Alejandra Boni Aristizabal

Biography

PhD in Human Rights and Democracy from the U. of Valencia; Associate Professor at the Departamento de Proyectos de Ingeniería (Dpt. of Projects Engineering) at the U. Politécnica de Valencia. Deputy Director of Ingenio (CSIC-UPV). Visitor researcher at the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex (2007), Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (2009), Research Centre for Leadership in Action at New York University (2011), Instituto Pensar at U. Javieriana de Bogota (2011 and 2013)the Free State University in South Africa (2013 and 2014) and University College of London (2016-17). Special Lecture Nottingham University (2008-2012) and Honorary Professor of the University of the Free State in South Africa Principal researcher in severeal research projects (2005-2013) on development education, international cooperation and development aid funded by AECID, UPV and Secretaría de Estado de Universidades. Partner of four European Projects: EDUWEL (2010-2014), SOCIETY (2013-2015), Global Engineering (2013-2015), Global Identity through Human Development (2014) and Students 4 Change. Social Entrepeneurship in Academia (2016-2019).

Research Interest

Her main research interest are in the area of human development, university, development education, international cooperation, project planning, grassroot social innovation and action research.