Intercultural studies; studies on ethnicity, discourse, and identities; anthropological studies; social anthropology; visual anthropology; indigenous languages and cultures; art history; cultural studies; shifts in collective imaginaries; cultural management; racism; linguistics; ethnographic studies; decolonial critical theories.

Social movements; processes of collective action; movements: student, women’s and feminist, sexual diversity, territorial defense, and indigenous peoples; labor studies, civil society; the labor movement and industrial organization; social memory.

Vulnerable populations (the poor, people with disabilities, boys, girls, and adolescents, people of African descent, women, and the LGBTI+ community) and marginalized groups; development and conflict; studies on inequality, poverty, and social exclusion; child labor; population or demographic studies; intersectionality.

Models of capital accumulation; industrialization; agricultural and livestock production; foreign debt and capital flight; economic and social development issues; socioeconomic dynamics; labor, employment, labor market, and informal economy policies; entrepreneurship; social and solidarity economy; small and medium-sized enterprises; feminist economics; cooperativism; the influence of commodities on economic growth; real estate market; public finance, cooperativism.

The relationship between education, economic growth, and development; policies and processes related to equity and quality at various levels of education; the relationship between social environments and schools; best teaching practices; school dropout and academic delay; teacher performance evaluation; school violence; higher education; pedagogical strategies; teacher training; teaching methods and educational literature; critical pedagogies; educational policies.

Territorial development and management; agrarian conflicts; local capacity building and development based on decentralization processes and governance at different levels of government; risk management; gender-sensitive disaster risk management; tourism management; population and territory; sustainable development; energy; climate change; food security and sovereignty; agricultural studies; smallholder family farming; forest management; socio-environmental conflicts; solid waste management; urban studies; public policies on energy and the environment.

International, regional, and multilateral systems and organizations; geopolitics; foreign policy; world trade and regional integration; trade policy; political integration; globalization; contemporary political processes; development cooperation.

Political representation; political sociology; political processes and the quality of democracy; citizen participation; political parties; electoral processes; rule of law; nation and nationalism; ethics; bioethics; institutional and regulatory reforms; accountability; corruption; theory of democracy; prior consultation on indigenous issues; intellectual property; political culture; use of public funds; trade unionism; corruption and impunity; churches and neo-Pentecostal movements.

State; public policy; social management and public policy; public policy management; public management and administration; privatization and regulation of public services; public policy analysis; public policy and social programs; decision-making and evaluation of public policies and government programs; inclusion of indigenous peoples and African Americans in public policy; youth public policy; gender equality public policy; urban policy; participatory budgeting; analysis of wage disparities; physical and mental health policies.

National security; armed conflicts; international security and defense; human trafficking; drug trafficking; national police; human protection; public safety; local security management; intelligence systems; disarmament; security and citizenship; the impact of gangs and criminal organizations; studies on youth violence; social violence; armed violence; prison systems; cybersecurity; legal and institutional frameworks related to security; public safety and gender.

Studies on human rights; law and public goods; political action and rights; political behavior of individuals and groups; justice and politics; reparations for victims; specific rights of: children, women, indigenous peoples, the LGBTQ+ community; adolescents; people of African descent; people with disabilities; socioeconomic status; international and regional frameworks for the protection of human rights.

Sexual and gender-based violence; gender-sensitive legislation and institutional frameworks; participation and leadership; labor inequality; empowerment; abortion; the LGBTQ+ community; domestic violence; femicide; heteronormativity; machismo; patriarchy; new masculinities; sexual and reproductive rights; comprehensive sexuality education; feminist movement; feminist epistemology; decoloniality and intersectionality; equality policies; care policies; feminist economics.

People in situations of refuge, repatriation; political asylum; forced displacement or migration; monitoring of international migration; mapping of international migration routes; the role of international organizations in international migration; migration policies; internal, cross-border, and interregional migration; women, gender, and migration.

Science and technology; materials development in new technologies; information- and knowledge-based development; media, culture, and communication; the knowledge and information society; innovation and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs); use of social media; open government; the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

New methodological approaches to research, study, and analysis of situations and problems across various disciplines; inter- and transdisciplinarity.