This master's program aims to educate professionals who can enhance our understanding of the ecological processes that govern tropical populations, communities, and ecosystems in an evolutionary context. It also aims to prepare professionals who can design conservation strategies based on rigorous scientific research. The program is primarily focused on providing the necessary theoretical, practical, and methodological tools so that graduates
What? This Mont Pelerin Society Special Meeting has the objective to link the concept of evolution to freedom, reinforce the debate that opposes classical liberal society and statism using biology and anthropology as theoretical foundations, and to understand cultural evolution of open societies as a mean to escape from the tribal order. The Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), from
The Master in Administrative Law offers a comprehensive exploration of key topics, such as the legal regime of the Public Administration, administrative procedures, state responsibility, judicial control of the Administration, economic activity of the State, among other fundamental aspects. Throughout the programme, critical analysis and reflection on legal cases, practical workshops and relevant case law is encouraged to equip students
Today, companies and people generate a trillion bytes daily, in such a way that in the last two years, 90% of all available information was generated, forcing companies to seek leaders in data management. In this context, USFQ School of Business responds to the need to prepare professionals with solid foundations in data analysis and modeling and offers a new
The Universidad San Francisco de Quito has previously organized World Summits on Evolution I and II which have promoted the exchange of ideas among outstanding researchers working in the different branches and aspects of biology. World Summit on Evolution III will focus on the importance of evolution for humanity and our planet. Human activities such as agriculture, medicine, industry, urbanization
When: 22 (Thursday), 23, 24 and 25, June 2006. Unless you are taking a tour, please arrive at Quito by June 20. The flight to Galapagos is on the 21st. The flight from Galapagos to Quito is on June 26 PM. Where: Galapagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences (GAIAS), Univer- sidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), 1 San Cristobal
The Second World Summit on Evolution (WSE) will convene 24-27 August 2009 in the Galapagos Islands. With their historical significance in the development of the evolutionary theory, the Galapagos Islands offer an unparalleled venue to celebrate Darwin's bicentennial. The summit will bring together experts and students from widely different areas of evolutionary biology that rarely have the chance to meet
Ánima is a student monographic series by the Department of Liberal Arts and the Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (COCISOH) of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. It is an open access publication that uses the peer-review arbitration system and the double-blind review methodology. Its objective is to provide a space for undergraduate and graduate students to publish
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The Board of Regents’ main responsibility is to guarantee that USFQ mission, vision and founding principles are preserved through time. In the case that there is a situation that may jeopardize these values, the Board has the authority to take binding actions. Its composed of five members, two of them are USFQ founding members and the other three are ordinary
We hope the Galapagos meeting will be to Particle Physics what the Copenhagen meeting was to Quantum Mechanics. A new paradigm lies beyond the Standard Model. The clues hide in experiment (high pT searches, precision measurements, rare decays, neutrinos, cosmology, astrophysics, cosmic rays) and in a multitude of theoretical ideas. Let us advance the solution of the puzzle! The success