Research
Academic's work is honored at the Open Reason 2025 Awards
Juan Eduardo Carreño has been awarded by the Instituto Razón Abierta of the Francisco de Vitoria University and the Vatican's Foundation Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI.
Researchers from the Schools of Social Sciences and Nursing are awarded new version of BiCI funds
Matías Petersen, María Consuelo San Martín, María Francisca Valenzuela, Verónica Vidal, and Ximena Farfán were the academics selected.
How to smooth economic cycles, reducing the depth of recessions, to be studied with U.S. Federal Reserve researcher
Cristián Cuevas, an academic from the School of Economics and Business Administration, seeks to understand in his project how emerging countries can move from a procyclical fiscal policy to a countercyclical one, seeking to reduce economic volatility through a coordinated approach of fiscal, monetary, and macroprudential policies.
Project developing a tool to optimize the integration of AI models in devices with low computational power, memory, and space obtains a Fondecyt Initiaton grant.
Jorge Gómez, an academic from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, leads research that optimizes the integration of artificial intelligence models in devices close to the end user, improving their efficiency and reliability.
Study revealed possible political bias in municipal appraisals
The study not only sheds light on possible distortions in the appraisal system, but also opens the debate on transparency in tax processes.
Chilean scientists develop a new test to diagnose hypertension
An interdisciplinary team, led by researcher from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, José Manuel Saavedra, is developing generative models that allow reconstructing CT images with less than 50% of radiation, without losing diagnostic quality.
Higher Education as a Tool to Reduce Inequality
Andrés Barrios, researcher and director of the Human Development Lab at the School of Economics and Business of Universidad de los Andes, talks to journalist Mari Grisanti about how to transform educational institutions into effective tools to reduce inequality and increase social mobility.
IMPACT wins international grant to advance revolutionary cell therapy project
This recognition will allow IMPACT access to state-of-the-art devices, reagents, and operational expertise to implement a cellular manufacturing platform based on G-Rex®.
Pelusa Orellana, an academic from the School of Education: "Researchers are looking at the world in search of solutions to people's problems."
The academic from UANDES School of Education tells us about the path she took to become a researcher and how she fell in love with this discipline.
Sebastián Illanes: "I am a late convert. My interest in research was awakened as I progressed in my studies."
Among the reasons that led Dr. Illanes to become involved in the world of research was the example of people who dedicated their lives to this work, such as his father, a fishing engineer whose area of research was marine cultures.