Luisa F. Echeverría-King
Research in international higher education and linguistics
Luisa F. Echeverría-King is an international speaker and consultant passionate about education and training.
She holds a PhD in Education from Universidad de Murcia (Spain). She has trained more than 3000 teachers and staff in courses, workshops and MOOCs, with a strong focus on Latinamerica. Head of Diplomacy and International Scientific Cooperation at Universidad Simón Bolívar. Researcher on issues related to international higher education, science diplomacy and the development of science, technology and innovation capacities in Latin America.
She undertakes also consultancies and projects at the interface of education, science, international relations and public policy. She studied Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany. In 2020, takes a Course on Science Diplomacy in India, thanks to a scholarship granted by the Indian government. She is also fellow from the Warsaw School of Science Diplomacy and the Brazilian School of Science and Innovation Diplomacy. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the World Academy of Sciences for a course on Science Diplomacy with a perspective on Southern countries and DAAD fellow for a course on Management of Internationalization. MASHAV fellow on a course on New Pedagogies for Higher Education. Executive Director of Diplocientifica. Funding member of the Colombian National Chapter of the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World from UNESCO (OWSD).Member of the Liasson Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Science Council. Member of the Global Young Academy since 2023.
