Dr. Gabriela Dutrénit is a researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco Campus, and a professor in the graduate program in Economics, Management, and Innovation Policy at the same institution. She holds a Ph.D. in Innovation Economics from the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, a Master’s degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Havana, Cuba.

She is an Emeritus member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers and a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. From 2012 to 2014, she served as General Coordinator of the Foro Consultivo Científico y Tecnológico A.C.

She is currently Vice President of LALICS (Latin American Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems). Her academic and professional work has focused on university-industry linkages, technological learning processes, the development of technological capabilities in firms, innovation systems, and science, technology and innovation policies for development.