Dr Jaime Echavarri

Institute for Global Sustainable Development

Research affiliate

Profile

Jaime Echávarri was most recently a Research Associate at SIID and Project Manager on the ESRC Digital Development Network led by Prof Dorothea Kleine. He has also collaborated with the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Manchester where he is also a research fellow. His research interests are the intersections between Development Studies, technology and education. Jaime’s previous research explored the teachers’ role within ICT curricula and their context-based acquisition of ICT capabilities. More recently he has been working in digital governance and its impact for development. He also collaborates with the ‘REFOREMED’ project based at the Autonomous º£½ÇÉçÇø of Barcelona and the National Autonomous º£½ÇÉçÇø of Mexico

Jaime obtained his PhD in in Development Policy and Management at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Manchester and prior to that he was part of the Tec de Monterrey faculty at the Government School (EGAP) where he also served as MPA/MPP program director. Jaime has also worked within the IT industry in Latin America for companies like Symantec.