Dr. Sebastián Mazzuca has worked as a professor at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in Argentina.

His teaching and research work focuses on the political and economic development of Latin America, particularly on four main issues that affect the quality of life of citizens in the region: flawed democracies, stagnant economic growth, high rates of social inequality, and fragile states, as evidenced by high levels of violence, among other factors.

His work has been published by the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Hispanic American Historical Review, The Oxford Handbook of Political Science, Política y Gobierno (Mexico), and Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile), among many others. His book Latecomer State Formation (Yale University Press, 2021) was featured in The Economist and several newspapers across Latin America.

Sebastían Mazzuca co-authored the article “Political Conflict and Power Sharing in the Origins of Modern Colombia” with Nobel Prize-winning economist James A. Robinson.

Mazzuca has earned multiple awards, such as the Best Article Award from the American Political Science Association in 2015 and the Teaching Excellence Award from Harvard University in 2010 and 2012. He has been a Fellow of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies since 2007.

Sebastián Mazzuca joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as a Distinguished Professor in Political Economy for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
• M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.A., Political Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires (summa cum laude)

• Dal Bó, E., Hernández-Lagos, P., & Mazzuca, S. (2022). The Paradox of Civilization: Preinstitutional Sources of Security and Prosperity. American Political Science Review, 116(1), 213–230.
•  Mazzuca, S. (2022). Nineteenth-century state formation and long-term economic performance in Latin America. In D. Collier & G. Munck (Eds.), Critical junctures and historical legacies: Insights and methods for comparative social science, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 209-222.
• Mazzuca, S. L., & Munck, G. L. (2021). A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Mazzuca, S. (2021). Latecomer state formation: Political geography and capacity failure in Latin America. Yale University Press.
• Mazzuca, S. (2017). States, regimes, and other structures of rule. APSA Comparative Democratization Newsletter, 15(1), 6–31.

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Dr. Sergio Fajardo is a mathematician, professor, and politician. At the beginning of his career, he worked for various scientific institutions in Colombia as member of the National Council for Basic Sciences, the National Commission for Masters and Doctorates, and director of the Antioquia Science and Technology Center, among others. Later, as a result of his political career, in 2016 and 2019 he held the position of visiting professor at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.

In 1999, he founded the civic movement 'Compromiso Ciudadano' with which he was elected mayor of Medellín for the period 2004-2007 with the highest vote registered at that time in the history of the city. His government was characterized by a new form of public management, focused on citizenship, transparency, and social innovation, which resulted in the highest acceptance and popularity rates in Colombia. During this four-year period, he led the biggest transformation of Medellín: from a city of inequity and violence to a worldwide example of social transformation through education and urbanism. He was awarded by the Colombia Líder Foundation as the best mayor of Colombia.

From 2012-2015, he was governor of Antioquia. During this period, he led the city's economic and social transformation, and similar to Medellín, his government addressed inequity, violence, and corruption. He was awarded by the Colombia Líder Foundation as the best governor of Colombia.

He was a candidate for the Colombian presidential elections in 2018 and 2022.

At the beginning of 2023, 'Compromiso Ciudadano' merged with the political party 'Dignidad', becoming the new political party called 'Dignidad y Compromiso', whose leaders and founders include Sergio Fajardo.

During his career as a mathematician, the central topics of his research were mathematical logic and the area of theory of probability models. In politics, his governments and his work have focused on areas such as urbanism, territorial development, education, and gender equity, to name a few.

In addition to having been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the United States; at the University of Oslo, in Norway; at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the Universidad Central de Venezuela, among other universities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, he has also given lectures on citizenship, politics, and issues of the public sphere and its transformation.

As governor of Antioquia, Sergio Fajardo was awarded and recognized as one of the best governors in the 2012-2015 period by the Colombia Líder Foundation. In addition, his development plan called "Antioquia la Más Educada" was recognized as the best in the country.

Due to his outstanding career, he received the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the International Menéndez Pelayo University (UIMP) in Spain (2009) and the University of Cordoba, in Argentina (2015).

In 2014, he received the Excellence and Leadership Award in Urban Management and Development from the University of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

Back to his first political position as mayor of Medellín, his social and urban transformation project called "Medellín la Más Educada" received the City to City Barcelona FAD award in 2009. Moreover, he ended his government with 95% approval and received the 2007 Latin American Character Award from The Financial Times.

Also, in 2007, he was one of the 8 outstanding leaders of the region in the America Awards for Excellence in Public Service of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN. Also, he received the Curry Stone Design Prize in 2009 and the Antonio de Sancha Prize awarded by the Madrid Publishers Association in 2010.

Sergio Fajardo joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished University Professor in Public Leadership for the School of Social Sciences and Government.
 

• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Master, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.Sc., Mathematics, University of the Andes
   

• Fajardo, S. (2017). El poder de la decencia. Ideas sensatas para un país en busca de confianza. Colombia. Número de páginas: 202. https://hdl.handle.net/11285/652332

• Fajardo, Sergio & Keisler, H.. (2017). Model Theory of Stochastic Processes. 10.1017/9781316756126.

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Dr. Sergio Fajardo is a mathematician, professor, and politician. At the beginning of his career, he worked for various scientific institutions in Colombia as member of the National Council for Basic Sciences, the National Commission for Masters and Doctorates, and director of the Antioquia Science and Technology Center, among others. Later, as a result of his political career, in 2016 and 2019 he held the position of visiting professor at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.

In 1999, he founded the civic movement 'Compromiso Ciudadano' with which he was elected mayor of Medellín for the period 2004-2007 with the highest vote registered at that time in the history of the city. His government was characterized by a new form of public management, focused on citizenship, transparency, and social innovation, which resulted in the highest acceptance and popularity rates in Colombia. During this four-year period, he led the biggest transformation of Medellín: from a city of inequity and violence to a worldwide example of social transformation through education and urbanism. He was awarded by the Colombia Líder Foundation as the best mayor of Colombia.

From 2012-2015, he was governor of Antioquia. During this period, he led the city's economic and social transformation, and similar to Medellín, his government addressed inequity, violence, and corruption. He was awarded by the Colombia Líder Foundation as the best governor of Colombia.

He was a candidate for the Colombian presidential elections in 2018 and 2022.

At the beginning of 2023, 'Compromiso Ciudadano' merged with the political party 'Dignidad', becoming the new political party called 'Dignidad y Compromiso', whose leaders and founders include Sergio Fajardo.

During his career as a mathematician, the central topics of his research were mathematical logic and the area of theory of probability models. In politics, his governments and his work have focused on areas such as urbanism, territorial development, education, and gender equity, to name a few.

In addition to having been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the United States; at the University of Oslo, in Norway; at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the Universidad Central de Venezuela, among other universities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, he has also given lectures on citizenship, politics, and issues of the public sphere and its transformation.

As governor of Antioquia, Sergio Fajardo was awarded and recognized as one of the best governors in the 2012-2015 period by the Colombia Líder Foundation. In addition, his development plan called "Antioquia la Más Educada" was recognized as the best in the country.

Due to his outstanding career, he received the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the International Menéndez Pelayo University (UIMP) in Spain (2009) and the University of Cordoba, in Argentina (2015).

In 2014, he received the Excellence and Leadership Award in Urban Management and Development from the University of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

Back to his first political position as mayor of Medellín, his social and urban transformation project called "Medellín la Más Educada" received the City to City Barcelona FAD award in 2009. Moreover, he ended his government with 95% approval and received the 2007 Latin American Character Award from The Financial Times.

Also, in 2007, he was one of the 8 outstanding leaders of the region in the America Awards for Excellence in Public Service of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN. Also, he received the Curry Stone Design Prize in 2009 and the Antonio de Sancha Prize awarded by the Madrid Publishers Association in 2010.

Sergio Fajardo joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished University Professor in Public Leadership for the School of Social Sciences and Government.
 

• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Master, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.Sc., Mathematics, University of the Andes
   

• Fajardo, S. (2017). El poder de la decencia. Ideas sensatas para un país en busca de confianza. Colombia. Número de páginas: 202. https://hdl.handle.net/11285/652332

• Fajardo, Sergio & Keisler, H.. (2017). Model Theory of Stochastic Processes. 10.1017/9781316756126.

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Dr. Steven Popper is a professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, where he teaches courses such as Complex Adaptive Systems and Policy Analysis; Participatory Foresight for Democratic Governance and Social Change; Technology Foresight and Policy Analysis; and Robust Decision Making.

For more than 37 years, he was a senior economist at RAND Corporation in the United States, a nonprofit institution that develops innovative solutions to public policy challenges and decision-making problems.

Steven Popper served as associate director of the Science and Technology Policy Institute, where he directed studies on critical technology issues for the White House (1996-2001) and also served as chair of the Industrial Science and Technology section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In addition, he has also served on several advisory boards including the Ohio State University Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and has been a consultant to the World Bank and the OECD.

His areas of research experience include strategy, planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty; energy and transportation planning; national science and technology policy; technology-based regional economic development; comparative strategies for managing technological change; economic system transitions; international security and defense; defense industrial bases; and strategic competition.

He was co-founder and chief operating officer at Evolving Logic Inc., a company that created the revolutionary Computer Assisted Reasoning system (CARs) and a methodology called RAP™ (Robust Adaptive Planning), which addresses complex decision-making. He was the founding chair for education and training of the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) and is currently the Society’s chair for finance.

He also served on several academic and international boards such as the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research, the Israel Innovation Institute, and the U.S. National Research Council, among others.

He is a frequently invited keynote speaker and lecturer. Recent presentations include those to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.K. Ministry of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and the P.R.C. Ministry of Science and Technology on topics such as foresight, transformational recovery, and the quantitative and qualitative application of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty concepts, to name some.

Steven Popper has co-authored more than 35 peer-reviewed books and monographs and more than 20 papers and articles on topics ranging from game-changing technologies, future and foresight studies, and socioeconomic analysis, to security, innovation, risk management, government policy-related issues, Robust Decision Making, and Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, among others.

One of his publications, Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis (2003, RAND MR-1626), for which he was co-principal investigator along with Robert J. Lempert and Steven C. Bankes, provides a methodological framework for decision-making under deep uncertainty that has been applied to several policy-related issues as Robust Decision Making.

He has been recognized with several awards such as the RAND Innovation Spotlight Award for the Exploratory Policy Analysis Tool (ExPAT, 2022) and being named a Harold and Colene Brown Faculty Fellow by the Pardee RAND Graduate School (2016). He was also the recipient of the RAND Bronze Metal Award (2014), the RAND Silver Metal Award (2008), and elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005).

Steven Popper joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished University Professor in Decision Sciences for the School of Social Sciences and Government.

• Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.Sc., Biochemistry, University of Minnesota

• Systematic Method for Prioritizing Investments in Game-Changing Technologies: The Evaluation and Comparison Process Framework, with Richard Silberglitt, Cynthia R. Cook, Lisa Pelled Colabella, Paul Dreyer, Eric Hastings, Alexander C. Hou, Alexis Levedahl, Edward Parker, Scott Savitz, and Li Ang Zhang, RAND Corporation, RR-A632-1, 2022.

• Use of Predictive Analytic Tools to Assess Technological Emergences and Acquisition Targets, with Richard Silberglitt, Anna Jean Wirth, Christopher A. Eusebi, Inez Khan, Jasmin Léveillé. RAND Corporation, RR-A539-2, 2022

• Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty: From Theory to Practice, with Vincent A. W. J. Marchau, Warren E. Walker, Pieter J. T. M. Bloemen (eds.), Springer International Publishing (10.1007/978-3-030-05252-2), 2019.

• “Designing a Robust Decision–Based National Security Policy Process: Strategic Choices for Uncertain Times”, in Frank, A.B. and E.M. Bartels (eds.), Adaptive Engagement for Undergoverned Spaces: Concepts, Challenges, and Prospects for New Approaches, 2022.

• “Forecasts and decisions: A commentary on Lustick and Tetlock”, with Robert J. Lempert, Paul K. Davis, Tim McDonald, in Futures and Foresight Science 3 (2), June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.81 <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ffo2.81>

• China's Propensity for Innovation in the 21st Century: Identifying Indicators of Future Outcomes, with Marjory S. Blumenthal, Eugeniu Han, Sale Lilly, Lyle J. Morris, Caroline S. Wagner, Christopher A. Eusebi, Brian G. Carlson, and Alice Shih, RAND Corporation, RR-A208-1, 2020.

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Dr. Steven Popper is a professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, where he teaches courses such as Complex Adaptive Systems and Policy Analysis; Participatory Foresight for Democratic Governance and Social Change; Technology Foresight and Policy Analysis; and Robust Decision Making.

For more than 37 years, he was a senior economist at RAND Corporation in the United States, a nonprofit institution that develops innovative solutions to public policy challenges and decision-making problems.

Steven Popper served as associate director of the Science and Technology Policy Institute, where he directed studies on critical technology issues for the White House (1996-2001) and also served as chair of the Industrial Science and Technology section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In addition, he has also served on several advisory boards including the Ohio State University Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and has been a consultant to the World Bank and the OECD.

His areas of research experience include strategy, planning and decision-making under deep uncertainty; energy and transportation planning; national science and technology policy; technology-based regional economic development; comparative strategies for managing technological change; economic system transitions; international security and defense; defense industrial bases; and strategic competition.

He was co-founder and chief operating officer at Evolving Logic Inc., a company that created the revolutionary Computer Assisted Reasoning system (CARs) and a methodology called RAP™ (Robust Adaptive Planning), which addresses complex decision-making. He was the founding chair for education and training of the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) and is currently the Society’s chair for finance.

He also served on several academic and international boards such as the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research, the Israel Innovation Institute, and the U.S. National Research Council, among others.

He is a frequently invited keynote speaker and lecturer. Recent presentations include those to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.K. Ministry of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and the P.R.C. Ministry of Science and Technology on topics such as foresight, transformational recovery, and the quantitative and qualitative application of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty concepts, to name some.

Steven Popper has co-authored more than 35 peer-reviewed books and monographs and more than 20 papers and articles on topics ranging from game-changing technologies, future and foresight studies, and socioeconomic analysis, to security, innovation, risk management, government policy-related issues, Robust Decision Making, and Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, among others.

One of his publications, Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis (2003, RAND MR-1626), for which he was co-principal investigator along with Robert J. Lempert and Steven C. Bankes, provides a methodological framework for decision-making under deep uncertainty that has been applied to several policy-related issues as Robust Decision Making.

He has been recognized with several awards such as the RAND Innovation Spotlight Award for the Exploratory Policy Analysis Tool (ExPAT, 2022) and being named a Harold and Colene Brown Faculty Fellow by the Pardee RAND Graduate School (2016). He was also the recipient of the RAND Bronze Metal Award (2014), the RAND Silver Metal Award (2008), and elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005).

Steven Popper joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished University Professor in Decision Sciences for the School of Social Sciences and Government.

• Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• B.Sc., Biochemistry, University of Minnesota

• Systematic Method for Prioritizing Investments in Game-Changing Technologies: The Evaluation and Comparison Process Framework, with Richard Silberglitt, Cynthia R. Cook, Lisa Pelled Colabella, Paul Dreyer, Eric Hastings, Alexander C. Hou, Alexis Levedahl, Edward Parker, Scott Savitz, and Li Ang Zhang, RAND Corporation, RR-A632-1, 2022.

• Use of Predictive Analytic Tools to Assess Technological Emergences and Acquisition Targets, with Richard Silberglitt, Anna Jean Wirth, Christopher A. Eusebi, Inez Khan, Jasmin Léveillé. RAND Corporation, RR-A539-2, 2022

• Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty: From Theory to Practice, with Vincent A. W. J. Marchau, Warren E. Walker, Pieter J. T. M. Bloemen (eds.), Springer International Publishing (10.1007/978-3-030-05252-2), 2019.

• “Designing a Robust Decision–Based National Security Policy Process: Strategic Choices for Uncertain Times”, in Frank, A.B. and E.M. Bartels (eds.), Adaptive Engagement for Undergoverned Spaces: Concepts, Challenges, and Prospects for New Approaches, 2022.

• “Forecasts and decisions: A commentary on Lustick and Tetlock”, with Robert J. Lempert, Paul K. Davis, Tim McDonald, in Futures and Foresight Science 3 (2), June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.81 <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ffo2.81>

• China's Propensity for Innovation in the 21st Century: Identifying Indicators of Future Outcomes, with Marjory S. Blumenthal, Eugeniu Han, Sale Lilly, Lyle J. Morris, Caroline S. Wagner, Christopher A. Eusebi, Brian G. Carlson, and Alice Shih, RAND Corporation, RR-A208-1, 2020.

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