Maldonado-Mariscal, Dr. Karina

Dr. Karina Maldonado-Mariscal

Research Associate
Research area Innovation and education in the digital society

Latest Publication
Social innovation and educational innovation: a qualitative review of innovation’s evolution

Focus of work
Social innovation
Education
Social inequality
Sociological theory
Sustainable development

2024- ongoing: She is on the editorial board of the journal Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communication.
2023-ongoing: elected Vice-President for Europe of the International Sociological Association (ISA), RC04 Sociology of Education.
2020–current: Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Dortmund University, Social Research Center (sfs), Research Department Innovation and Education in the Digital Society
2018–2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2017–2018: Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte), Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
2012–2017: Doctoral studies in Sociology, Humboldt University of Berlin (Dissertation title: Subsystems of Social Innovation in Brazil: The Society of São Paulo as a New Actor in the Education System and Innovation)
2011–2012: Head of Research Projects, Ministry of Social and Human Development, Municipality of Zapopan, State of Jalisco in Mexico
2011: Research Assistant, Department of Economy, University of Guadalajara
2010: Junior Researcher, Foundation for Cooperation and Development (ETEA), Córdoba, Spain
2008–2010: Master in International Economic Relations and Cooperation (with main focus on European Union-Latin America), University of Guadalajara, Mexico
2002–2006: Bachelor in International Relations/Business, University of Guadalajara, Mexico

(in 2021)

Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina (2021)
Social Innovation Education: Bridging Theory and Empirical Research from Latin America
13th International Social Innovation Research Conference
Milan, Italy
Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina (2021)
Science Shops as Spaces for Citizen Science and Social Innovation
ESPA Net Conference 2021 (European Network for Social Policy Analysis)
Leuven, Belgium (online conference)
Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina (2021)
Soziale Innovationen in Bildung & Berufsbildung [English: Social innovations in education and vocational education]
Berufsverband Deutsche Soziologinnen und Soziologen e.V.
Trier, Germany (online conference)
Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina (2021)
Social Change in Brazil Trough Innovations and Social Movements
Session organizer of “Protest and Social Change in Brazil”
Latin American Sociology Association Congress
Toronto, Canada (online conference)
Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina and Alijew, I. (2021)
A New Innovation Paradigm: Combining Technological and Social Innovation in Education
International Sociology Association
Porto Alegre, Brazil (online conference)
Maldonado-Mariscal, Karina (2021)
Social Innovation in Vocational Education and Training
International Sociology Association
Porto Alegre, Brazil (online conference)

Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 86
Email: karina.maldonado@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231 755 90225
Fax: +49 231 755 90205
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