Research collaborators
Our collaborators are allied researchers from a wide range of universities and organizations in Latin America and the United Kingdom. With them, we have created a transdisciplinary work dynamic, working together around different issues in order to create a greater impact in the communities and in their social, economic, environmental and political contexts.

prof Harry smith
Professor
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
The Urban Institute

prof alex abiko

prof josé humberto caballero acosta
Associate Professor in Geological Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

alessandra cristina corsi

stephanie crane de narváez
Research Fellow (Architect)
Communications Consultant
The University of Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt University

Karoline Ferreira

beatriz jaramillo (Belated)
President Colombian Society of Architects (SCA) Antioquia Region
Dean of the School of Architecture
Universidad Santo Tomas (UST)

Pedro C. B. Leal

prof gabriela medero
Professor in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Heriot-Watt University

Dr Emma Regina Morales Garcia de Alba
Coordinator of the Masters Degree in Habitat and Socio-territorial Equity
Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla
Instituto de Investigaciones en Medio Ambiente Xabier Gorostiaga

Dr Nora Olanni Ricalde Alarcón
Professor in Women Studies
Director of International Affairs
Universidad Anáhuac

dr penny travlou
Lecturer in Cultural Geography and Theory
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The University of Edinburgh

Tazio Viadana
Research Assistant (Environmental & Work Safety Engineer)
Universidade de São Paulo

dr ryan woolrych
Associate Professor
Director of The Urban Institute
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Heriot-Watt University

prof soledad garcia ferrari
Professor
Edinburgh College of Art
Dean Latin America, Director Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies (CCLAS)
University of Edinburgh

diana alvarez
Academic Coordinator for MSc in Urban Studies
Architecture Faculty
School of Architecture and Design
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB)

Dr Elizabeth Arboleda Guzman

cristina boggi

Jeronimo Chavarria Hernandez

prof Françoise coupe
Emeritus Professor
Escuela del Hábitat, Facultad de Arquitectura
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Representative at the general Advisory Board for the Planning Department of Medellin and past President of Medellin Planning Council

Paulo C. Fernandes da Silva

Dr Maria Eugenia Ibarraran
Director
Instituto de Investigaciones en Medio
Ambiente Xabier Gorostiaga
Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla

Dr Kathi Kaesehage
Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh Business School
The University of Edinburgh

dr fernando marinho
Associate Professor
Department of Technical and Structural Engineering, University of Sao Paulo (USP)
Head of the research group on Unsaturated Soil at USP and senior investigator of Brazil’s National Research Council (CNPq), Brazil.

Dr monica mejía escalante
Assistant Professor
Director of the Escuela del Hábitat
Facultad de Arquitectura
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

carlos montoya
Consultant, Architect
Former Director of Works at the City Development Company (EDU)
Former lecturer at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Marcela Penha Pereira Guimarães

dr helena rivera
Former Research Associate (Architect)
The University of Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt University
Director at A Small Studio

tiago torres campos
Former Lecturer at Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The University of Edinburgh
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
Rhode Island School of Design

carlos velasquez
Community Leader in Comuna 8
Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences
Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia