About the program
The Julio Cotler Program was created in 2024, within the framework of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Obreal’s founding, as a tribute to Professor Julio Cotler (1932–2019). A central intellectual figure in Obreal’s early years, his conviction in the transformative power of higher education to address social inequalities inspires this initiative. The program aims to promote analysis and dialogue on the main challenges facing democracies in Latin America.
It is presented as a dynamic platform that seeks to promote emerging critical Latin American voices to rethink the structures of contemporary democracies, with the aim of encouraging academic production by young people from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Audience
The Julio Cotler Program is open to young people from Latin American universities in their final year of undergraduate studies, as well as graduates from any discipline who are researchers or political or social activists and who have not yet published a research article in a peer-reviewed academic journal.