Discussing the development of Aguascalientes: Essays for dialogue

D. in Latin American History from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received the John Nuveen Prize in Chicago and the Aguascalientes Prize in Humanities in 2008. He is the author of several books, the last two are: The fearsome sexuality. Educational reforms in Mexico and books in debate, and Books yes (also rock) bayonets no! Counterculture, politics and guerrilla in the sixties and seventies. Also co-author of the book chapter: Ethically Engaged Public Universities in Latin America: Institutional Values, Well-Rounded Education, and Social Commitment. He worked for nine years in public administration in education, culture and science projects, and was president of the Mexican Society for the History of Education. He is currently a research professor at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and a member of the
Seminar on Mexican Culture and the National System of Researchers.

D. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, New Orleans. Member of the National System of Researchers, Level II, he is part of the Academic Body History of Culture, Society and Institutions in Mexico; Coordinator of the Network of Demographic History based in Mexico; Correspondent of the Mexican Academy of History. Author of numerous publications, including: Resignifying Mestizaje Tierra Adentro. Aguascalientes, Nueva Galicia, ss. XVII and XVIII; The baroque subversion or caste painting; The Ovandine Reforms in New Galicia. The Audiencia of Guadalajara and the Creation of a New Political Order, 1568-1605, and the more recent Leaving Behind the Remains of the Wreck. Extracts from a Cultural History. He has been a cultural manager in the public service leading different institutions in Aguascalientes and Mexico City. He is currently a professor-researcher at the Department of History, Center for Social Sciences and Humanities, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.

He is originally from Aguascalientes and currently works as a professor-researcher in the Department of History at the UAA. He has a degree in Sociology and a master's degree in Regional Studies from the Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora in Mexico City. He also holds a PhD in Social Sciences with a specialization in Social Anthropology from CIESAS of the West. He is a member of the Association of European Latin American Historians (AHILA), the Mexican Society of Electoral Studies (SOMEE), the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP), and the World Association of Public Opinion Researchers. As a researcher he has written 10 books and several essays on the quality of democracy in Aguascalientes.

He is an agronomist engineer graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. In 1987 he obtained his doctorate in terrestrial ecology from the University of Montpellier, France. He is a full professor-researcher in the Department of Agronomic Sciences of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes and a member of the Basic Academic Core of the Doctorate in Biological Sciences. He has published 54 scientific articles. He has been tutor of 16 graduate students and coordinator of 3 international congresses. He is a member of the National Network of Natural Protected Areas, the Mexican Scientific Society of Ecology and the Botanical Society of Mexico. He is a member of the SNII, National Researcher level 1.

He graduated from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes as a biologist, has a Master's degree in Agronomic Sciences and a PhD in Biological Sciences. He is trained in disciplines such as taxonomy and plant ecology. Author of several scientific articles and a book chapter, related to the knowledge and conservation of the natural resources of the state of Aguascalientes. He is currently a professor at the Technological University of Northern Aguascalientes (UTNA).

D. in Biological Sciences from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA). He is a member of the National Network of Natural Protected Areas (RENANP). He has served as co-author of dissertations in Biology. He has published scientific articles in JCR indexed journals. His professional and academic training is focused on the research line in mammal ecology to determine their role in the regeneration of ecosystems through seed dispersal. He is currently incorporated to the UAA in the Department of Agronomic Sciences as a Teaching Technician.

Profesor-investigador del Departamento de Gestión Pública y Desarrollo de la División de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades del Campus León de la Universidad de Guanajuato (UG). Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel 1. Doctor en Investigación en Ciencias Sociales, mención en Ciencia Política, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, sede académica México. Trabajo académico, investigación en el área de ciencia política, particularmente políticas públicas y más específicamente gestión ambiental y del agua. También es miembro del Cuerpo Académico Agua, Energía y Cambio Climático; miembro del Núcleo Académico del Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y miembro de la Red Mexicana de Monitoreo de Reservas de Agua (RedMORA) de la Red Waterlat Gobacit.

Professor-researcher of the Department of Social Studies of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the León Campus of the University of Guanajuato (UG). Member of the National System of Researchers, level 1. PhD in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco. Line of research in Ecological Economics, water management, waste management and climate change and adaptive strategies in cities in Mexico. Responsable of the Academic Body Water, Energy and Climate Change of the University of Guanajuato.

She is an architect by the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Master in Industrial Design (MFA in Industrial design) by the Academy of Art University, Doctor in Architecture by the Interinstitutional Program of the Universities of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Colima and Michoacán, and is currently a professor of Architecture at the Panamerican University campus Aguascalientes.

Bachelor's degree in Economics and Diploma in Mathematical Economics from IPN. Postgraduate degrees in Economics of Public Services from the OECD; Epistemology of Social Sciences, Spain; and Master's Degree in Research Methods. He received the Decoration of the National Order of Merit of the Government of France, Life Member of Honor of the International Cartographic Association, Diploma of Honor and Hermanos Flores Magón Medal; guest lecturer at the Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland and winner of the First Prize in Historical Essay on the Sovereign Revolutionary Convention of 1914. He has served as General Director of Geography at INEGI; General Director of GTT Net Corp SA; General Director of Red Populi de Mexico; as well as advisor to the Government of the State of Aguascalientes and IMPLAN. He has taught at the IPN, UNAM and UAA. He is co-author of several publications related to cartography, economics, urban development and popularization of science.

Topographic engineer and geodesist, graduated from UNAM; he made research stays at the Institute du Physique du Globe in Paris and at the IGN in France. During 2000 and 2001, he obtained nine credits from the Master of Science program at the University of New Brunswick. He collaborated in the General Directorate of Geography of INEGI, separating as Deputy General Director of Basic Geographic Information, and is currently an independent consultant. He has actively participated in different professional associations at national and international level. In teaching he has participated in different universities such as UNAM, Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Center for Higher Studies of the State of Sonora, UAA, Panamerican University, Centro Geo and Global University. He is the author of more than 140 technical articles in different specialized magazines, as well as three books.

D. in Social Sciences from the University of Guadalajara. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Mathematics Research Center, Aguascalientes Unit. He has individual and collective publications on economic, regional and urban development topics, which can be found at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-7823. Among his latest publications are: "Aguascalientes: upward economic growth with wage restraint" in the book coordinated by H. García, J. Carrillo, G. Bensusán, Wages in times of free trade: Does the automotive industry offer living wages in Mexico? Colegio de la Frontera Norte, (2021). Aguascalientes divided, a Mexican medium-sized city and its evolution between 1990 and 2010, Economy, Society and Territory, vol. XXIII, (2023).

Research Professor at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, PhD in Labor Studies from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Member of the National System of Researchers level I. Leader of the academic body: "Labor and Social Relations". He is technical secretary of the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Social Solidarity Economy. He has participated and coordinated research projects on labor issues and poverty. He has published several books and book chapters on issues of informality, labor precariousness in the garment industry in Mexico and on the relationship between work, leisure and sports. His work can be consulted at: https://octaviomaza.academia.edu/ . His most recent work is entitled "El control de la violencia y sus contradicciones", published with Omar Pasillas, in the collective book Rethinking public safety scenarios in the context of the 21st century edited by the University of Quintana Roo.

D. in Sociology from the University of York (UK). Retired as professor and researcher of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. Member of SNII, level II. Research interests: sociological theory and cultural theory; religious culture, culture and daily life. He has published book chapters and articles in national and foreign journals. He has published, among others, the following books: Won't there be a way to fix us? Corruption and culture in Mexico; Culture and social action. Theory(s) of culture; Culture in business organizations; How we are, what we believe, how we live.

D. in Research for Social Development and in Teaching and Research. He has worked for 40 years in public service in managerial and executive positions; his work has been characterized by being in charge of social programs, formulated from public policies, institutional coordination and goal-oriented programming. For 15 years he was Technical Secretary of the Aguascalientes State Population Council. Founding member of INTERVIVE A.C.; Founding member of the Citizen Observatory: Aguascalientes, how are we doing? and Founding member and former president of the Mexican National Academy of Bioethics, Aguascalientes Chapter. Citizen Advisor of the Municipal Institute of Planning IMPLAN, of Aguascalientes, Gran Visión and of the Diocesan Observatory of Aguascalientes. General Director of Social Research and Advisor to the State Government. Technical Secretary for the United Nations Agenda 2030 in Aguascalientes. He is the author of a dozen books and multiple articles. Head of the column "El Apunte" in La Jornada Aguascalientes; collaborator and analyst of the media DESDElared, Diálogos en Pluralidad and Líder Empresarial.

She holds a Master's degree in Senior Management from the Iberoamerican University Institute, and a Bachelor's degree in Mass Media from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes. From 1989 to 2020 she held several positions at INEGI, the most important of which was Regional Director, where for 3 years she managed the state coordinating offices of Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. Before becoming Director, she worked for 20 years as State Coordinator of INEGI in Aguascalientes. She recently worked as Director of Liaison at the Planning Institute of the State of Aguascalientes and currently participates in print and digital news spaces with articles and editorial comments, in addition to providing advice and training to public and private organizations.