Javier is passionate about knowledge as a leverage to the human condition. He is President of the World Capital Institute since 2006, Emeritus Professor of Knowledge-Based Development (KBD) at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Senior National Researcher at SNI, member of the Mexican National Academy of Science and of Sigma-Xi Society. He is a leading international expert in Knowledge-based Development and the Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge Based Development. His main contributions include working systems for Capital Systems and Knowledge Cities.
An experimental psychologist by profession, he published in 1983 his book El Comportamiento Científico, studied Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics (MSc., 1983) andobtained his Ph.D. on Psychology of Science and Technology at King´s College London, (1986). Back in Mexico, he focused on knowledge and innovation management (KM), being recognized as an international leader in Knowledge Cities and Knowledge-based Development (KBD), on which he has published 10 books and over 50 papers. He became a Professor of KM and KBD at Tecnológico de Monterrey in 1990. There, he founded in 1992 theCenter for Knowledge Systems, where he led over 120 contracted national and international KM and KBD projects in the public and private sectors. He has been engaged on civic action groups for the defense of protected areas and the restoration of waterbeds.
He has recently co-edited the WCI Reports on Knowledge for the Anthropocene (2021) and City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis (2021). His latest book is A Modern Guide to Knowledge: From Knowledge Economies to Knowledge in the Anthropocene (2022). His current research interests include Knowledge-based Development and Degrowth, Knowledge for the Anthropocene and Post-Holocene Cities.
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