Design of Social Impact Indicators: A discussion of its relevance in the performance of a public research center

Authors

Carlos Omar Aguilar-Navarro
Research Professor at the Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9881-0236
Juan Mejía-Trejo
Research Professor at the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0558-1943

Keywords:

indicator design, social impact, performance, public research center, prc

Synopsis

This document presents a unique and comprehensive approach to developing and applying social and impact indicators in public research centers in Mexico. It particularly focuses on human rights and sustainability, offering a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders.

Prologue: Establishes the general context of the importance of indicators in public research centers, highlighting the need to assess and improve social impact.

Introduction: This section introduces the fundamental concepts behind creating social indicators for public research centers, with a strong emphasis on the role of CONAHCyT and its focus on human rights. The authority and expertise of CONAHCyT in this area are key to understanding the concepts presented.

Emerging Social Indicators: This section proposes a set of social indicators applicable to research centers oriented toward technology and humanities within a human rights framework. These indicators aim to evaluate social impact with a high degree of precision and effectiveness, providing practical tools for research and evaluation.

Process Innovation through SROI: Presents the Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology as a tool to measure social impact in the projects of Mexico’s Public Research Centers, with a focus on the value created for society.

Labor and Financial Well-being in Agri-food Chains: Introduces a model of indicators that analyzes workers' labor and financial well-being in agri-food chains, applying a combined perspective from a public research center.

Social Network Indicators in Rural Areas: Develop indicators to evaluate the impact of social networks in rural communities, providing a valuable tool for research centers to analyze communication and influence in these areas.

Knowledge and Technology Transfer Indicators: Finally, the document concludes with a study on knowledge and technology transfer indicators aimed at fostering equitable participation in the benefits of genetic resource use, promoting fairness and equity in access and distribution.

This summary reflects a collection of research aimed at strengthening the evaluation of social impact and shared benefits, providing measurement tools tailored to the objectives of public research centers in Mexico.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Omar Aguilar-Navarro, Research Professor at the Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, México

Originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He has a degree in law, with a specialty in Intellectual property, from the University of Panamericana, Mexico. Master in business and law. Mexico. PhD in constitutional rights (UdeG) y PhD in bussiness and Law.

Researcher at the Inter-Regional Technological Prospecting Laboratory for the Innovative Development of Food and Feeding (PROTEAA) of CIATEJ-CONACYT in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Research lines: Human Rights in Bioculture and Industrial Property, with emphasis on agriculture and food, as well as science and technology studies for society.

Juan Mejía-Trejo, Research Professor at the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Dr. Juan Mejía Trejo
He was born in 1964 in CDMX, México.
As professional experience:
1986-1987. Quality Department Control in KOKAI Electrónica S.A.
1987-2008. Former Internal Plant Exploitation Manager at Teléfonos de México S.A.B. Western Division.
As academic experience :
1987. He earned his degree in Communications and Electronics Engineering from the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESIME at the IPN)
2004. He earned his master’s in Telecommunications Business Administration from INTTELMEX and France Telecom.
2010. He earned his doctorate in Administrative Sciences from the Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración (ESCA at the IPN)
2011. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) Level I of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), México.
2010 to the present, he is Titular Research Professor B at the Department of Marketing and International Business at the Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
2015-2022. He earned the Coordination of the Doctorate in Management Sciences at the Universidad de Guadalajara.
2018-2020. He earned his master’s in Valuing Business in the Centro de Valores S.C. México.
2019. He earned Level II of the SNI/CONACYT.
2019. He is the Founder, the main Sponsor, and the Director of the AMIDI (Academia Mexicana de Investigacion y Docencia en Innovación SC) (https://amidi.mx/)
2021. He is the Founder, the main Sponsor, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal Scientia et PRAXIS (https://scientiaetpraxis .amidi.mx/index.php/sp)
2023. He is the Founder, the main Sponsor, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Digital Repository AMIDI.Biblioteca
(https://www.amidibiblioteca.amidi.mx/index.php/AB)
2024. He earned Level III of the SNI/CONAHCYT.

He has written works in both English and Spanish, and his work can be found on the internet via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=mYNEoNoAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao

Currently, his line of research is Innovation Management. He has published articles and books that can be found on the Internet.
His ORCID is on https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0558-1943
Emails: jmejia@cucea.udg.mx; juanmejiatrejo@hotmail.com; direccion@amidi.mx; editorial@scientiaetpraxis.amidi.mx
ResearcherID: O-8416-2017
ResearcherID: HMW-2043-2023

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October 31, 2024

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978-607-69845-1-2

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10.55965/abib.9786076984512