LARSA Council
Meet the members of the LARSA Council.
Jaime Bonet-Morón
President of LARSAEconomist with a PhD in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on regional economics, regional development, territorial public finance, and the analysis of regional disparities. Since 2013, he has served as Manager of the Cartagena Branch of Banco de la República, Colombia, where he is also Director of the Center for Regional Economic Studies (CEER).
Pedro Elosegui
President of SAEREconomist with a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was president of the Argentine Regional Science Association (SAER) and held positions at the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic. He has also taught at the University of Illinois, the National University of La Plata, and Maimónides University in Buenos Aires.
Vinicius de Almeida
President of ABEREconomist and Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), where he teaches in the Department of Economics and in the Graduate Program in Economic Development. He is also President of the Brazilian Regional Science Association (ABER). His research focuses on regional and international economics, economic development, trade, and environmental and climate-related issues.
Mauricio Oyarzo
President of SOCHERAssociate Professor at the University of Concepción, Chile. He holds a PhD in Applied Economics, specializing in Regional Studies, and a Master’s degree in Regional Science from Universidad Católica del Norte. His research focuses on regional and spatial economics, local public finance, and mining resources.
Enrique Gilles
President of ACCRProfessor at the Colegio Superior de Estudios Administrativos (CESA) in Bogotá, Colombia. He holds a PhD in Economics and a Master’s degree in Environmental, Natural Resource, Energy and Agricultural Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics, France. His research focuses on regional and international economics, global value chains, sustainability, and regional development.
Crucita Ken Rodríguez
President of AmeciderResearch Professor at the Autonomous University of the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico. She holds a PhD in Regional Development Sciences from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. She is President of the Mexican Association of Regional Development Sciences (AMECIDER). Her research focuses on regional development, territorial planning, sustainable development, and regional inequalities.
Carolina Guevara-Rosero
President of RECiREconomist and professor at the National Polytechnic School (EPN) of Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Economics from Jean Monnet University of Saint-Étienne, France, and a Master’s degree in Game Theory, Applied Econometrics, and Experimental Economics. Her research focuses on regional and urban economics, innovation, agglomeration, economic development, and social welfare.
Presidents of RSAmericas and LARSA
Presidents who have contributed to the development and consolidation of Regional Science in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Eduardo Haddad
2008–2010 RSAmericas · BrazilFull Professor of Economics at the University of São Paulo and Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and the University of Illinois. His research focuses on regional and urban economics, computable general equilibrium models, input-output analysis, and regional economic development. He served as President of the Brazilian Regional Science Association and as the first President of the Regional Science Association of the Americas (RSAmericas).
Patricio Aroca
2011–2015 RSAmericas · ChileFull Professor at the School of Business and a researcher specialized in Regional Science, public policy, and regional economics. His research includes input-output analysis, spatial econometrics, regional growth, and interregional labor migration. He has served as a university dean, consultant to international organizations, and member of the councils of RSAI and PRSCO.
Carlos Azzoni
2015–2017 RSAmericas → LARSA · BrazilFull Professor at FEA-USP, with an extensive career in regional economics, inequality, convergence, and income distribution. He served as director and vice-director of FEA-USP, founded and coordinated NEREUS, and has been a member of international Regional Science organizations. He has received several important academic distinctions.
Serena Eréndira Serrano Oswald
2018–2023 LARSA · MexicoResearcher with academic training in anthropology, sociology, gender studies, social psychology, and history, with extensive experience in the social sciences. Her research covers gender, identity, migration, environment, peace, security, and regional development.
André Chagas
2023–2026 LARSA · BrazilAssociate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at FEA-USP, specializing in applied research. His areas of work include applied and spatial econometrics, regional and urban economics, transportation, and agriculture. He also conducts research on public policy evaluation.
Jaime Bonet-Morón
2026–present LARSA · ColombiaEconomist with a PhD in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on regional economics, regional development, territorial public finance, and regional disparities. Since 2013, he has served as Manager of the Cartagena Branch of Banco de la República and Director of the CEER.
LARSA Statutes
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