UP Campus: Mexico City

An economist by training with a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Economic Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, he has been a member of the National System of Researchers since 2010. He specializes in financial regulation, economic growth, inequality, and technological change.

He has been a research professor since 2005 and has served as the coordinator of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs at public institutions of higher education. At the Universidad Panamericana , he has served as head of the Academy of Economics in the School of Business, academic secretary, and research secretary at the School of Government and Economics, and he currently serves as research secretary for the School of Business.

He has 15 years of experience in teaching and research. His scholarly work includes articles, books, book chapters, and presentations at national and international conferences.

Research Areas

• Technological Innovation and Economic Growth
• Financial Regulation and Economic Growth

Román Rodríguez-Aguilar holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Economics at the National Polytechnic Institute. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the School of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a Master’s degree in Administration and Public Policy from the School of Government and Public Policy at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), a postgraduate degree in Applied Statistics from the Institute for Research in Applied Mathematics and Systems at UNAM, a specialization in Philosophical Anthropology from the National School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology ( Universidad Panamericana ), and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from UNAM.

First-place winner of the 2015 National Prize for Research in Health Economics, awarded by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation and the Mexican Foundation for Health. He is a Level II member of the National System of Researchers of SECHTI (Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation).

Dr. Rodríguez-Aguilar is currently a Tenured Research Professor (Level C) in the School of Business at the Universidad Panamericana.

Research Areas

• Sectoral Economy: Energy, Health, Agriculture, and the Environment
• Evaluation of Social Programs and Policies
• AI, Business Intelligence, and Data Science AI
• Innovation, Technology, and Digital Transformation Innovation
• Microeconomics and Industrial Organization

Mónica del Carmen Meza Mejía holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Navarra; a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Pan-American Institute of Senior Business Management (IPADE); and a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( Universidad Panamericana). She serves as a Tenured Professor (Level “C”).

Since 1994, she has been a member of the faculty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( Universidad Panamericana), Mexico City campus, where she has held various administrative positions within the School of Education. In 2015, she completed a research fellowship at the Mora Institute, working on the project “Industrial Schools in Mexico.”

She has participated in numerous research projects funded by the institutional grant “UP Research Promotion.” She is a full member of the Mexican Society for Comparative Education, the Mexican Council for Educational Research (COMIE), and the Latin American Association for Educational Research (ALIE).

Since 2015, he has been a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), with Level I recognition.

Research Areas

• Educational Principles and Practices
• Educational Thought: From Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
• Actors and Processes in Formal and Informal Settings

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He is a Tenured Researcher (Level C) in the Department of Philosophy at the Universidad Panamericana. He serves as Director of the graduate programs in that department. He is a Level II member of the National System of Researchers (SECIHTII).

His area of expertise is medieval and scholastic philosophy, with a particular focus on the legal and practical philosophy of that period. Other areas of interest in which he has published include the philosophy of humor and laughter, as well as 20th-century Mexican philosophy. He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and books in these fields.

He is a tenured professor of the courses “History of Medieval Philosophy” and “History of Scholastic Philosophy” in the Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy at the UP; he teaches the course “Introduction to the Middle Ages” in the Master’s Degree in History of Thought at the UP; and he currently teaches the course “Research Methodology” in the Doctoral Program in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

He is a tenured professor of the courses “History of Medieval Philosophy” and “History of Scholastic Philosophy” in the Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy at the UP; he teaches the course “Introduction to the Middle Ages” in the Master’s Degree in History of Thought at the UP; and he currently teaches the course “Research Methodology” in the Doctoral Program in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

Research Areas

• Speculative Philosophy

An economist by training with a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she has been a research professor since 2016 and a member of the National System of Researchers since 2018. She specializes in regional economics, quantitative methods, impact assessment, agri-food chains, and biocultural heritage; among her most recent projects are the impact assessment of the MAPFRE-UP Community Center, the Suster project funded by the European Union, and the TEEB AgriFood study on coffee, with support from the United Nations Development Program.

Throughout her professional career, she has served as a specialist in socioeconomic indicators at INEGI and as a professor of quantitative subjects and economics at universities in Mexico and abroad. At the National School of Business Administration ( Universidad Panamericana ), she has served as head of the Academies of Mathematics, Economics, and Research. She is currently a Level D Research Professor and Secretary of Research for the School of Business. She has 16 years of experience in teaching and research.

Research Areas

• Regional Economy
• Local Development
• Quantitative Methods
• Impact Assessment
• Agri-Food Chains
• Biocultural Heritage

María Teresa Nicolás Gavilán holds a PhD in Communication and a Master's degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Navarra, Spain, and a law degree from the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. During her doctoral studies, she received the Queen Sofia scholarships from Spain and the Government of Navarra for her outstanding academic performance.

He has additional professional training from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the IESE Business School (Spain) and the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE, Mexico).

Since 2009 she has worked at the Universidad Panamericana, Campus Mexico, where she has been director of Graduate Studies and of the Bachelor's Degree in Communication, as well as Academic Vice-Rector and Vice-Rector of Educational Innovation. Currently, she directs the Institutional Center for Educational Innovation of the Rector's Office.

He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of Mexico since 2011, currently at Level II. He has done research and teaching stays at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), Villanova University (USA), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy) and Wyższa Szkoła Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej (Poland).

Since 2015 he is part of the management team of the Ethics of Society and Media Group of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), where he has coordinated several workshops, preconferences and postconferences. He is also a member of the International Communication Association (ICA) and a full member of the Mexican Academy of Communication.

His most recent book is "Emotional Analysis in Multiplatform Serial Fiction" and he has published in several scientific journals indexed in Scopus, such as Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación, Media Watch, El Profesional de la Información, Revista de Comunicación and Journal of Business Ethics Education.

Research Areas

• Communication and Audiovisual Narrative Studies: Discourse and Content Analysis in News Reporting

Dr. María Luisa Azpíroz earned her Bachelor's degree in Journalism (2003–2007) and her Ph.D. in Communication (2007–2011) from the University of Navarra. She was awarded the Special Ph.D. Prize.

He conducted postdoctoral research in International Relations on a Marie Curie fellowship at the University of Liège (2013–2015).

Since 2016, she has worked as a professor and researcher at the School of Communication at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( Universidad Panamericana ) (Mexico City campus), where she has taught courses on Geopolitics and Communication, the Contemporary Global Context, and Current Events Seminar. She also teaches the module on public diplomacy in the Master’s Program in Political and Public Communication.

She is classified as a Tenured Professor, Category A, with a focus on research by the UP.

He has published articles in Scopus-indexed journals such as “Communication and Society,” “Studies on the Journalistic Message,” and “Brazilian Journalism Research.”

Research Areas

• Public Diplomacy
• Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development
• Food Security: Genetically Modified Organisms

Ph.D. in Political Science from the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. Member of the National System of Researchers, Level I. Her research interests include: contemporary transformations of the state, gender studies with a focus on public policy, and political communication studies with a gender perspective.

Among her most recent publications are: “Political Representation and Gender Equality in Mexico,” published by Palgrave Macmillan; “Women in Mexican Politics: A Study of Representation in a Renewed Federal and Democratic State” (2017), published by Lexington Books; and “Presidential Elections in Mexico: Media Coverage of the Josefina Vázquez Mota Campaign” (2020).

Member of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment and member of the group of external advisors to the University Program for Asian and African Studies. Project leader for “Women and the Media.”

Research Areas

• Analysis of Political Communication
• Gender and Its Relationship to Politics

María del Carmen Camacho Gómez received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2019, and her Master’s degree in Education and her Specialization in Anthropology from the Universidad Panamericana in 2007 and 2012, respectively. In 2005, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Intercontinental. Since 2011, she has worked at the School of Communication at the Universidad Panamericana, in Mexico City. She currently serves as Secretary of Student Affairs, professor, and associate researcher.

In addition, he is a member of the National System of Researchers (through Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology). He has published articles in indexed journals, such as *Journal Ética y Cine* and *Revista Panamericana de Comunicación*.

His research interests include the media, audiovisual narrative, historical fiction, and the analysis of audiovisual content.

Research Areas

• Screenwriting
• Audiovisual Narrative

Dr. Lourdes Martínez Villaseñor holds a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico Campus; a Master’s degree in Family Education from the IPCE at the National Institute of Education ( Universidad Panamericana ); and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico Campus. She is a Level D research professor in the field of artificial intelligence at the Universidad Panamericana. She holds a Level II distinction from the National System of Researchers. She served as President of the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence from 2023 to 2025. She won the 2023 Women Leaders in Responsible Artificial Intelligence Award in North America.

This year, she is the winner of the 2025 Trailblazer Award – Woman in AI of the Year for North America. Her main research interests are artificial intelligence applied to healthcare, user modeling, and the ethics of artificial intelligence. She has been a professor for more than 33 years and is the author of more than 65 publications in international journals and conference proceedings, two patents, and books in the field of artificial intelligence. 

Member of the following major societies and committees: IEEE Senior Member; Regular Member of the Mexican Academy of Computing; President of the Mexican Society for Artificial Intelligence; Member of the Advisory Board of AMITI (Mexican Association of the Information Technology Industry); Member of the SECIHTI Committee on Research and Development in Artificial Intelligence and HPC.

Research Areas

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: To Support Healthcare