The Latin American and Caribbean region currently faces significant development challenges. This research group aims to address these challenges from a multidimensional perspective, both theoretical and applied. To this end, it focuses on both the roots of Latin American development problems and their determinants, as well as on identifying solutions in the form of specific development policies for Latin American countries.

Relevance of the Working Group

The working group aims to create a space for interaction, dialogue, and debate among national and international specialists interested in studying the Latin American region, its development processes and dynamics, and its transition in the current context of global transformation. The nature of this group is multidisciplinary with an analytical, critical, and proactive orientation. The goal is to emphasize the tradition and influence of the Latin American region in the construction of social sciences and development studies, as reflect in the current challenges that this region faces.

Topics

The main topics are development, sustainability, and governance at three different levels of analysis:

• Economics and politics of development
• Sustainability and development cooperation
• Society and culture on development

Aim of the Working Group

• Create a platform for research, cooperation, and debate among national and international specialists in the fields of Latin American development within a global context. 
• Monitor and promote the main contemporary debates on development in our field of study.
• Promote in-person or virtual meetings to present ongoing research and discuss results.
• Foster research lines with the aim of producing materials for publication in top ranking journals, such as the European Journal of Development Research, collected volumes, or joint books as research projects.

All researchers interested in the proposed topics are welcome to participate and to join in activities of the group.