Doctoral students at the Institute for Latin American Studies have the opportunity to individually customize their dissertation in one of the Institute’s disciplines or in a structured doctoral program. Both models offer optimal supervision and a diverse program in the form of colloquia, workshops and other events.

Doctoral students at the Institute for Latin American Studies have the opportunity to individually customize their dissertation in one of the Institute’s disciplines or in a structured doctoral program. Both models offer optimal supervision and a diverse program in the form of colloquia, workshops and other events.

Established in 2008, the doctoral program “Latin American Studies from a Comparative and Transregional Perspective” belongs to a select group of structured doctoral programs at the Freie Universität Berlin, which are supervised by the Dahlem Research School (DRS). The DRS supports doctoral students with a variety of services, ranging from mentoring and consultation to financial support for travel and research and the planning of conferences and conventions.

LAI’s doctoral students can apply for acceptance to the Institute’s doctoral program. The doctoral program includes the German-Mexican International Research Training Group “Temporalities of Future. Dynamics of Aspiration and Anticipation,” which offers students a separate program emphasizing globalization research.