News
-
GRADE long course on impact evaluations of development programs 2018
Those interested can register from Monday June 11, 2018 to Friday August 3, 2018 by submitting their registration form, copy of ID and voucher payment to the email address of the course coordinator. The course will begin on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 and will last 10 weeks. DOWNLOAD the COURSE BROCHURE here. Evaluation is a […]
-
Cusco: Ricardo Fort joined the World Potato Congress 2018
Our senior researcher, Ricardo Fort, joined yesterday the World Potato Congress 2018, in Cusco. Ricardo discussed strategies to improve small farmers participation in value chains. Good morning everyone! We’re beginning the day with a talk by Ricardo Fort of @GRADEPeru discussing barriers in Peru for small farmers to enter value chains incl. distance to markets, […]
-
PUCP’s weekly highlights Grupo Sofia’s new book on inequality in academia
PuntoEdu, the weekly of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), highlights Grupo Sofia’s new book, “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences“, edited by our senior researchers and members of Sofía, Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin. ►Download the book here. ►Read the full weekly here.
-
María Balarin joins podcast about the authorship of research work carried out by women
María Balarin, Senior Researcher at GRADE and member of Grupo Sofía, Carmen Velezmoro, Vice Chancelor of Research at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, chair of the Association En Órbita, discuss the issues regarding the authorship of academic research work made by women. Podcast of Mujeres Que Transforman.
-
Alan Sánchez’s research is selected in the 2018 INEI National Research Call
We congratulate our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, whose research, “Relationship between adolescent pregnancy and adolescent maternity and educational and labor outcomes: an approach based on data from the ENDES”, was selected in the 2018 National Research Call of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). List of winners here.
-
Inequalities in social analysis. Carolina Trivelli writes about Grupo Sofía’s new book
“We look at reality from a male perspective, losing focus. Diversity is essential and the discussion between different visions is the fundamental exercise in social research.” Carolina Trivelli, senior researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies, writes in Peru21 about the new Sofia Group book, “Inequality in academy”.
-
Inequality in academy, by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin
In the Peruvian social sciences, half of the university students are women. However, only one in three teachers and one in five media experts are women. Why do we see fewer women in academic events, media and in teaching and management positions? What can be done about it? We share the op-ed by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin, […]
-
The discussion about those who matter the most, by Hugo Ñopo
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, addresses in Foco Económico the discussion around the new poverty numbers in Peru: “Having more urban poor than rural poor was the new that attracted the most attention. For the first time, the percentage of urban poor was statistically higher than 50%. What did not attract attention, because it is […]
-
Book launch: Grupo Sofía presented “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences”
Grupo Sofía held the launch of its book “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences”, edited by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin. The book includes chapters of researchers Patricia Ames, Norma Correa, Erika Busse, Roxana Barrantes, Patricia Ruiz-Bravo, Yamilé Guibert, Andrea Román, Aurora Escudero, Karen Espinoza and María Fernanda Rodríguez. They present rigorous evidence, until […]
-
Martín Benavides has been appointed as head of Sunedu
Through the Supreme Resolution No. 008-2018-MINEDU, published in the official newspaper El Peruano, the Ministry of Education appointed our senior researcher on leave, Martin Benavides, as head of the National Superintendent of University Higher Education (Sunedu), after he resigned as member of its board of directors.
