{{Short description|Regional University System}} {{Infobox organization | native_name = {{lang|es|Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales}} | native_name_lang = es | logo = 160px | image = One of the main buildings on the FLACSO, Ecuador.jpg | caption = Building on Ecuador main campus | map = | formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1957|4|16|br=y}} | headquarters = San José, Costa Rica | leader_title = Secretary General | leader_name = Josette Altmann Borbón | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | name = Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences | map_caption = | num_members = | languages = Spanish and Portuguese | budget = | budget_year = | website = {{URL|https://flacso.org/}} }} right|177px|FLACSO, Ecuador The '''Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences''' ({{langx|es|Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales}}, {{langx|pt|Faculdade Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais}} or '''FLACSO''') is a graduate-only university and inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences. Headquartered in Costa Rica, it has several campuses and centers spread across Latin America.
It was created on April 17, 1957,<ref name=nacion/> following a UNESCO initiative at the Latin American Conference on Social Sciences in Rio de Janeiro. Its goal was to promote academic research and development in the region.<ref name=nacion>{{cite news|first=Manuel|last=Avendaño |title=Josette Altmann, ex primera dama, electa Secretaria General de Flacso |url=http://www.nacion.com/nacional/politica/Josette-Altmann-secretaria-Flacso_0_1564643619.html |work=La Nación (San José) |date=2016-07-14 |access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref>
Its membership is open to Latin American and Caribbean countries that subscribe to the FLACSO agreement. Current members include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay.
Josette Altmann Borbón, a historian and former First Lady of Costa Rica, was elected Secretary General of FLACSO in June 2016.<ref name=nacion/> She succeeded Manuel González on July 31, 2016.<ref name=nacion/>
==Notable people== *Fernando Henrique Cardoso – Professor at FLACSO Chile (1964–1967);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fernando Henrique Cardoso |url=https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/about-isa/history-of-isa/isa-past-presidents/list-of-presidents/fernando-henrique-cardoso |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=International Sociological Association}}</ref> received honorary doctorate from FLACSO (2001);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fernando Henrique Cardoso Doctorado Honoris Causa 2001 |url=http://flacso.org/en/fernando_henrique_cardoso |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=FLACSO}}</ref> former President of Brazil (1995–2003) *Juan Carlos Portantiero – Professor and researcher at FLACSO Buenos Aires (1974–1975) and FLACSO Mexico (during exile);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intelectuales y política en Argentina. A propósito del itinerario político-intelectual de Juan Carlos Portantiero |url=https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/67817 |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos}}</ref> received honorary doctorate from FLACSO (2006);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Carlos Portantiero Doctorado Honoris Causa 2007 |url=https://www.flacso.org/juan_carlos_portantiero |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=FLACSO}}</ref> Argentine sociologist and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (1990–1998) *Ricardo Lagos – Secretary General of FLACSO Chile (1971–1973) and FLACSO Argentina (1974);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reseña Biográfica Ricardo Lagos Escobar |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_biograficas/wiki/Ricardo_Lagos_Escobar |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile}}</ref> received honorary doctorate from FLACSO (2006);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ricardo Lagos Escobar Doctorado Honoris Causa 2006 |url=https://www.flacso.org/en/ricardo_lagos_escobar |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=FLACSO}}</ref> President of Chile (2000–2006) *Paulina Aulestia – Specialization in Gender and Development, FLACSO Ecuador (2010); first Ecuadorian woman to summit Mount Everest (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-20 |title=Paulina Aulestia, dama de las cumbres |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/2015/03/20/nota/4678376/aulestia-dama-cumbres |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=El Universo |language=es}}</ref> *Paolina Vercoutere - Governor of Imbabura Province (Ecuador)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paolina Vercoutere |url=https://www.vitalvoices.org/fellow/paolina-vercoutere/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Vital Voices |language=en-US}}</ref> *Teresita de Barbieri *{{ill|Fernando Cortés Cáceres|es}} *Carmen Diana Deere *Ricardo Lagos Escobar *Enrique Correa *Geraldina Guerra Garcés, women's rights activist and campaigner against femicide *Elke Gryglewski, German political scientist and historian *Hilda Herzer *Amparo Menendez-Carrion *Suzana Prates *Gentiana Susaj, human rights lawyer and aikidoka
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==External links== *[http://www.flacso.org/ FLACSO] In Spanish. *[http://www.flacso.org.ar/ Flacso - Argentina] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.org.br/ Flacso - Brasil] In Portuguese *[http://www.flacso.cl/ Flacso - Chile] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.or.cr/ Flacso - Costa Rica] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.uh.cu/ Flacso - Cuba] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003171848/http://www.flacso.uh.cu/ |date=2013-10-03 }} In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.org.ec/ Flacso - Ecuador] In Spanish *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080318154557/http://www.flacso.org.sv/ Flacso - El Salvador] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.edu.gt/ Flacso - Guatemala] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.edu.mx/ Flacso - México] In Spanish *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070307/http://www.programaflacsopanama.org/ Flacso - Panamá] In Spanish *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130418215810/http://flacsoparaguay.org/ Flacso - Paraguay] In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.org.do/ Flacso - República Dominicana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713124553/http://www.flacso.org.do/ |date=2006-07-13 }} In Spanish *[http://www.flacso.edu.uy/ Flacso - Uruguay] In Spanish
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Latin American Social Sciences Institute Category:Social science research institutes Category:Members of the International Science Council