Austrian Latin America Institute

It was founded as an association in 1965 and receives subsidies for its work in development politics as well as scientific and cultural events and projects.

The Austrian Latin America Institute coordinates the Interdisciplinary Master Degree Programme in Latin-American Studies (Interdisziplinärer Universitätslehrgang für Höhere Lateinamerika-Studien) in cooperation with the University of Vienna.

The collection focuses on specialist books and journals on economy, politics, history, culture, society and ecology of the Latin American countries.

The object of this association is scientific networking, interdisciplinary exchange and cooperation of researchers in Austria.

It regards itself as an open forum offering young scientists the opportunity to present and discuss their work.