KAREN CURIEL RUIZ VELASCO

karencurielrv@gmail.com - 0488894465
Leuven, Belgium

EDUCATION

2019-2021 Advanced Master, Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies

KU Leuven - Belgium
Thesis: Unveiling Cultural Industries in Guadalajara. The Case of Espacios
Revelados/Changing Places 2020
Supervisor: Filip De Boeck. Co-supervisor: Alexandra Oancă
GPA: 84.02%, magna cum laude

2021-2022 Graduate Specialization Diploma, Public Policies and Gender Justice

CLACSO & FLACSO - Argentina/Brazil
Graduation Paper: Women and Gentrification: Urban Development Policies of
Guadalajara
GPA: 96%

2013-2019 BA, Architecture

Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO) - Mexico
Graduation Professional Project: Urban Co-Laboratory Interdisciplinary Project
GPA: 93%

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022 - present Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Mexico

Undergraduate Lecturer
Courses: Gender and Equity; Social and Historical Context
+ Curriculum development, lectures, and evaluation of the courses

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIPS

2021-2022 Secretariat for Substantive Equality between Women and Men - Mexico
Specialized Coordinator for Women’s Capacity-Building
+ Conducted workshops on gender equality, conducted research, produced
written material for the secretariat, proposed innovative public policies, and
followed up on inter-institutional linkages
Coordinator and Operator for Gender-Equality Social Support Program
+ Managed a social support program in the area of gender equality with a team
of operators under supervision

2021 Siempre NGO - Belgium

Internship
+ Conducted research for the elaboration of a protocol for the care of Latin
American and Caribbean women in mobility within Europe
+ Editorial design of Cruce de Miradas, a magazine on the international
mobility of Latin American and Caribbean women

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2019-2021 Urban Co-Laboratory Interdisciplinary Project - Mexico

Research Assistant
+ Conducted research on the impact of gentrification in the historic center of
the city of Guadalajara
+ Elaborated community workshops on gentrification science communication

2016 - 2018 Independent Research for a Professor from ITESO University - Mexico
Research and Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate Course on Cultural Heritage
+ Arranged and classified information gathered from the case study
+ Monitored and coordinated the data gathering by the students of the course

2017 Universidad Mayor - Chile

International Academic Exchange BA, Architecture
Focus on urban studies, and history and theory of architecture

TALKS, WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS

Culture and Gentrification. “Evaluation of cultural projects with local territorial impact” workshop for
policy makers and cultural producers. Co-Laboratorio Urbano. Guadalajara, Mexico. 2021
What does it mean for the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon to maintain their identity while in Flanders?
Online exhibition for the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Leuven, Belgium. March 2020

PUBLICATIONS & EDITORIAL WORK

Manuscript in progress with Dr. Alexandra Oancă: “Urban Cultural Development as a Root for
Development in Spain and Mexico. A Dialogue.”
Coordinator and Editorial Board of the dissemination journal EnreDHadas: Weaving Feminisms
Around the World. Brussels-Guadalajara, 2021-2022
Literary Essay: “To create a country within a country”, in Semper Feminae 39–46, 2021.
(Non-peer-reviewed journal)
Editorial Design of the edited book on philosophy and architecture: Ensayos I. Galimatías Press,
Guadalajara, 2018

LANGUAGES

Spanish (native)
English (C1, certified by KU Leuven)
French (B2, certified by KU Leuven)