Tricontinental
Scholarly Collaborative Programme Academic
Cooperation between Latin America/Africa
Asia Programme
The Latin American Council of Social
Sciences (CLACSO), the Council for Development
of Social Sciences in Africa (CODESRIA)
and the International Development Economics
Associaties (IDEAs) announce the launch
of the South-South Scholarships
Award 2014 for research on the theme
"Work and Welfare in the South"
aimed at social scientists from Latin
America and the Caribbean, Africa and
Asia. The goal of this awards is to
encourage original research on the subject
and to promote the final work through
presentation at an international seminar.
The Tricontinental Cooperation Programme
was launched in 2005 by the Latin American
Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
and the Council for Development of Social
Sciences in Africa (CODESRIA) in order
to develop social science research of
high academic standards, strengthen
knowledge production and promote Southern
perspectives on critical subjects, and
contribute to global debates. In the
year 2013, the International Development
Economics Associates (IDEAs) joined
the Tricontinental Cooperation Programme.
The programme includes the organization
of workshops, international seminars
and research scholarships for promoting
academic cooperation at a higher level.
Research grants aim to promote cooperation
between researchers from the South and
to stimulate analytical and empirical
studies onissues that are relevant to
their respective regions and to the
Global South.
This call is open for candidates from
all disciplines of Social and Human
Sciences, as well as for researchers
from other
sciences with projects related to the
main theme of this year: Work
and Welfare in the South.
Since 1970 the States of the global
South had to promote different types
of policies to deal with inflation,
rising unemployment, the segmentation
of markets due to indebtedness of states,
economic stagnation and increased social
spending – caused by the increase
of unemployment since the mid - 1980s.
At the height of neoliberalism, involving
privatization and easing of labor laws
and hegemony of financial capitalism,
expectations of improving living standards
of the peripheral countries’ populations
worsened deepening the gap between rich
and poor, accentuating social inequalities
and intensifying international migration
in the northern countries. Then, the
European crisis, the emergence of the
BRICS and the election of progressive
governments in Latin America created
a new geopolitical map and promoted
new thinking on migration and labor,
discrimination in the labor market,
causes of rising unemployment and policies
of employment promotion. This new setting
influences the relation between capital
and labor.
The aim of this research programme is
to explore theoretical perspectives
and undertake empirical analyses of
work and welfare in the context of neoliberalism.
While the freedom of movement of capital
has been enhanced, new walls and constraints
have been created for the laboring poor,
and they become the borders for conflict
zones, areas of vulnerability and exception.
Racialization processes infuse subjectivities
and new cartographies of power.
The goal here is bring to the forefront
the needs, expectations and histories
of the countries and populations of
the South through the development of
studies and exchanges on the theme of
"work and welfare in the South",
addressing any of the following sub-themes,
which relate to problems that are common
to the three continents:
- Migration
and work
-
Labour market discrimination
-
Causes for jobless growth
-
Employment Promotion Policies: Learning
from Southern stories
Research
proposals should be based on at least
one of the sub-themes mentioned within
the general theme. Applicants are expected
to formulate projects from a comparative
perspective. These projects should not
be restricted to one country or region,
but they should involve the development
of a comparative framework for conceptual
and empirical research. Although this
is not mandatory, research proposals
that adjust to these criteria will receive
special consideration during the
selection process.
Please
read attached document for details.
April
28, 2014.