Contemporary disputes of children and young people

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Ibero-American Network of Postgraduate Studies in Childhood and Youth (RedINJU) within the framework of its 15th anniversary, the Center for Advanced Studies in Childhood and Youth (CEANJ), the Luis Amigó Catholic University and the CLACSO Working Group “Childhood and Youth: hegemonies, violence, inequalities and mobilizations”, invite advanced master's and doctoral students, public policy officials and representatives of social organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean, to submit their applications to participate in the XIII RedINJU International Postgraduate School: Inequalities, democracy, technologies and mobilities: contemporary disputes of children and youth , which will take place in the City of Medellín, Colombia, from April 13 to 17, 2026.

Application deadline:
February 2th 2026

Headquarters: Luis Amigó Catholic University (Medellín, Colombia)
Up to 45 scholarships will be awarded to students from Latin America and the Caribbean.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS

Academic Committee
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, Colombia)
Pablo Vommaro (Executive Director of CLACSO, Argentina)
Alejandro Gambina (Director of Training and Postgraduate Network of CLACSO, Argentina)
Yamileth Andrade (Vice-Rector, University of Manizales, Colombia)
Daniela León (Assurance Coordinator, University of Manizales, Colombia)
Silvia H.S. Borelli (Representative of 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, University of La Plata, Argentina)
Daniel Llanos Erazo (Representative of the Salesian Polytechnic University of Ecuador and Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Childhoods and Youth)
María Isabel Domínguez (Coordinator of the Youth Studies Group of the Center for Psychological and Sociological Research, CIPS, Cuba)
Alexandra Agudelo López  (Vice-Rector of Teaching at Luis Amigó Catholic University, Colombia)