XXXV Latin American Congress of Sociology
El XXXV Latin American Congress of Sociology se celebró en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, del 26 to the 31 of July of 2026, with the participation of Latin American Council of Social Sciences. Fue un encuentro decisivo para la comunidad académica en un momento en que América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan desafíos urgentes para la democracia, la justicia social, la integración regional y el papel público de las ciencias sociales.
The general theme of the ALAS 2026 Congress, “Between polycrisis and alternatives: horizons of Latin American critical sociology”, convocó a reflexionar sobre un clima de época profundamente transformado por crisis múltiples e interdependientes –política, económica, social, climática, energética, ecológica y geopolítica– que reconfiguran aceleradamente la vida en nuestras sociedades y ponen en tensión el quehacer sociológico. A ello se suman amenazas crecientes a la autonomía universitaria, a la investigación crítica y a las ciencias sociales en general.
Frente a este escenario, ALAS 2026 aspiró a ser un refugio público de debate libre, una plataforma para visibilizar las luchas por la universidad pública, un espacio para defender el pensamiento crítico y, sobre todo, un lugar para recomponer energías intelectuales, abordar temas controvertidos, compartir diagnósticos sociológicos relevantes y co-construir alternativas en un momento histórico particularmente desafiante.
According to its organizers: “Our time is not made up only of setbacks. Resistance, new political grammars, and horizons of hope are also emerging. The diversity of activism, worldviews, struggles, uprisings, and experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean challenges sociology today to renew its commitment to the social imagination, reclaim its legacy, and project it toward possible futures.”
A lo largo de seis jornadas, hubo 27 Grupos de Trabajo, núcleo central del intercambio académico, y Mesas Redondas sobre los grandes debates contemporáneos. Asimismo, el Congreso contó con:
-Special Forums, organized with allied associations, networks and institutions, to strengthen strategic agendas of Latin American sociology.
-Masterful dialogues with international experts, dedicated to reflecting on authoritarianism and democracies, political ecology and ecosocial transitions, persistent inequalities, digitalization, artificial intelligence and social movements.
-Open and diverse cultural activities that will connect the Congress with the social and artistic life of Rio de Janeiro.
O XXXV Latin-American Congress of Sociology will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 26 the 31 July 2026, with the participation of Latin American Council of Social Sciences. It will be a decisive meeting for the academic community at a time when Latin America and the Caribbean face urgent challenges to democracy, social justice, regional integration and the public role of social sciences.
The general theme of the ALAS 2026 Congress, “Between policrise and alternatives: horizons of Latin American critical sociology", calls for reflection on a climate of times profoundly transformed by multiple and interdependent crises – political, economic, social, climatic, energetic, ecological and geopolitical – that rapidly reconfigure life in our societies and place it under tension or in a sociological context. general social sciences.
Given this scenario, ALAS 2026 aspires to be a public refuge for free debate, a platform to make public university struggles visible, a space to defend critical thinking and, above all, a place to recover intellectual energies, address controversial topics, share relevant sociological diagnoses and co-construct alternatives in a particularly challenging historical moment.
Says its organizers: "Our time is not just about setbacks. Resistance also emerges, new political grammars and horizons of hope. A diversity of attitudes, cosmovisions, struggles, explosions and Latin American and Caribbean experiences challenges sociology to renew its commitment to imagination." social, recover your legacy and plan it for possible futures.”
Over six days, there will be 27 Working Groups, the central core of academic exchange, and Round Tables on the great contemporary debates. Além disso, o Congresso will have:
-Special Forums, organized with associations, networks and allied institutions, to strengthen strategic agendas of Latin American sociology.
-Magistrais Dialogues with international references, dedicated to reflecting on authoritarianisms and democracies, political ecology and ecological transitions, persistent inequalities, digitalization, artificial intelligence and social movements.
-Cultural activities, open and diverse, that connect the Congress with the social and artistic life of Rio de Janeiro.
There is time to register and send the abstracts to the Working Groups and Round Tables by February 15, 2026 through official ALAS website
