
Félix Antonio Modrego Benito
Profesor Asistente
Universidad de O'Higgins
Rancagua, Chile
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Spatial Economics, Regional Development
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Agricultural Economics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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Spatial Sciences, UNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN. Holanda, 2016
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time
LABORATORIO NAZIONALE DEL GRAN SASSO
Social Sciences
L´Aquila, Italia
2017 - 2019
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE
Economics and Business Administration
Antofagasta, Chile
2015 - 2016
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE
Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas
Antofagasta, Chile
2019 - 2020
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
Universidad de O'Higgins
Ciencias Sociales
Rancagua, Chile
2020 - At present
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Researcher Full Time
Latin American Center for Rural Development
Santiago, Chile
2006 - 2013
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Research Assistant Part Time
Department of Agricultural Economics - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2004 - 2006
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Associate Researcher Part Time
Institute of Regional Applied Economics - IDEAR
Antofagasta, Chile
2013 - 2014
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
2015 - 2016
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time
Gran Sasso Science Institute - GSSI
LAquila, Italia
2017 - 2019
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
2019 - 2020
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
Universidad de O'Higgins
Rancagua, Chile
2020 - At present
• Referee for the journal Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2020.
• Referee for the Journal of Regional Science. 2020.
• Referee for the journal Papers in Regional Science. 2018, 2017, 2015, 2011.
• Referee for the journal Spatial Economic Analysis. 2018
• Referee for the Journal of Geographical Systems. 2018.
• Evaluator of proposals for the 2016 and 2015 Regular Fondecyt Contest of the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).
• Evaluator of proposals for the 2015 Initiation Fondecyt Contest of the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).
• Lecturer in the Diploma in Territorial Development of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) - Rimisp. 2015.
• Publications reviewer for the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador). 2014.
• Consultant for the impact evaluation of the programs of the National Institute for Agricultural Development (INDAP) conducted by Agraria Consultores and commissioned by the Chilean Ministry of Finance. 2013.
• Referee for the journal Ingeniare, Revista Chilena de Ingeniería. 2013.
• Consultant for the construction of forest productivity indexes as part of the Household Reallocation Plan of HidroAysen hydro electrical project. Conducted by Geografía UC-Proyectos and commissioned by HidroAysén. 2013.
• English-Spanish translation of Briefing Notes and Policy Instrument Notes of the project “Pro-Poor Growth”. Commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of the U.K. 2011.
• Consultant in methodologies for the analysis of household surveys for the NGO Comunidad Mujer. 2011
• Consultant for the study “Economic incentives to milk production in Chile.” Commissioned by the Chilean Technological Consortium of the Milk. 2010
• Referee for the journal African Journal of Business Management. 2008.
• Referee for the journal Agricultural Economics. 2007.
• Consultant in the elaboration of business plans for the business incubator INER – Los Lagos. 2007.
• English-Spanish translator of three chapters of the book “Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina y el Caribe. El Papel del Gasto Público”. Commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2006.
• Evaluator for the 2005 National Contest of Projects and Studies on Agricultural Innovation of the National Foundation for Agricultural Innovation.
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“Matrícula de Honor”
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 1997
Best performance of the generation in Forest Engineering
Beyond entrepreneurial culture in the entrepreneurial ecosystems framework: Contributions from economic anthropology |
Human capital and regional development |
Los dilemas territoriales del desarrollo en América Latina |
De Yucatán a Chiloé: dinámicas territoriales en América Latina |
Location and Sorting of Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship |
Estudio de Línea de Base de los Usuarios de la Acción de Fomento de INDAP. |
Transforming Territories |
GEOGRAFIA DEL EMPRENDIMIENTO EN CHILE |
Territorial Cohesion for Development |
Rural Territorial Dynamics |

William Foster
Full Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
FACULTAD DE AGRONOMÍA , PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

julio Berdegue
Territorial Cohesion Program Coordinator
Centro Latinoamericano para el desarrollo rural
Santiago, Chile

Andrea Canales
Profesora Asistente
Instituto Ciencias Sociales
Universidad de O'Higgins
Rancagia, Chile