General Information
INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION
Contact
- isabel.velasco@wiut.uz
- Office Phone Number
- +998
- Linkedln
- www.linkedin.com/in/icvz
- ORCID
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-8028
- Google Scholar
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UvibFMsAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=2
- Research Gate
Education Information
Education Information
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2015 - 2020 Master in the Analysis of Contemporary Political, Economic and Internatinal Issues
Externado de Colombia University, Bogota, Colombia
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2010 - 2014 Bachelor in Foreign Trade
Valle University, Cali, Colombia
Dissertation
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2020 - 2020 Economic and Social improvement in global production networks in emerging economies: the formalisation of subsistence in the Colombia textile industry
Master dissertation Distinction URL: https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/entities/publication/ab05cd5f-3097-4ace-9462-9e382b71be04
Research Areas
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Labour condition Social upgrading Economic upgrading Global production networks Globalization Emerging economies
Professional Experience
ACADEMIC TITLES
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2022 - Visiting practioner WIUT
Instruct the students during seminars and bridge theoretical elements to different business contexts. Courses: • Business in the modern world – Level 3. • Introduction to management and organisational behaviour – Level 3. • Tourism and its dynamics – Level 4. • Entrepreneurship and new venture creation – Level 6. • Strategy in a complex world – Level 6.
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2018 - 2019 Research assistant
Work Affiliation: ICESI UNIVERSITY. Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Support the development of the methodology for experiments and applying protocols for the research project: "Managers ethical judgment". Activities: • Research, database search, and relevant information for the development of the project. • Use the Global Reporting Initiative -GRI to identify patterns and evaluate patterns. • Data analysis in NVivo software for pattern identification and data processing. • Literature and image analysis for the Manuelita firm. • Prepare the information crossover matrix with the systematization of interviews and analysis of sustainability reports.
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2015 - 2018 Researcher
Research assistance in multiple projects related to regional development, economic competitiveness, social improvement, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE
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2020 - 2021 Senior Project Advisor and Grant Writer
Work affiliation: INSTITUTE OF INTERCULTURAL STUDIES (IIS), PONTIFICIA JAVERIANA UNIVERSITY. Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Support in formulating research proposals, designing a monitoring and evaluation system for projects, assisting with the design and development of workshops and feedback meetings, and assisting with the writing of documents and the carrying out of a socialization exercise of the plan.
Publications & Works
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Desafios para la transformacion productiva y educativa: hacia una sociedad y economia del conocimiento
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Progreso social y competitividad regional: el caso del Valle del Cauca
Books & Book Chapters
Projects & Grant proposals
Supported Projects
Grant proposals
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2021 - 2023 Core support for strengthening the institutional capacity of ISS
Funder: Ford Foundation. Total amount: $400.000
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2020 - 2022 Pooling efforts, technical and administrative resources to implement the peace agreement by the Truth Commision and the ISS.
Funder: Ford Foundation Total amount: $750.000
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2021 - 2022 Sharing knowledge and promoting social dialogue
Funder: Porticus Total amount: 249.907 Euros
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2021 - 2022 Active rural recipient communities of the Truth Commision's legacy in Colombia
Funder: Vasca Agency for Development Cooperation Total amount: 249.907 Euros.