• Be enrolled in a doctoral program or be an early-career researcher (within 5 years of obtaining a doctorate).
• Conducting research on issues concerning higher education.
• Have the availability to participate in both phases of the School (preparatory and in-person).
• Applicants must have the financial means to cover all costs of their stay in Chile (airfare, accommodation, insurance, etc.).
• The registration form below must be completed and submitted by April 30, 2026:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzwvNSEIG-KkGVt5tVGeoavF8k7giF-aFx6zI_D4dyH7YY9A/viewform?usp=dialog 

The registration fee covers:

• 9 hotel nights (October 20-28) in Chile.
• 7 lunches (October 21-24 and 26-28).
• Welcome dinner.
• Simultaneous translation (French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish).
• 40 hours of training.
• Certificate of participation and digital badge.

(*) Selected participants will receive payment instructions by e-mail.

Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Ph.D.

Department of Administration and Foundations of Education

University of Montreal, Canada

Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Ph.D., is an associate professor of comparative higher education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Montreal. In this role, he is responsible for training programs on higher education within his institution. He is also a founding co-member and director of the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Higher Education, the largest group of researchers in higher education in the Francophone world. With LIRES, he co-organized in 2019 the first Doctoral School on Higher Education at the University of Montreal. His research focuses on the internationalization of higher education, international competitive dynamics, and transformations of the academic profession. He is also responsible for the Canadian team within the international project The Future of the Academic Profession (Future-AP).

María Jacqueline Rojas Ríos, Ph.D.

Faculty of Education Sciences

University of Playa Ancha, Chile

María Jacqueline Rojas Ríos holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Playa Ancha. She is currently a tenured professor at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Playa Ancha and a researcher at the Inter-University Institute for Educational Research (IESED-Chile) in the area of Higher Education policies, where she has several publications and has coordinated national and international projects. She is part of the faculty of the consortium Ph.D. program in Education of the University of Playa Ancha, University of Los Lagos, and University of Antofagasta in Chile and integrates the council and core of the Master’s Program in Management and Leadership of Educational Organizations. She is currently the Coordinator of the RED project “Internationalization of Research in Higher Education”. 

Marcel André Théza Manríquez, Ph.D.

Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación Educativa

Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile

Marcel André Théza Manríquez, Doctor in Political Science from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Director of the Interuniversity Institute for Educational Research (IESED-Chile) and Researcher at the Center for Studies of Regional Development and Public Policy (CEDER), University of Los Lagos, Chile. His research areas are fundamentally oriented towards the field of political theory, cultural changes, public policies, and transformations in citizenship and participation. In recent years, in addition to academic research, he has developed strategic management activities in the higher education system of Chile and in the science, technology, knowledge, and innovation systems.

Ricardo Pérez Mora, Ph.D.

Centro Universitario de Guadalajara

Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Ricardo Pérez holds a Ph.D. in Education. He is a research professor at the University of Guadalajara, attached to the Department of Social Innovation, where he currently serves as Department Head.

He is the coordinator of the International GT “Politicized Social Science” of CLACSO and General Coordinator of the Network of Studies on Educational Institutions in Mexico. His research lines are: “Sociology of the University”, “Actors and Policies of Higher Education” and “Production and Mobilization of Knowledge”. He is a member of the National System of Researchers level III and PRODEP Profile.

Vladimir Figueroa Gutiérrez

Director of Research

Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña, República Dominicana

Vladimir Figueroa Gutiérrez has been a professor at the Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña (ISFODOSU), Dominican Republic, since 2015. He holds a Doctorate in Education and a Master’s in Quality and Improvement of Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; he is an expert in Conflict Mediation in educational settings from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is also a teaching expert in state-subsidized private schools from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Education from the Universidad Católica Santo Domingo. His research career focuses on School Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, and School Leadership. He is the author of several scientific articles in this field. He is a member of the Ibero-American Research Network for the Development of Professional Teacher Identity. He currently serves as Director of Research at ISFODOSU and Editor-in-Chief of the Caribbean Journal of Educational Research, General Coordinator of the Caribbean Congress on Educational Research, and General Coordinator of SciELO Dominican Republic.

Cristina Maria d’Ávila Teixeira, Ph.D.

Faculty of Education

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Cristina d’Ávila holds a Ph.D. in Education from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Didactics of Higher Education at the Sorbonne Paris V University and the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is currently a full professor at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Bahia and a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Higher Education (LIRES) at the University of Montreal. She is also a productivity researcher for the National Research Council of Brazil (CNPq). Scientific Director of the National Association of Didactics and Teaching Practices (ANDIPE). She has published eighteen books in the field of education. She is a permanent professor in the Postgraduate Program of the Faculty of Education of the UFBA, where she served as vice-coordinator from 2019 to 2021. She is the general coordinator of the Center for Teacher Training and Pedagogical Advisory (NUFAP) of the Federal University of Bahia.

Sébastien Béland, Ph.D

Faculty of Educational Sciences

University of Montreal, Canada

Sébastien Béland is a professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Montreal. He teaches quantitative methods and learning assessment. His research interests include the development and teaching of statistics and psychometrics, academic integrity, and learning assessment in arts programs at the post-secondary level. He has published in several scientific journals such as Applied Psychological Measurement, Behavior Research Methods, BMC Medical Education, International Journal of Testing, JAMA Network Open, Journal of Applied Measurement, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Measure and Evaluation in Education, Psychological Methods, and Rasch Measurement Transaction. Sébastien is a member of several research groups, including the Interuniversity Observatory on Innovative Learning Assessment Practices (OPIEVA), the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Higher Education (LIRES), the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Missions of Higher Education team (RIMES), the Open Statistics Teaching Initiative (OSTI), and the Research Group on Admission to Medicine in Quebec (GRAM-Q).

Felipe Alpizar Rodríguez, Ph.D

Center for Research and Political Studies

University of Costa Rica

Felipe Alpízar Rodríguez holds a Ph.D in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he also completed his Master’s degree. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of Costa Rica, where he has worked since 2005 as a professor and researcher. He has held executive positions at the University of Costa Rica (Vice-Rector of Teaching, Academic Secretary, Director of the Center for Research and Political Studies) and high-responsibility positions in international organizations (Program Officer for the United Nations Development Program UNDP). He has been a consultant to international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), UNDP, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and national organizations such as the Estado de la Nación Program (PEN). He has published several books, scientific articles, book chapters and opinion articles on national politics, the State, development, democracy, public opinion studies, environmental policy and water management. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Texas Tech University, Costa Rica.