Karla Valverde Viesca, PB Research Board Chair

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | Mexico City, Mexico

Karla Valverde is a full-time professor in the Center for Political Studies at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is an active member of various international academic associations. At the national level, she is a founding Member of the National College of Professionals in Political Science, Public Administration and Government, A.C.; of the Association for Accreditation and Certification in Social Sciences, A. C. (ACCECISO) where she is currently Chairwoman of the Steering Committee, and of the Mexican Council of Research in Political Science (COMICIP). In 2005 she received from UNAM Award for Young Academics in the Area of Social Sciences and since 2008, she is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI). She is the author of the book ‘Institutional Construction of Social Development’ in Mexico. In addition, she is currently the Academic Coordinator at UNAM of the H2020 Project The Cohesive city: Addressing Stigmatization in Disadvantaged Urban Neighborhoods, which is an international cooperation project between the European Commission, various academic institutions and NGOs from 6 other countries.