IEI - Research

The IEI is an interdisciplinary research centre based in the Casa de los Tres Mundos in Granada, Nicaragua. Since its foundation in 1989, the Casa de los Tres Mundos has been based on a philosophy of intercultural dialogue and exchange and the development of programs that link humanistic and social scientific endeavors. The IEI is a natural outgrowth of the 16 year's work of the Foundation, as it takes the practice-centered work of the Casa de los Tres Mundos and connects it to a rigorous academic environment to promote the philosophy of the Foundation.

Since 2005, the IEI coordinates and realizes a wide range of activities, research, academic conferences and publications.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

• "El Voto Ciudadano II": a research project accompanying 2011 general elections in Nicaragua (proposal in preparation).

• "La Jarana": investigation into the culture of consuming on credit en Nicaragua (proposal).

• "Changing Minds and Structures": curriculum planning for an integrated formation in rural development, a proyect in cooperation with the Universidad Agraria de Nicaragua (UNA).

• "Remebering the war in the Mosquitia": an oral history project with indigenous focus on the 1980s war in Nicaragua and Honduras, in cooperation with URACCAN University, University of Viena and helix, Austria (preparatory activities)

• "Ontología de los placeres": a critical reflection on habits and customs around the concept of the good life (discussion & self-experiments, ongoing).