Líneas de Investigación

Transformación digital, Innovación, Organizaciones, Género y Tecnología

Publicaciones

Biografía

Gonzalo Valdés is an Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in the School of Engineering, where he holds appointments in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Gonzalo holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. During his doctoral training he was affiliated to Stanford’s Center for Work, Technology and Organization. Gonzalo’s research interests are at the intersection of organizations and technology, where he studies subjects such as digital transformation, innovation, and gender.

Educación

• Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• Master of Arts in Sociology, Stanford University
• Magíster en Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Ingeniero Civil en Informática, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Premios y Distinciones

– Runner-up of the Dorothy Harlow/McGraw Hill Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management (2026). This honor is awarded annually to the authors of best and runner-up papers submitted to the AOM Annual Meeting in the DEI division (dei.aom.org/dei/awards/dorothyharlow).
– Fondecyt Research Grant, ID: 11221329, «Motivations for Innovation in Chilean Organizations.»
– Becas Chile and Fulbright Scholarships, granted to pursue doctoral studies in the US.
– First prize of the 16th Latin-American Master’s Thesis Contest. Granted by CLEI (Latin-American Center for Computer Science).