Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD in Development Studies (2018)
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dissertation title: Critical realism and the persistence of poor school performance in Northern Colombia: The difference it makes
MA in Economics (2010)
Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
BA in Government and International Relations (2008)
Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)
(Exchange student at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Audencia, Nantes - 2006/7)
Job experience
in Colombia
Assistant professor Instituto de Estudios en Educación, Universidad del Norte (Colombia)
2020 - current
Policy assessment specialist, Econometría Consultores
2018 - 2021
Policy assessment specialist, Econometría Consultores
2011-2012
Policy assessment specialist, Oportunidad Estratégica
2010-2011
Research assistant, EconEstudio
2010
Research assistant, Transparencia por Colombia
2007-2008
Conferences
Congreso Nacional de Sociología
Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla
December 2023
CIAC-Congresso Internacional sobre o Estado da Arte das Excelências do Ensino. Estado del Arte de la Educaciòn Superior: Contexto Europeo, Lusófono e Hispanoamericano
Spain (online)
May 2023
The International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) conference
International Institute of Social Studies ISS, Erasmus University, The Hague
August 2022
XVII Congreso Nacional de Educación Comparada
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, February 2022
16th EADI-ISS General Conference 2021
International Institute of Social Studies ISS, Erasmus University, The Hague
July 2021
2020 Realist Methodology Training Conference
Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis (CARES), Liverpool (Online),
August 2020
The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics
Milton Keynes, London
July 2020
V Foro Bienal Iberoamericano de Estudios de Desarrollo
Red Iberoamericana de Estudios del Desarrollo, Bogotá
May 2019
15th Development Dialogue
International Institute of Social Studies ISS, Erasmus University, The Hague
October 2017
S. Instituto de Estudios Económicos del Caribe
Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla
August 2017
IV Congreso Nacional de Ciencia Política (ACCPOL)
Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá
September 2016
Seminario Centro de Investigación y Formación en Educación
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
August 2016
The European Conference on Education
International Academic Forum, Brighton
July 2016
2nd International conference on Education
University of Northern Colorado, Bangkok
March 2016
Cátedra Europa
Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla
March 2015
S. Instituto de Estudios Económicos del Caribe
Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla
November 2014
VII Semana Económica
Universidad Central, Bogotá
August 2011
II Congreso de economía colombiana
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
August 2010
Dialogo sobre educación y cultura tributaria
Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Bogotá,
April 2010
Perspectivas comparadas del conflicto armado en Colombia
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá
May 2008
Software Skills
STATA
Nvivo, Atlás-ti
Short courses
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Realist Reviews and Realist Evaluation (U Oxford, 2016)
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Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis Using NVivo (ECPR, 2016)
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Endogeneity in Econometric Models and Moment-Based Estimation (U Crete, 2015)
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Impact assessment of education policies, an international perspective (UNU-MERIT, 2013)
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Implementing randomized (impact) evaluations (J-PAL, 2012)
Peer review service
Academic journals:
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy
Cambridge Journal of Education
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Journal of Critical Realism
International Journal of Educational Development
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
Third World Quarterly
Latin American Research Review
Ciudad paz-ando
Economía & Región
Revista Intersticios
Books and Chapters
Ediciones UniNorte
Ediciones UniAndes
Bristol University Press and Policy Press