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PhD in NWO Project CERRADO

Strengthening Justice and Resilience through Sociobioeconomies in Brazil’s Cerrado

Closes on 29-10-2026

Looking for a PhD position to contribute to environmental justice in Brazil’s Cerrado? Join an interdisciplinary research team exploring how small-scale farmers and traditional communities can foster nature conservation, sustainable production and territorial justice. You will collaborate with researchers, producers, practitioners, and grassroots organizations to co-produce knowledge that supports a resilient Cerrado and sustainable sociobioeconomies in a region facing rapid agribusiness expansion and climate change.

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PhD OPPORTUNITY

PhD in NWO Project CERRADO

Looking for a PhD position to contribute to environmental justice in Brazil’s Cerrado? Join an interdisciplinary research team exploring how small-scale farmers and traditional communities can foster nature conservation, sustainable production and territorial justice. You will collaborate with researchers, producers, practitioners, and grassroots organizations to co-produce knowledge that supports a resilient Cerrado and sustainable sociobioeconomies in a region facing rapid agribusiness expansion and climate change. KNOW MORE

ROUNDTABLE 4/11/26

The Brazilian Elections of October 2026

Bringing together scholars from Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam/CEDLA, this roundtable will examine the election results and discuss their political, economic and social consequences for Brazil and the wider region. KNOW MORE

CEDLA LECTURE 6/11/26

South-South migration, urban informality and transnational care:

Tanja Bastia's lecture brings migration studies and urban informality into dialogue by showing how each has overlooked dimensions central to understanding contemporary urban life. Drawing on recent research on transnational care, the lecture explores how migration reconfigures care for ageing parents across and beyond urban, rural, and peri-urban spaces. KNOW MORE

FILM SCREENING 20/11/26

Un Día Soleado: A documentary about a young woman’s fight against an 80-year political machine in Paraguay

The intimate, observational documentary captures a young generation's struggle to hold on to their faith in democracy while confronting corruption, sexism, populism, and the ghosts of South America's longest dictatorship. The screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with its director Pamela Kalkman, a Dutch-Paraguayan documentary maker, researcher and journalist. KNOW MORE

Kleurrijk tropisch tafereel

CEDLA LECTURE 4/12/26

Multispecies technical democracy:
Earth observation and the rights of nature in Ecuador

Since the 1970s, states and corporations have produced satellite images to map, manage, and exploit the environment. Earth observation, as this practice is called, has mostly been deployed in resource extraction, scanning the planet for minerals, petroleum, and natural gas. But in recent decades, this technology has been taken up by new hands for environmental justice and ecological reconstruction. KNOW MORE

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NEW MASTER PROGRAMME

Global Justice and Social Transformation

shifts its focus from Latin America to broader issues of social inequality and injustice across the World. By broadening its scope, the programme hopes to attract a larger and more diverse group of students. KNOW MORE

Bachelor, Master and PhD

CEDLA has promoted Latin American Studies in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. We do this by conducting and stimulating relevant and original research on developments in Latin America and distributing the results of this research internationally via academic education at BA, MA and PhD levels.

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CEDLA-UvA BACHELOR COURSES

Bachelor Courses in
Latin American Studies

These Bachelor courses offer different perspectives on contemporary Latin America, covering themes such as politics, society, culture, inequality, gender and urban change. Taught by CEDLA lecturers and researchers, they combine academic research with case studies from across the region, helping students develop a deeper understanding of Latin America’s diversity and contemporary challenges.

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MINOR GLOBAL JUSTICE

Focusing on the social, political and environmental inequalities that shape societies around the world

Combining academic research with insights from activism, public policy and civil society initiatives, the programme encourages students to critically engage with the causes and consequences of injustice at local and global levels. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it provides a deeper understanding of the challenges involved in creating more equitable and sustainable societies.

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CEDLA-UvA MASTER COURSES

Contemporary Debates in Latin American Studies

This collection of Master’s courses introduces students to some of the key debates and research themes in contemporary Latin American Studies. Led by CEDLA lecturers and researchers, the courses explore topics ranging from popular culture and sustainable development to broader social, political and cultural processes across the region. Combining academic discussion with current research, they provide students with a solid foundation for understanding Latin America from different disciplinary perspectives.

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CEDLA BOOK COLLECTION

The collection includes books and journals

The CEDLA book collection is now available in the new University Library of the UvA, located on the Binnengasthuisterrein, diagonally opposite CEDLA. CEDLA titles can be requested via the UvA library catalogue and collected or returned at one of the designated pick-up points. Please allow one to two days between reservation and availability. The new Latin American Studies acquisitions of the last three months are listed here

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