Cooperation agreement between CONICET and the Frankfurt School

On the left Esteban Torres and on the right Stephan Lessenich.

Despite the adjustment policies and defunding of research and science —particularly against the Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts— imposed by the current Argentine government, the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and the Institut für Sozialforschung (IfS) of Frankfurt have signed their first bilateral cooperation agreement.

This agreement represents a significant step in strengthening studies on social change in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.

The agreement was spearheaded by Esteban Torres , a researcher at CLACSO , CIECS , and CONICET–FFYH/FCS-UNC , and a permanent member of IfS since 2022; and by Stephan Lessenich , director of IfS, which is also an associate member center of CLACSO. The initiative is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the National University of Córdoba (UNC) , which is also a member center of CLACSO.

At CLACSO we celebrate this agreement which not only strengthens critical social sciences committed to the analysis of social change, but also consolidates bi-regional intellectual relations between Latin America and Europe, in contrast to the anti-science policies and attacks on social sciences promoted by the current Argentine government.

More information about this agreement:

• The first cooperation agreement between CONICET and the prestigious Frankfurt School (CONICET Córdoba) was signed
  
• “Let no one know that the Social Sciences exist” (Page/12)