HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America

HCIAS Working Papers publishes peer-reviewed articles that present the findings of ongoing research on Ibero-America from different perspectives and disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. HCIAS Working Papers aims to bring attention to new theoretical and methodological perspectives and stimulate scientific dialog on issues of particular concern to the societies making up the Ibero-American macro-region within a global polycentric framework. Contributions to the HCIAS Working Papers are evaluated by external reviewers to guarantee their quality and, above all, potential to contribute to international academic discussion. As these are still works in progress, manuscripts published as HCIAS Working Papers may be developed further for publication in other journals. HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America is an open-access publication series edited by the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies and hosted by heiJOURNALS of Heidelberg University Library.

Latest issue:

Fact-checking versus Misinformation: A Mexican Case Study

August 2025  |    Author(s): Luis Rodrigo Pesce Villagómez (Universität Heidelberg)

Food for Justice Working Paper Series

Food for Justice Working Papers is a series that shares new work and knowledge on the question of how we are going to feed the world. To that end, this series publishes the first results of ongoing research projects in the field of power, politics, and food inequalities in a bioeconomy in order to encourage the exchange of ideas and stimulate debate. It is aimed at a wide audience of academics, social activists, food producers and consumers, policy-makers, and any other interested party. Food for Justice Working Paper Series is an open-access publication series hosted by heiJOURNALS of Heidelberg University Library. Food for Justice is a Junior Research Group based at the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Latest issue:

Solidarische Landwirtschaft (CSAs) in Germany: Drivers of change for a socio-ecological transformation of the food system?

Feb 2025  |    Author(s): Thomas Julián Poveda Ríos 

Demolingüística del español en Europa

Demolingüística del español en Europa publishes the output of the intertational research collaboration Spanish in Europe. This project analyses the linguistic and cultural geography of Spanish and its speakers with a specific focus on the dynamics of migration, demography, and education. The book series, a collaboration between HCIAS, University of Zurich, and Instituto Cervantes, will include thirteen volumes covering the demography of the Spanish language in all European regions. 

Latest issue:

Demolingüística del español en el sureste europeo

2025  |    Author(s): Óscar Loureda Lamas, Barbara Pihler Ciglič, Marko Kapović, Cristina Bleorțu, Vita Veselko, Kiriakí Palapanidi, Edina Spahić, Ivana Ustamujić, Sanja Mihajlovikj-Kostadinovska, Ana Jovanović, Marjana Šifrar Kalan, Igor Popovski, Ivana Kovač Barett, Ivana Vučina Simović, Jelena Kovač, Ivana Georgijev, Flavia Kaba, and Pilar Valero Fernández

Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana

RILI is an international, peer-reviewed journal, which is co-edited by Iberoamericana / Vervuert publishing house, the Ibero-American Institute of Berlin, the University of Zurich, and the HCIAS. It publishes studies on Ibero-Romance languages inside and outside the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world. It also features articles about languages in contact with them, in particular, the African, Amerindian, Asian, and Austronesian languages, and the creole languages arising from the contact with Portuguese and Spanish. 

Latest issue:

Volume XXIII. No. 45. Thematic section: Hispano-Cuban Linguistic and Cultural Ties: Explorations from the 19th Century

Jun 2025  |    Coordinator(s): Marta Puente González (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Marta Rodríguez Manzano (Universidad de Sevilla)