Thought and Society

During 2025, the Universidad de los Andes celebrated the defense of 20 doctoral theses in five academic programs. From technological and biomedical solutions, to reflections on democracy, law and culture, these theses are examples of rigorous research at the service of society.

With the objective of being a meeting place for researchers, academics and members of Congress to promote the generation of laws based on evidence and research, Vincula has become a successful example of the Uandes evidence culture in public policy.

The Universidad de los Andes registered 21 selected projects out of a total of 65 applications, reaching an award rate of 32.3%, a result consistent with the historical performance of the national Fondecyt system.

Según la doctora en Ciencias en Ecología Cynnamon Dobbs, investigadora y académica del Centro de Estudios Territoriales (CET) de la Universidad de los Andes, ya que “nuestra vida y la vida de los ecosistemas se construyen sobre el suelo”.

Isabela Munévar, a researcher at the School of Economics and Business Administration, analyzes the impact of the "walking school bus" system developed in Bogotá (Colombia) and also the use of public resources in Chilean education.

Juan Sotes, an academic from the School of Economics and Business Administration, studies how remuneration and valuation mechanisms affect mutual and pension fund investment decisions and their impact on price formation and market volatility.

The chapter written by Carolina Altimir addresses the importance of qualitative research to understand the processes of change that occur during psychotherapy in the Latin American context.

The lines of research will focus on areas such as Golden Age Literature, Elizabethan Literature, Hispanic American Literature from the Viceregal period to contemporary times, and Chilean Literature.

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

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.