Luisa F. Echeverría-King

Biography

Luisa F. Echeverría-King holds a PhD in Education from the University of Murcia (Spain), and is director of diplomacy and international scientific cooperation at the Universidad Simón Bolívar (Colombia). She is a researcher and consultant on issues related to international higher education, science diplomacy and capacity building in science, technology and innovation in Latin America. She has been a consultant to intergovernmental organizations, local and national governments and higher education institutions. She is an expert in science policy and internationalization policy, and has advised on higher education policy. In 2020 she is taking a Science Diplomacy Course in India; she is also a fellow of the Warsaw School of Science Diplomacy and the Brazilian School of Science and Innovation Diplomacy. AAAS and TWAS fellow (2021) for a course on Science Diplomacy with a perspective on Southern countries and DAAD fellow (2014) for a course on Internationalization Management. MASHAV fellow (2016) for a course on New Pedagogies in Higher Education. Executive Director of the Diplocientifica network.

She has taken the Innovation Diplomacy and Artificial Intelligence course at the University of Sao Paulo in November 2024. Founding member of the Colombian National Chapter of the Organization of Women in Science in the Developing World of UNESCO (OWSD). Member of the Liaison Committee of the Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Science Council. Member of the Global Young Academy since 2023. Member of the Latin America Research Advisory Board of Springer Nature since 2024. She has advised on the creation of various institutional and government policies related to internationalization and science. In 2024 she was the technical advisor for the National Policy Guidelines for the Internationalization of Higher Education in Colombia, launched in November 2024.

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