Ismael Peña-López Curriculum Vitae Ismael Peña-López Director General of Citizen Partcipation, Government of Catalonia CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Director General of Citizen Partcipation Secretary of Transparency and Open Government Departament of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency Government of Catalonia Tapineria, 10 08002 – Barcelona, Spain +34 661465901 Citizenship: Spanish [email protected] Date of birth: 19 March 1973 http://ictlogy.net @ictlogist Personal Information ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Research ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Publications ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Reviewer .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Teaching .................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Educational Innovation and production .................................................................................................................... 37 Science dissemination and knowledge transfer ........................................................................................................ 40 Writings ..................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Speeches .................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Updated 11 September 2020 http://ictlogy.net/ismael_penalopez_cv_eng.pdf 1 of 61 Ismael Peña-López Curriculum Vitae Work experience Director General of Citizen Partcipation Secretary of Transparency and Open Government Departament of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency Government of Catalonia June 2018 – Main area: deliberative democracy, representavie democracy (elections), direct democracy. Lecturer School of Law and Political Science, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) Higher Education December 2005 – June 2018 Main area: Public Policies for Development and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). e-Readiness, digital divide and impact of ICTs in democratic and education institutions. Director of Open Innovation Fundació Jaume Bofill Nonprofit, research and policy in Education November 2013 – June 2018 Main tasks: strategic planning of open innovation across the whole foundation and its programmes; design and development of emblematic projects; accompaniment of other projects to improve their openness and degree of collaboration and community building. Researcher and Analyst Open Evidence Consultancy on social sciences research. November 2013 – January 2016 Main tasks: evaluation; definition and design of new projects; open innovation; open government and e-government; e-learning. Director of Development Cooperation Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) Higher Education February 2001 – November 2005 Main duty: Setting up and developing the cooperation for development program of the University, whose mission was to foster the implementation of ICT in non-profit institutions and projects, especially in their own management (intranets), their training activities and programs (e-learning), with the help of online volunteers. • Coordination of the cooperation for development, advocacy strategy and PR of the University, including all the departments of the University involved (in any way) in Cooperation for Development projects • Management of the Cooperation for Development action plan: design of services, sustainable economic plan, fundraising, coordination of human resources, budget management, quality management, etc. • Setting up of the e-learning for development and online volunteering programmes: research, innovation and practice • ICT4D international projects design, management and coordination • ICT consultant and advisor in projects related to networking and working in the net, Updated 11 September 2020 http://ictlogy.net/ismael_penalopez_cv_eng.pdf 2 of 61 Ismael Peña-López Curriculum Vitae knowledge management, e-learning, online volunteering and teleworking e-Learning management officer Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) Higher Education December 1999 – January 2001 Main duty: Webmaster and coordinator of the Virtual Office, applications design, information and communication management , enrolment management, etc • Description of specificities and implementation of different academic management applications and databases, coordinating multidisciplinary project-based teams. Academic and research management officer Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (http://www.uab.es) Higher Education July 1995 – November 1999 Main duty: secretariat and administrator of the Academic Office of the School of Political Sciences and Sociology (Jul/1995-Sep/1997) and Centre for Olympic Studies (Oct/1997- Nov/1999) • Academic management, administration and accountancy, secretariat, database management (students, researchers, etc.). Education and training PhD on the Information and Knowledge Society Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) September 2006 – September 2009 Dissertation: “Measuring digital development for policy-making: Models, stages, characteristics and causes”. Supervisor: Tim Kelly. Examining committee: Tim Unwin, Bruno Lanvin, Robin Mansell, Joan Torrent , Laura Sartori. Mark: Excellent. DEA on the Information and Knowledge Society Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) February 2005 – October 2005 Dissertation: “e-Learning for Development: a model”. Supervisor: Jordi Planella. Mark: Excellent. Expert in Knowledge management (postgraduate course) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) March 2002 – July 2002 MSc in Ecoaudit and Corporate Planning of the Environment Instituto de Investigaciones Ecológicas de Málaga (http://www.inieco.com) November 1996 – July 1998 Final mark: A. PhD in Public Economics (unfinished – courses passed) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (www.uab.es) - University September 1996 – July 1998 BSc in Economics Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (www.uab.es) - University Updated 11 September 2020 http://ictlogy.net/ismael_penalopez_cv_eng.pdf 3 of 61 Ismael Peña-López Curriculum Vitae October 1991 – July 1996 Especiality in Applied Economics and Public Economics. PhD related Fourth International Postgraduate Symposium in ICT4D Royal Holloway University of London (http:// www.rhul.ac.uk) September 2009 Third International Postgraduate Symposium in ICT4D University of Joensuu (http:// www.joensuu.fi) September 2008 Second International Postgraduate Symposium in ICT4D Karlstad University (http:// www.kau.se) August 2007 Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme Oxford Internet Institute (http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk) and Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu) July 2007 First International Postgraduate Symposium in ICT4D Royal Holloway University of London (http:// www.rhul.ac.uk) September 2006 Diploma of Advanced Studies Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) March 2005 – October 2005 Dissertation: “e-Learning for Development: a model”. Supervisor: Jordi Planella. Examining committee: Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez. Mark: A PhD in Economics (unfinished) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (http://www.uab.es) October 1996 – July 1998 Attended and passed the two compulsory courses and, after a hiatus, continued the PhD with new subject at UOC (see above). Undergrad related BSc in Computer Science (unfinished) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu) March 2001 – February 2002 BSc in Chemistry (unfinished) Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (http://www.uned.es) September 1998 – July 2000 Erasmus Intensive Program on the Common Agricultural Policy Athens University of Economics and Business, Université de Montpellier 1, Ecole Nationale Updated 11 September 2020 http://ictlogy.net/ismael_penalopez_cv_eng.pdf 4 of 61 Ismael Peña-López Curriculum Vitae Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Wye College University of London, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. January 1994 – April 1994 Included one week a Simulation of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture by different universities held in Athens (Greece) with participants from the programme member universities. Languages Spanish: mother tongue. Catalan: mother tongue. English: can comfortably think, live and work in English. Mostly correct language use. French: can think, live and work in French. Expression may have some formal mistakes. German: Basic reading, writing and verbal skills Portuguese: Can read and understand with minor dictionary assistance. Italian: Can read and understand with minor dictionary assistance. Arabic: Basic literacy skills. Technical skills Advanced user of office applications, including sound, photo and video editing, and most kinds of