applicants are linked must not have any outstanding debts in the payment of membership fees corresponding to the year 2021.
- Completed research projects will not be accepted. Proposals may be linked to ongoing research processes, but the final works must be original and unpublished products and developed within the period established by the call for proposals.
- Members of the Steering Committee or officials of the CLACSO Executive Secretariat may not participate.
- Proposals from researchers who are currently recipients of research grants, fellowships, or research projects organized by CLACSO will not be accepted. Applications from researchers who have previously received a CLACSO research grant will be accepted, provided that the recipient has fulfilled all obligations in a timely manner.
- Texts written in the four languages commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, English, Portuguese and French) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.
- The research projects will develop their work plan between August 2022 and May 2023. This plan will be implemented under the facilitation of tutors assigned by CLACSO.
- The progress and final reports submitted by the scholarship recipients will be evaluated by the tutors.
- In their final version, the research papers submitted as a result should be between 12.000 and 15.000 words in length (excluding appendices and bibliography), written in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced. This is an approximate guideline, and CLACSO reserves the right to make revisions or exceptions if deemed necessary. Furthermore, once submitted, CLACSO may request adjustments and changes from researchers to ensure the final research papers meet institutional publication criteria.
- The structure of the text will be free, respecting the conventions of presentation of an academic text and the editorial standards of CLACSO, in addition to APA + GENRE.
- In addition, each team must submit a Guidelines for Action Document, containing inputs and recommendations for public policies and social intervention on the topics investigated.
- Texts written in the four languages commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, English, Portuguese and French) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.
It is mandatory that the submission be made through the online registration system provided by CLACSO. Printed submissions and submissions sent by email will not be accepted. It is recommended to access the online system to review the registration form.
- Access the CLACSO website clacso.orgThe online registration system will be available starting on the day May 24th.
- Register in the CLACSO Single Registration System (SUIC). The generated username and password will be required each time you wish to access the system to consult, modify, add, or submit information for this or any other CLACSO activity. Each team, with its collective proposal, must open a single form This will include all researchers on the team. One of the authors must also be designated as responsible for the registration. This same person will receive the corresponding monetary award if the proposal is selected by the Jury.
- Identify the proposal by indicating its title and the pseudonym of the applicant(s). Applications with pseudonyms that correspond to the applicant's first and/or last name will not be accepted. Once the corresponding fields are completed, the system will enable the uploading of the following data.
- They must complete the registration form sworn declaration indicating the applicants' affiliation with a Member Center belonging to the CLACSO network. Consult the database of member centers at: clacso.org.ar/clacso/centros_miembros_clacso/inicio.php.
- Complete the form personal and academic data and attach the curriculum vitae in free format; the digital copy of the identity document, passport or ID card; the digital copy of the highest academic degree obtained (or proof of degree in process) and the photograph.
- The proposal must be filled out on the form that appears once the personal and academic data has been completed.
- Once registration is closed, the system will produce an electronic certificate of receipt that will serve as proof.
Registration closes: July 22, 23:59 PM (Argentina)
Winners will be announced in August 2022.
Project implementation: from August 2022 to May 2023.
Final report submission: May 2023
The results will be published on the CLACSO website. The winners will be contacted by email.
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OPINION – Environment, Climate Change and Good Living in Latin America and the Caribbean: conflicts, struggles and policies
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) announces the result
from the Research Call “Environment, Climate Change and Good Living in
Latin America and the Caribbean: conflicts, struggles and politics.”
Sixty-six complete applications were received, of which, after review
technical and formal, 44 were in a condition to be qualitatively evaluated
by the International Committee to consider the quality, relevance and coherence of
the proposals in accordance with the terms of the Call for Proposals.
The evaluation process was carried out by an International Committee composed
by 7 experts from 7 countries in the region: Nora Estela Fernández Mora
(Ecuador), María Cristina Giraldo Quijano (Colombia), Ofelia Gutiérrez (Uruguay),
Felipe Milanez (Brazil), Hugo Javier Pereira Cardozo (Paraguay), Eliud Torres Velázquez (Mexico) and Urphy Vázquez Baca (Peru).
Following the evaluation, which recognized the excellent quality, relevance and
Due to the rigor of most of the applications, 6 proposals were selected.
Of the total proposals, 4 focus their research on countries of
Central America and the Caribbean.
The list of proposals selected in this Call for Proposals is as follows:
|
Authors |
Member Center |
Member country of the Centre |
Title of the research proposal |
Country of study |
|
Samuel Alberto Pinto Lopez – Paul Cordoba – Yuri Pitti |
Center for Latin American Studies "Justo Arosemena" – CELA |
Panama |
Defense of the territory based on the recovery of the ontological space by the AMEDAR community organization of the Matusagaratí lagoon in the Darién Province, Republic of Panama according to the years 2010-2022. |
Panama |
|
Denisse Roca Servat – Larissa Gonzalez Nieves – Sofía Marcía |
School of Social Sciences – ECS/UPB – Pontifical Bolivarian University – Medellín Campus |
Colombia |
Caribbean-Latin American dialogues for climate justice: Community networks and alternative sovereignties in Puerto Rico and Honduras |
Puerto Rico and Honduras |
|
Lenin Mondol – Elaine Valton Legra |
Raúl Roa García Higher Institute of International Relations – ISRI |
Cuba |
Models of Subregional Integration and their effects on the environmental and energy fields in Central America and the Caribbean. |
Central America and the Caribbean |
|
Marielos Arlen Marin – Diego José Quijano Portillo |
Departments of Social Sciences and Humanities – UCA – DCSH-UCA – Central American University |
El Salvador |
Climate Finance in El Salvador |
El Salvador |
|
Milena Passos Blanco – Alejandro Rosillo Martínez – Camilo Ernesto López Meneses |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities – FCSH/UASLP – Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí |
Mexico |
The Florida Peasant Reserve Zone: conditions and scenarios for the construction of a shared multiterritoriality. |
Colombia |
|
Magnolia Rivera Cumbe – Federico José Jiménez Varón |
Minuto de Dios University Corporation – UNIMINUTO |
Colombia |
Knowledge transfer in water governance as an initiative for territorial peacebuilding in the Alto Magdalena and Tequendama region of Colombia |
Colombia |
This ruling is irrevocable and cannot be appealed.
Buenos Aires, September 15, 2022