COLFUTURO Yearbook Selection 2026

Social Sciences Andrea Rosales Climent Associate Professor Open University of Catalonia COLFUTURO 2008 recipient. Ph.D. in Interactive Media and Cognitive Systems from Pompeu Fabra University (Spain); certificate in Digital Film for Mobile Platforms from ICESI University; and degree in Communication from Universidad del Valle. Enrique Uribe Jongbloed Research Professor Universidad Externado de Colombia COLFUTURO 2008 recipient. Ph.D. in Media Studies from Aberystwyth University (United Kingdom), where he defended his doctoral dissertation titled *Negotiations of Identity in Minority Language Media* ; Master’s degree in World Heritage Studies from Brandenburgische Technische Universität (Germany). Film and television producer from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá campus). Jean David Polo Vargas Professor, researcher, and consultant Universidad del Norte COLFUTURO 2008 recipient. Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Behavior and a certificate in Advanced Studies in Labor and Human Resources from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain); M.A. in Psychology and licensed psychologist from Universidad del Norte. Johanna Burbano Valente Dean of the School of Psychology Pontificia Universidad Javeriana COLFUTURO recipient, 2008. Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Master’s degree in Political Studies and a psychologist from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Juan Carlos Valencia Rincón Associate Professor, Department of Communication Pontificia Universidad Javeriana COLFUTURO 2007recipient. Ph.D. in Music, Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies from Macquarie University (Australia). Master’s degree in Communication, specialist in Cultural Studies, and degree in Electronic Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Juana María Marín Leoz Dean of the School of Social Sciences Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Ph.D. in History, certificate in Advanced Studies in History, and degree in History from the University of Navarra (Spain). At that institution, she defended her doctoral dissertation titled *The Rectorial Elite of the Capital: Composition of the Political- Administrative Institutions of Santafé de Bogotá during the Governorship of Viceroy Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz, 1797–1803* and completed her master’s thesis, *A Military Man for American Reformism: Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz, 1735–1795 *. Sven Benjamín Schuster Full Professor and Director of the History Program Universidad del Rosario Ph.D. in Latin American History (graduated summa cum laude ) and M.A. in Latin American History, Economic History, and Latin American Studies f rom Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt . Thierry Lulle Professor Emeritus, School of Social Sciences and Humanities Universidad Externado de Colombia Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the French Institute of Urban Planning at the University of Paris VIII (France). Architect from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris (France). COLFUTURO 40