José Luis Coraggio. Argentine. Economist. Masters and Doctorate studies in Regional Science at W... more

José Luis Coraggio. Argentine. Economist. Masters and Doctorate studies in Regional Science at Warthon School, University of Pennsylvania. At present: Researcher-Professor of Urban Economic Systems at Instituto del Conurbano (ICO) of Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS ). Director-Organizer of ICO (1996-1998). Elected Rector of UNGS (June 1998-June 2002). Academic Director of the Masters Program in Social Economy (MAES ), ICO-UNGS (since 2003). Coordinator of the Latin American Network of Researchers on Social and Solidarian Economy (RILESS ). www.riless.org Currently conducts research on urban popular economy, local development and social economy. Wide experience as researcher, professor and professional in the fields of economy and regional and urban planning, research methodologies and planning, and social policy analysis, in five countries: Argentina (1961-76; 1995 to date), Mexico (1976-80), Nicaragua (1981-85), Ecuador (1986-1990) and the United States (1991-94). Fulbright Hays Senior Lecturing Award (1976), John Simon Guggenheim Award (1982). Author of over 125 articles and author or co-author of over 25 books. less