Lorena Archundia Navarro
Director of Science Planning, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico.
MA Lorena Archundia is Director of Science Planning in the Direction of Scientific Development of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology since 2013. She represents CONACYT in International Negotiations related to Scientific Development postdocs, and also responsible for the coordination of other programs related to scientific and technological development, training of high level human resources, sabbaticals and repatriations, as well as the integration and management of the budget of the Direction for Scientific Development. She is the author of several publications, including her participation in the co-authoring of the book: “The Institutional Design of the Science and Technology Policy in Mexico”, coordinated by Dr. Enrique Cabrero, Director General of CONACYT. She earned a MA in Public Policy from the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), and a BA in in Politics and Public Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO).