Research

The Chilean Society of Neuroscience unanimously decided to grant the "Lifetime Achievement Award in Neuroscience" to Dr. Úrsula Wyneken, academic of the Chilean Society of Neuroscience.

The Institute of History held the presentation of the book The Great War. The perennial topicality of the First World War [...]

This appointment contributes to the institutional alliance that since 2017 has connected Universidad de los Andes Clinic with Mass General Brigham, a network of health institutions affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

Javier Pinto, a professor at the School of Economics and Business Administration, is preparing the publication of two books and is leading international initiatives that seek to deepen the role of virtues and good practices within companies.

The book develops four essential questions: who to educate, what to educate for, who educates, and how to educate. From these questions, the subject, the goal, the agents, and the methods of educating are explored.

Ana Elisa Pereira, academic vice-dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration, studies how prices in financial markets influence the decisions of companies and governments, with implications for economic growth, regulation, and the stability of countries.

Vincent Van Kervel, an academic and researcher at the School of Economics and Business Administration, analyzed the impact of an SVS regulation that encouraged companies to hire financial intermediaries.

The platform created by the Center for Territorial Studies and the School of Engineering seeks to optimize the management of building permits, allowing a more agile and accurate review of the application files. The prototype was a finalist in the contest held by Laboratorio de Gobierno and the IDB.

Cynnamon Dobbs states that the Center for Territorial Studies seeks to promote the use of nature in health issues, generate robust evidence, and actively participate in the development of green infrastructure plans derived from the Green Cities Strategy in Chile.

Researchers from Universidad de los Andes and PUCV are working together to validate and transfer an AI-based technological platform to support the processing of projects in the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA).