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Welcome to ​Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Welcome to Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in ​ Edinburgh 2018 An event developed in collaboration with ChileGlobal Seminars UK and supported by the Chilean Society of the University of Edinburgh, ChileGlobal, The Anglo Chilean Society, The Embassy of Chile in the UK, and The Institute for Academic Development of the University of Edinburgh. February 2018 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Welcome! The Chilean Society of The University of Edinburgh and ChileGlobal Seminars UK welcomes student and researchers to the seminar: "Thinking Chile: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2018". Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 has the aim to reinforce The University of Edinburgh as a centre of thinking and development, to promote new and innovative knowledge for the development of Chile through a strong networking based on a multidisciplinary perspective. The aim of the seminar is to provide a space for sharing and disseminating ideas grounded on high quality research carried out by Chilean students and researchers in the UK, as well as the creation of links in an environment of companionship and cooperation. Welcome to Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 1 Welcome! 2 Code of Conduct 4 Organizer Committee 5 Keynote Speakers 6 Professor Liz Grant 6 Stacey Hunter, PhD 6 Schedule 7 Thursday 22 February 7 Friday 23 February 7 Speakers 11 Camilo Anabalon 11 Felipe Aguilera Millacura 11 Begoña Arellano Jaimerena 12 Magdalena Cattan Lavin 12 María Contesse 13 Yennifer Cortes 14 Camila Dentone 15 Daniel Díaz Vera 15 Felipe Espic 16 Alejandro Espinosa-Rada 17 Bárbara Fernández Melleda 17 Fabián Fuentes González 18 Richard Guerrero 19 Claudio Molina - Camacho 19 Silvia Ojeda García 20 Luis Paiva 21 Ignacio Pérez 22 Diego Rates 22 Felipe Rivera 23 2 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Daniela Rodríguez Gutiérrez 24 Vicente Silva 24 Simón C. Smith 25 Nikolas Stüdemann 26 Johan Van Der Molen Moris 26 Luis Vargas Faulbaum 27 Marisol Verdugo Paiva 27 Gabriela Zapata Roman 28 Poster Presentation 30 Begoña Arellano Jaimerena 30 Diego Arenas 30 Paulina Bravo 31 Pablo Escárate 31 Pamela Jiménez Etcheverría 32 Cristhie Mella 33 Carolina Orellana 34 Carolina Peñaloza 35 Felipe Vicencio 35 Pamela Villamar G. 36 Attendees 38 Social Activities 39 Poster exhibition & Wine reception 39 Lumen 39 Food & drinks at a local bar 39 City Walk Tour 39 Self-guided hike to Arthur’s Seat 40 Sponsors 41 Chile Global Seminars UK 41 The Embassy of Chile in the UK 41 The University of Edinburgh Chilean Society 41 Anglo Chilean Society 41 Institute for Academic Development of The University of Edinburgh (IAD) 41 VSPT Wine Group 41 3 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Code of Conduct Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 (TChE) is an inclusive event where people should feel comfortable sharing their work, opinions, and perspectives. All of us commit to engaging with each other mindfully to ensure an environment that promotes shared learning and collaboration. The short version of the TChE Code of Conduct is that we are dedicated to a harassment- free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, choice of text editor, brand of computer, or the type of geek gadgets they have on their desks. We are confident that you will together build a supportive and collaborative atmosphere during the seminars. The following bullet points set out explicitly what we hope you will consider to be appropriate community guidelines: ● Be respectful to others. Do not engage in homophobic, racist, transphobic, ageist, ableist, sexist, or otherwise exclusionary behavior. ● Use welcoming and inclusive language. Exclusionary comments or jokes, threats or violent language are not acceptable. Do not address others in an angry, intimidating, or demeaning manner. Be considerate of the ways the words you choose may impact others. Be patient and respectful of the fact that English is a second (or third or fourth!) language for some participants. ● Do not harass people. Harassment includes unwanted physical contact, sexual attention, or repeated social contact. Know that consent is explicit, conscious and continuous—not implied. If you are unsure whether your behaviour towards another person is welcome, ask them. If someone tells you to stop, do so. ● Respect the privacy and safety of others. Do not take photographs of others without their permission. Note that posting (or threatening to post) personally identifying information of others without their consent ("doxing") is a form of harassment. ● Be considerate of others’ participation. Everyone should have an opportunity to be heard. In presentation sessions, please keep comments succinct so as to allow maximum engagement by all participants. Do not interrupt others on the basis of disagreement; hold such comments until they have finished speaking. ● Don’t be a bystander. If you see something inappropriate happening, speak up. If you don't feel comfortable intervening but feel someone should, please feel free to ask a member of the Code of Conduct response team for support. As an overriding general rule, please be intentional in your actions and humble in your mistakes. The TChE Code of Conduct governs participation for all interactions related to the seminars in Edinburgh. It applies to all participants at all sessions, including during after-hours working or social events. The TChE Code of Conduct is adapted (lightly) from the Data Study Group 2017 Code of Conduct and used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 CA) 4 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 license, attributed to Kirstie Whitaker and the Alan Turing Institute Data Study Group organising committee. Organizer Committee 5 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Keynote Speakers Professor Liz Grant Liz is Assistant Principal Global Health, Professor of Global Health and Development and Director of the Global Health Academy, one of five Global Academies that span the whole of the University. Liz has led a number of online teaching initiatives, co-directing the Partnership online Masters in Family Medicine, and the MSc Global eHealth. She also directs the Certificate in Global Health Challenges, one of the three certificates which forms part of the MSc in Global Challenges, a training programme delivered through a collaboration between the University's Global Academies. Liz’s research and practice focuses on the value base required for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, strengthening and integrating palliative care in low income country health systems, and the intersection of faith and health particular in relation to Planetary Health. Liz is a Board Director for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), and serves on the Boards of the World Federation of Academic Institutes of Global Health, the Editorial Council of the Journal for Global Health and the Advisory Executive for the Scottish Government Global Health Collaborative. Previously Liz was the Senior Health Advisor for the International Development Division of the Scottish Government. Liz worked as a Community Health Advisor in Kenya for a number of years. Stacey Hunter, PhD Dr Stacey Hunter is a design curator and the founder of Local ​ Heroes - a curatorial agency connecting audiences with exceptional Scottish design. In August 2016 Local Heroes presented a major exhibition of newly commissioned Scottish design souvenirs at Edinburgh Airport. A key part of Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, Local Heroes presented contemporary design to a global audience spanning 120 different locations and three continents. With over 15 years experience of creative production in the design and architecture sector in Scotland and abroad, Hunter's expertise lies in developing programmes to promote design locally and internationally through exhibitions, events, symposia and cultural projects. She was recently recognised by the V&A Museum of Design Dundee who named her one of their Design Champions in August 2017. Hunter’s doctoral thesis in architecture is the first major review of Scotland's emergent New Urbanism (University of Edinburgh, 2015). Stacey’s recent articles on design and craft are on her website at staceyhunter.co.uk. (Photo ​ ​ ​ ​ credit Studio RoRo.) 6 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 Schedule Thursday 22 February 17:00 Registration Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower. 18:00 Poster Exhibition & Wine Reception. ​ Main concourse, Appleton Tower. Friday 23 February 8:30 Registration Room G.06, 50 George Square. 9:00 Welcome speech UoE Chilean Society and Organizing Committee Room G.06, 50 George Square. 9:15 Keynote talk 1 Dr Liz Grant, Professor of Global Health and Development and Director of the ​ Global Health Academy, The University of Edinburgh. Room G.06, 50 George Square. 9:50 Q & A session Room G.06, 50 George Square. 10:20 Coffee Break at room G.06, 50 George Square ​ Change of venue from 50 George Square to David Hume Tower. ​ ​ ​ ​ 10:40 Session 1.A: Towards unified urban Session 2.A: Policies for social ​ ​ preservation and development. development. Room 4.18, David Hume Tower. Room 7.01, David Hume Tower. ● Is urban agriculture urban ● The Agenda setting and green space? A comparison policy adoption of 2008 of policy arrangements for Chilean pension reform. Luis ​ ​ urban green space and urban Vargas Faulbaum, The ​ agriculture in Santiago de University of Oxford. Chile. Maria Contesse, ● More educated, less mobile? ​ ​ ​ Wageningen University. Diverging trends in income ● Informal settlements and and educational mobility in disasters: coping with floods. Chile and Peru. Gabriela ​ ​ The case of Tierra Amarilla, Zapata Román, The University ​ Chile. Begoña Arellano of Manchester. ​ ​ Jaimerena, Wageningen ● Youth justice and childhood ​ University. social development. Daniela ​ ​ 7 Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh 2018 ● Chile, a Natural Laboratory Rodriguez Gutierrez, The ​ for Disaster Resilience. Felipe University of Edinburgh. ​ ​ Rivera, University College ● A review of demand and ​ London.
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