Leadership, ethics and values in the current geopolitical environment

Michael develops working partnerships with Americas-based governments, civil society organizations, foundations, universities, businesses and think tanks and seeks new opportunities to build IEP’s presence and impact throughout the Americas, with particular focus on expanding the use of IEP’s Positive Peace Framework as a training tool and an evidence-based metric for peace-centered development.

The Institute for Economics and Peace aims to create a paradigm shift in the way the world thinks about peace. We do this by developing global and national indices, calculating the economic cost of violence, analyzing country level risk and fragility, and understanding Positive Peace.

Its research is used extensively by governments, academic institutions, think tanks, non-governmental organizations and by intergovernmental institutions such as the OECD, The Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank and the United Nations. The Institute is headquartered in Sydney with offices in 6 countries, and our research achieves over 20 billion media impressions across 150 countries each year.

Ph.D.Political Scientist, Doctor in Latin American Studies and Master in International Relations, Negotiation and Conflict Management. Specialist in Political Communication and Government Management, Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain. Diploma in Sustainable Economy, Columbia University, NY, (USA). Certified Negotiator by the Program On Negotiation, Harvard. Law School. International consultant expert in Negotiation and Leadership. Strategic consultant, design and execution of top management business programmes and CEO of different business groups in Latin America and Europe. Expert in negotiation, conflict management and leadership.

Senior Lecturer. Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at ESADE Ramon Llull University. He is a researcher at GRIIS (Group of Researchers in Social Innovation) and IIS (Institute for Social Innovation). He holds a PhD in Sociology (UB) and a degree in Humanities (UOC) and Business Administration and Management. His research fields are social innovation, business ethics, globalisation studies and critical management. He has been a visiting professor at different universities such as Stanford (USA), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Germany), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), ESAN and Universidad Pacifico (Peru) and Sogang Business School (Korea).

Rector of the United Nations University for Peace. Specialist in international relations, regional integration, the Latin American political system, theory and practice of international negotiation, and security and defence policy. He has been Secretary General of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) between 2004 and 2012, and Director of FLASCO – Chile (1996-2004) Professor at the School of International Relations of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) (1980-1990) Fullbright Professor at the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) at Florida International University, Miami, USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Foreign Affairs in Spanish, Mexico; of the Advisory Board of the journal Pensamiento Iberoamericano, Spain and of the Editorial Committee of the journal Ciencia Política of the National University of Colombia.

Isabel holds multiple prominent roles, serving as President of MVD Invest Group SA, Vice President of International Business Development at Global Infrastructure Finance & Development Authority, Inc. (GIFDA), and Ambassador of the Pacific RIM Chamber of Commerce for Europe and the Middle East. Renowned as a keynote speaker in internationalization and entrepreneurship, Isabel’s advocacy for women’s empowerment, natural resource preservation, and advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has garnered her accolades such as the “People and Planet Program” Recognition Certificate from Expo2020 Dubai UAE in March 2022 and the “Doves: Women Making Peace Award” from Women Making Peace in September 2022. Alongside her business achievements, she held an academic position at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and devotes her efforts to humanitarian causes and philanthropic initiatives. Isabel currently advises esteemed organizations like the “World Future Awards,” LIME (Lab for Innovative Minds & Entrepreneurship), and “Harvard Business Review,” while contributing as an honorary editor for “Visionnaire MM” magazine.