The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) formalized its incorporation into the INCASI network, an organization leading a research project funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe program, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchange, called “A New Measure of Socioeconomic Inequalities for International Comparison”. The main objective is to develop a new analytical framework to understand and measure inequalities with a comparative and interdisciplinary approach.

“We celebrate with great satisfaction the incorporation of CLACSO and its good reception and interest. We welcome Pablo Vommaro, recently elected Executive Director of the institution, who will be the Principal Investigator in INCASI 2”, the INCASI network published in its bulletin.

This initiative has, among other objectives:

  • Create the INCASI Living Lab as a space dedicated to the transfer and dissemination of research: organizing seminars, preparing diagnostics, contributing to the design of public policies, and informed decision-making.
  • Advance the understanding of the complex phenomenon of socioeconomic inequalities by creating a new analytical framework at a comparative and interdisciplinary level.
  • Build an innovative multidimensional global measure, more comprehensive and realistic in the comparative analysis of inequalities between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Members of the INCASI network include CLACSO Member Centers, an organization comprising 30 academic institutions and international networks from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, currently developing the European project “A New Measure of Socioeconomic Inequalities for International Comparison” (“Una nueva medida de las desigualdades socioeconómicas para la comparación internacional”). This project involves 14 European universities from 6 countries (Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Finland, and Great Britain), 11 universities from Latin America and the Caribbean from 7 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, and Mexico), and 5 international organizations (Latinobarómetro, CEPAL, INTAL, LAPOP, and CLACSO). The project coordination is handled by the Institute of Labor Studies (IET) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.​

Source: CLACSO.