Luis Suarez-Villa
is Professor of Social Ecology, and of Planning, Policy and Design at the
University of California, Irvine. He specializes in technology and innovation,
corporate capitalism, and their relationship with
social change, economic development and regional
analysis.
Prof. Suarez-Villa
has extensive international experience, and has pursued his research abroad. He
has twice been awarded Fulbright fellowships, and has researched his interests
in various nations in Europe, North America, Latin America and East Asia. He
has also been awarded honors and fellowships by numerous organizations, such as
the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Organization of
American States, Cornell University, and the University of California.
The author’s
educational background was very diverse. He earned his doctorate at Cornell
University, where he pursued studies in development, international studies,
policy and planning. His first university diploma was in architecture and
architectural engineering, but his academic interests subsequently evolved
through the fields of planning, economics, regional science, public
policy, sociology, and technology studies.
Prof. Suarez-Villa
has been a faculty member of the University of California since 1982. He is a
co-founder of the Department of Planning, Policy and Design at the University
of California, Irvine, and of its graduate programs. Prof. Suarez-Villa has
also been affiliated at various times with the Institute of Civil Infrastructure
Systems at New York University, the United Nations, UCLA,
the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain’s
National Council for Scientific Research, the Getulio
Vargas Foundation in Brazil,
and the Institute of Technological Research at
the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
For a selective listing of the author’s publications, please see the Publications sections of this website.
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