
Ricardo Ayala
Full professor
Universidad de las Americas
Concepción, Chile
Spatial configuration of wellbeing; Professional ethics; Sociohydrology.
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Enfermeria, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2001
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Sociologia, UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR STRASBOURG I. Francia, 2016
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Educación, UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
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Sociologia, UNIVERSITY OF GENT. Bélgica, 2015
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Science & Technology Studies (hice 1 año de 2), UNIVERSITE PANTHEON-SORBONNE - PARIS I. Francia
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Académico Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Medicina
Valdivia, Chile
2006 - 2009
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Académico Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN
Medicina y enfermería
Osorno, Chile
2009 - 2010
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Junior Researcher Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF GENT
Political and Social Sciences
Bélgica
2010 - 2015
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Políticas públicas para el cuidado y autonomía Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF GENT
Gent, Bélgica
2015 - 2021
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Research academic Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS
Health & Social Sciences
Chile
2022 - A la fecha
My academic training follows a trajectory shaped by international experience and interdisciplinary research. I completed my PhD through the Erasmus Mundus scholarship program, a competitive EU initiative that supported doctoral work at a research-oriented European university and allowed me to engage with diverse academic traditions and methodologies. With a background in the social sciences and humanities, I developed the ability to work across languages, disciplines and institutional contexts. After that, I was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) where I led an independent research project with comparative case studies in Europe and the United States. These experiences strengthened my methodological and conceptual tools as well as my capacity to manage complex research independently. Now based at a university in Chile, I work on questions related to science, technology and natural resources, engaging with regional challenges while remaining part of wider academic conversations. This line of work is consolidating into a research agenda that aligns well with the goals of ANID.
- Asesor metodológico en proyecto tecnológico en gestión de emociones FIC R 40036143
- Asesor metodológico en proyecto tecnológico Fondef ID23I10034
- Asesor científico en diseño de meteriales de uso clínico (colaboración en el sector privado) Marzo 2020
- Autor frecuente de columnas de opinión (Ciper, The Brussels Times, Ciper Chile, Ssociólogos, The Conversation, etc)
- Reviewer at National Council of Scientific Research and Technology of Chile (Conicyt):
~ assessment of senior research projects
~ assessment of doctoral projects
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Outstanding Contribution Award
UNIVERSITY OF GENT
Bélgica, 2018
Premio al paper destacado en métodos de investigación, categoría postdoctoral. Financiado por la Unión Europea (U4 group of universities)
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Outstanding Paper Award
DEUTSCHE AKADEMISCHE AUSTAUSCHDIENST
Alemania, 2018
Premio al paper destacado en historia de la salud, categoría postdoctoral. (University of Cologne, que no está en la lista)
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Human Rights Award
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido, 2022
Lifetime achievement
The Blame Game in Water Extractivism: Case studies from Chile |
Segundo Congreso Global de Investigación Cualitativa en Salud: ¿qué posición toma la Medicina? |

Gustavo Blanco
PROFESOR TITULAR
INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile

Tomas Koch
Profesor titular
Mediaciones y subjetividades
UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA
Valparaiso, Chile

Elizabeth Nuñez
Profesora Titular
Escuela de Enfermería
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
RECOLETA, Chile

Lorena Binfa
Directora
Promoción de la Salud de la Mujer y el Recién Nacido
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile