Science, Technology, and Higher Education

1. Introduction. Science, Technology and Innovation Governance for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Latin America.- PART 1. CASES ON STI CAPACITIES FOR INCLUSION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.- 2. Relevance of Science, Technology and Innovation Diplomacy for STI Capacity Building in Central America: the cases of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.- 3. Transdisciplinary Citizen Science connect the two Caribbean Hope Spots of Colombia to improve the effectiveness of coral reefs conservation.- 4. Community-Based Innovation Ecosystems in Peace-building and Resilience Contexts.-5. Local economic development and the Colombian strategy for a sustainable and inclusive bioeconomy.- 6. Sharing economies and digital platforms: Between access and social inclusion in Colombia.- PART 2. CASES ON HIGHER EDUCATION AS AN AGENT FOR STI GOVERNANCE.- 7.Developing transformative innovation through policy experimentation in two Colombian Universities.- 8. Cauca's higher education institutions and their science and inclusion contribution for territorial peace building.- 9. A classification model to analyze inclusion in higher education systems: an approximation from contingency theory.- 10. Methodology for the governance and management of the university as a complex adaptive system based on the three missions: research, education and connecting with its surroundings.- 11. Science, Technology, Innovation and inclusive development: A country comparison between Colombia and Mexico.

Luis Antonio Orozco is a Full Professor in the School of Management at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and a senior researcher at the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. 

 Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros is the Dean of the School of Finance, Government, and International Relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and Assistant Professor at the School of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences at the University of Twente - The Netherlands.


Javier García-Estévez is Assistant Professor in planning and territorial development at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Development Studies at the University of Los Andes, Colombia.

Jaime Humberto Sierra González is Associate Professor in the Business Department in the School of Business and Economics - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.
Isabel Bortagaray is Professor at the Institute of Sustainable Development, Innovation and Social Inclusion at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay.