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International Research Collaboratives (IRCs) are groups of law and social science researchers that undertake sociolegal research projects with a global reach.
These collaborations strengthen law and social science scholarship, especially among U.S. scholars, by connecting them with theoretical, methodological, and policy discussions taking place among researchers around the world. IRCs are a key component of the intellectual life of LSA, and have been instrumental in fostering and strengthening international and interdisciplinary scholarly networks.
FAQs
How Are IRCs Different From CRNs?
IRCs serve a different function and purpose than a CRN. A CRN is a group of scholars working over an extended period of time in the same general area, which may or may not be international. IRCs are always international groups that focus on a particular problem and a particular scholarly product.
What Do IRCs Work to Achieve?
Usually, the end product of an International Research Collaborative is a scholarly publication after a series of panel presentations or workshops.
When Were IRCs Created?
The first IRCs were formed as part of the LSA Annual Meeting in Berlin (2007). Most recently, the Annual Meeting in Mexico City (2017) consisted of 43 IRCs and a total of 230 scholars from low and middle income countries, and was funded largely by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Current IRCs are being developed in conjunction with Chicago in 2021 and Lisbon in 2022.
WE HAVE 41 IRCs
All IRCs
You can browse all of our current IRCs here:
IRC 2.
Aging, Law and Policy
IRC 3.
An Africa of good governance, democracy and respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law
IRC 4.
Pluriland: Theorizing Conflict and Contestation in Plural Land Rights Regimes
IRC 5.
Criminal Legalities in the Global South
IRC 7.
Lawfare, Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America
IRC 8.
Sexuality, Political Economy and the Law
IRC 9.
Gender in Customary/Indigenous Law and Proceedings
IRC 10.
Disrupting Patriarchy and Masculinity in Africa: Transformative Leadership for Social Change in Institutions of Higher Learning
IRC 12.
Federalism and the Subnational Politics of Rights in Latin America: Gender Equality and Environmental Justice
IRC 13.
Global Perspectives on Family Law in Context
IRC 16.
Political Radicalisms, Extreme-Right, and Justice System
IRC 18.
Victims, Citizenship, and Justice
IRC 19.
Judges and Technology
IRC 20.
African Studies: Reproductive Health, Tourism, Rights, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
IRC 23.
Self-managed abortion in law, politics and policy
IRC 24.
New Challenges for Transnational Civil and Commercial Law in the Wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic
IRC 26.
African Disability Protocol and the progress towards inclusive education developments in Africa
IRC 27.
Comparative Perspectives on Autocratic Legalism: Brazil, India, and South Africa
IRC 29.
Policing in the Americas
IRC 31.
Feminist Judgments
IRC 32.
Re-imagining Agenda 2063: A Sociolegal Foundation of the Africa We Want
IRC 36.
Lawyers and State Transformations
IRC 37.
Punishment and Society: International and Comparative Perspectives Between the Global North and South
IRC 39.
Scholars in the Global South: Scholactivists or Interlopers?
IRC 40.
Creating Socio-legal Conversations about Justice: Methods and Mobilization
IRC 41.
Marriage as Enslavement: Historical and Legal Entanglements
IRC 42.
Lay Participation in Law around the Globe
IRC 43.
Law, Political Economy and Crisis: Studying the role of law in economic, political, and environmental crises
IRC 44.
Critical Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Intellectual Property
IRC 46.
The State and the Corporation as Legal Fictions: Original Nation and Dissent
IRC 48.
Early Women Lawyers in the Legal Profession
IRC 49.
Citizenship, Nationalism, and Democracy in Times of Crisis
IRC 50.
The Future of Law in Africa
IRC 51.
Gender and Political Economy
IRC 52.
The Notariat Across Borders
IRC 53.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Conflict and Transformation
IRC 54.
Islamic Feminisms: From Theory to Praxis
IRC 55.
Mapping the Pasts and Futures of Law and Society Scholarship in Africa
IRC 56.
The Future We Need: Covid19 Pandemic Policies, Gender, Development, and Fiscal/Social/Economic Responses
IRC 57.
Headscarves and the Law: Global Perspectives
IRC 58.
Human Rights and Sustainability