Contributions From Latin America to a Global Social Psychology: Introduction to the Special Issue / Aportes desde Latinoamérica para avanzar hacia una psicología social global: introducción al número especial

Social psychology has historically been shaped by theoretical frameworks, methods, and samples originating from the Global North, which has limited its ability to capture the diversity of human psychosocial processes. This Special Issue presents nine research studies conducted in Latin America with the aim of contributing to a more global and pluralistic social psychology. Based on an analysis of the submissions received, the main thematic areas – politics and ideology, gender and sexuality, migration, socio-economic inequality, conflict and violence – the predominant methodological strategies and the geographical asymmetries that persist within the region itself are identified. The selected papers address structural issues in the region – violence, exclusion, precariousness, colonial legacies – and also document the individual and collective responses that emerge in the face of these challenges. Together, they offer situated empirical evidence and analytical categories that enrich the dialogue between Latin American psychology and international scientific debate.