Alameda is a research institute that connects with social movements to understand how engaged research can respond to contemporary struggles. 

Through our network of researchers, activists, and civil society actors, we produce scientific knowledge that informs political decisions, humanitarian practices and intellectual production around the world, creating a synergy between empirical and theoretical matters.

Our global network works to build knowledge on different fronts collectively. 

At the core of our mission is a commitment to illuminating the interconnected nature of seemingly disparate issues. We understand that geopolitical events are not isolated but part of a tangle of political and economic decisions that lead to catastrophic situations, especially in the Global South Countries.

We transcend geographical boundaries by linking, for instance, the state of wars with the energy crisis in the Global North, or the humanitarian sector’s challenges with geopolitical dynamics in the West, or even the displacement issues in the Middle East with urban social movements in peripheral regions in Latin America. 

By identifying patterns and connections within the global system in crisis, Alameda builds strategies, based on both academic methods and social forces, capable of informing political and social decisions at an international level.

Through research rooted in contemporary social struggles, we seek to contribute to strategy that can provide pathways of transition – alamedas – to a new world.