Lead: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Founded: 2016

• Prof. Dr. Adriana López-Labourdette, Institute of Romance Studies (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Kabatek, Institute of Romance Studies (Deputy Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt, Department of Geography
• Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Fiocchi, Institute of Law (Legal History)
• Prof. Dr. Max Gassmann, Institute of Veterinary Physiology
• Prof. Dr. Eduardo Jorge de Oliveira, Institute of Romance Studies
• Prof. Dr. Marcelo Sánchez, Paleontological Institute and Museum

At the LZZ, researchers from the humanities, social and exact sciences, approach Latin America from an interdisciplinary vantage point, as a laboratory of modernity and globalization. For us, the region is not just an object of research; rather, Latin America is a partner in a dialogue, which has consistently developed heterodox, cutting-edge answers to questions of cultural heterogeneity, social and ecological sustainability, democracy and urbanism. The LZZ explores these intersections between cultural and political, socio-economic and ecological processes