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Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
International non-governmental institution
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an national non-governmental institution, created in 1967 from an initiative of UNESCO, an institution in which it has Associative status. Currently, it brings together 680 research centers and postgraduate programs (masters and doctorates) in various fields of the social sciences and humanities, located in 51 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the United States, Africa and Europe. Its headquarters are in Buenos Aires, Argentina.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersBuenos Aires1
- Websitewww.clacso.org
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The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an national non-governmental institution, created in 1967 from an initiative of UNESCO, an institution in which it has Associative status. Currently, it brings together 680 research centers and postgraduate programs (masters and doctorates) in various fields of the social sciences and humanities, located in 51 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the United States, Africa and Europe. Its headquarters are in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The current executive secretary of the organization is Karina Batthyány (period 2019-2021).2
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In order to give visibility and facilitate access to the results of the research of the CLACSO Member Centers, as of 1998, an institutional repository was developed that currently offers free and open access to:
CLACSO Digital Repository or Reading Room with full texts of books, non-refereed magazines, lectures and working documents published by the CLACSO network
Portal of refereed journals (with peer review) of the CLACSO network is a joint service CLACSO – Redalyc.
Multimedia portal that includes links to audiovisual productions, online radios, audio files and photographic collections of the CLACSO network
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The service is a joint effort of:
CLACSO digital repository coordinating team
Coordinating team of the CLACSO collection in Redalyc
Editors and Libraries Community
Community for the exchange of experiences Social Sciences Multimedia
CLACSO, in collaboration with more than 309 member centers in 21 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, participate in the promotion of open access to the results of research financed with public funds. The CLACSO Campaign to Support Open Access to Academic and Scientific Knowledge reflects activities carried out by CLACSO and its member centers throughout the region.
One of the main forms of open access are digital repositories / libraries and digital journal portals that disseminate the production of each institution and allow the organization of digital collections, the possibility of advanced search in the contents, and the opportunity to share collections with other repositories.
From Wikipedia’s article on Latin American Council of Social Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1967Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.clacso.org1
- Websitewww.clacso.tv1
- X (Twitter)x.com/_CLACSO1
- WikipediaLatin American Council of Social Sciences
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- WikidataQ1127222
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