Invited Speakers
Carlos Vignolo
Associate Professor,
Department of Industrial Engineering,
Universidad de Chile
Álvaro Contreras
Research Assistant,
Department of Industrial Engineering,
Universidad de Chile
In this webinar, we will present main results and conclusions of our 35 years’ experience building Social Capital in social organizations of different sizes and complexities: work teams, private and public companies, governmental organizations, business unions, regions and others. We have done this with a system engineering model and an epistemological base on Biology of Cognition and Conversation, developed by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, famous Chilean scientists.
We will also present the project “KAYSEN: Strengthening Social Capital and Creating a Culture of Innovation in the Aysén Commune in Chilean Patagonia, running at this moment, with and emphasis in detecting and overcoming cultural obstacles to these goals.
About the presenters:
Carlos Vignolo
Carlos Vignolo is an Industrial Engineer from the Universidad de Chile, holding a Master of Science in Engineering from the same institution. He went for free graduate studies in Political Economy and Economic Development at the University of Sussex, U.K. (1975-1977). He has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Universidad de Chile since 1972 and serves as the Academic Director of the Innovation and Sociotechnology Program. His research, teaching, and applied work focus on Radical Innovation and Paradigm Shifts, Applied Constructivism, Social Capital, and Self-Engineering. Since 1986, his work has been grounded in the biologically based radical constructivism developed by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, renowned Chilean scientists. More information is available at www.carlosvignolo.com/welcome.
Álvaro Contreras
Álvaro Contreras holds a degree in Industrial Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Management and Public Policy, both from the Universidad de Chile. His postgraduate thesis, titled “Design of a Strategy to Strengthen the Social Capital of the Aysén Commune,” was an action research project focused on generating social capital in this part of Chilean Patagonia. He is also a Research Assistant at the Innovation and Sociotechnology Program at the Universidad de Chile. Currently residing in Puerto Aysén, Álvaro serves as the Manager of CORPAYSÉN (Development Corporation for Puerto Aysén) and is actively working to strengthen social capital in the Aysén Commune.
About Our Webinar Series
This event is part of our regular webinar sessions for social capital researchers including PhD/master students. These sessions include invited presentations from prominent scholars as well as presentations by PhD students and experts in professional practice.
For social capital researchers, these sessions are an opportunity to hear about the latest social capital research and insights from scholars working on the concept. They can be a great way to connect with people, to get advice, discuss ideas or issues, get suggestions for literature to read, or you can just listen.
Are you researching social capital and want to present your research? Click here for more information and to submit a proposal.
Generally, presentations can be 20 to 45 mins. The content of your presentation will depend on your research stage.
