Understanding Latin American Challenges in the 21st Century (LAC-EU)

社会、政治和文化转型，快速变化的全球经济，地缘政治紧张局势和全球不确定性，创造了一个与欧盟（EU）对拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC）政策的前一个时代明显不同的背景。博士网络LAC-EU将建立一个新颖，全面和跨学科的框架，以了解LAC及其与欧盟的关系，促进尊重，非欧洲中心的研究和参与。它将有助于更好地了解拉丁美洲治理方面的当前挑战，并支持欧盟与拉丁美洲和加勒比之间可持续、公平和成功的关系。LAC-EU提供10名博士候选人一个优秀的，综合的四年博士课程，并提供世界一流的，跨学科的研究和培训，在社会和政治科学，法律和人文科学，以及研究交流和政策相关借调在欧盟和拉丁美洲和加勒比的相关合作伙伴。LAC-EU内的研究主题包括民粹主义的兴起，民主，性别权利，贸易，移民，健康，全球城市，可持续发展和绿色金融和文化学习LAC-EU博士课程包括一个跨学科，多部门的网络组成的四个领先的欧洲大学，一个杰出的拉丁美洲高等教育机构和关键，高度相关的民间社会和政策合作伙伴来自欧洲和拉丁美洲国家的范围。它提供了学术和研究相关的培训和可转移技能的特殊组合，为新一代研究人员提供科学卓越，职业流动性和终身政策相关学习的准备。此外，它还为欧盟提供了重要的投入，以制定针对拉丁美洲和加勒比的一致、可持续、公平和全面的政策，并促进有效和相互尊重的区域间参与，从而增强在全球和多边论坛上建立互利伙伴关系的潜力。

Social, political, and cultural transformation, a fast-changing global economy, geopolitical tensions and global uncertaintieshave created a markedly different context from the previous era of European Union (EU) policies towards Latin America and theCaribbean (LAC). The doctoral network LAC-EU will establish a novel, comprehensive and interdisciplinary framework to understandLAC and its relationship with the EU, fostering respectful, non-Eurocentric research and engagement. It will enable a betterunderstanding of current challenges in Latin American governance and support sustainable, equitable and successful relations between theEU and LAC. LAC-EU offers 10 doctoral candidates an outstanding, integrated four-year PhD programme and provides world class,interdisciplinaryresearch and training in social and political sciences, law and the humanities, as well as research exchanges and policy relevantsecondments at associated partners in the EU and LAC. Research themes within LAC-EU include the rise of populism,democracy, gender rights, trade, migration, health, global cities, sustainability and green finance and cultural learning.The LAC-EU doctoral programme comprises an interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral network composed of four leadingEuropean universities, an outstanding LAC higher education institution and key, highly relevant civil society and policy partners from arange of European and LAC countries. It offers an exceptional combination of academic and research-related training andtransferable skills to deliver scientific excellence, occupational mobility and preparation for lifelong, policy-relevant learning for a new generationof researchers. Furthermore, it provides the EU with the vital inputs needed to design coherent, sustainable, equitable andcomprehensive policies towards LAC and to promote an effective and respectful interregional engagement that enhancesthe potential for mutually beneficial partnerships in global and multilateral fora.