UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

&

 FLACSO-MEXICO

 Interdisciplinary, International, Institutional Partnership:

 Innovative Approaches to Collaboration

News:

October 1-5, 2007 visit of FLACSO Delegation

Schedule of events for October 1-5

Partners:

Office of International Programs

University of Minnesota

FLACSO-Mexico

College of Education and Human Development

College of Liberal Arts

HHH Institute for Public Affairs

Law School Human Rights Center

University Extension Service

In spring of 2007 the Office for International Programs at the University of Minnesota awarded a grant to develop a collaborative relationship between the University of Minnesota and FLACSO- Mexico. This collaboration is an international, interdisciplinary initiative designed to foster collaboration and partners across borders and across disciplines.

Participating partners at the University of Minnesota include: the College of Education and Human Development, the College of Liberal Arts, the Hubert H Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, the Law School Human Rights Center, and the University Extension Service. This multidisciplinary group reaches across disciplines and colleges to create new partnerships within the university, as well as presents a unified approach to the collaboration with FLACSO-Mexico. 

FLACSO Mexico is the participating institutional partner.  The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) (FLACSO) is an international organization created with the purpose of enhancing the social and political analysis in Latin America through graduate programs and academic research.  FLACSO-Mexico, established in 1975, is well known as one of the top research and teaching institutes in the country. FLACSO-Mexico offers graduate studies including a Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Government and Public Affairs, and Population studies, as well as Ph.D. programs in Social Science Research, with specializations in Political Science or Sociology. In addition FLACSO offers specialization programs and certificate studies in areas of education, gender, and human rights through distance learning modes.

 Faculty and students from the University of Minnesota and FLACSO-Mexico are coordinating research projects, conducting joint online courses, participating virtually in seminars, as well as traveling to each respective campus for presentations, , site visits to schools and other academic institutions, and holding discussions with community leaders.

To learn more about this collaborative initiative contact: flacso@umn.edu

Supported by the Office of International Programs