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Ing. Alejandro Rafael Socorro Castro, PhD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rector de la Universidad Metropolitana del Ecuador<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 – 2030<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alejandro Rafael Socorro Castro<\/strong> obtuvo su doctorado en Ciencias Agr\u00edcolas en la Universidad Agraria de La Habana. Cuenta con cuarenta a\u00f1os de vida laboral, de ellos cinco a\u00f1os en el sector productivo empresarial y treintaicinco en educaci\u00f3n superior. Ocup\u00f3 distintos puestos de direcci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica y empresarial, as\u00ed como en la Universidad de Cienfuegos, Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuenta con formaci\u00f3n de maestr\u00eda y diplomados en Agroecolog\u00eda, as\u00ed como una amplia formaci\u00f3n complementaria profesional en las ciencias agrarias, pedagog\u00eda y did\u00e1ctica de educaci\u00f3n superior, tecnolog\u00edas de la informaci\u00f3n y la comunicaci\u00f3n, geoestad\u00edstica, sistemas de informaci\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica, marketing y advertising de proyectos, direcci\u00f3n y administraci\u00f3n de empresas, planificaci\u00f3n e inteligencia de negocios. Graduado de Artes Pl\u00e1sticas y con formaci\u00f3n y pr\u00e1ctica en tecnolog\u00edas educativas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colabor\u00f3 con instituciones de educaci\u00f3n superior en Costa Rica, Canad\u00e1, M\u00e9xico, Venezuela y Ecuador.
Particip\u00f3 en actividades de programas, proyectos internacionales y redes acad\u00e9micas auspiciadas por programas de la ONU, organismos internacionales y no gubernamentales de B\u00e9lgica, Holanda, Espa\u00f1a, Canad\u00e1, EEUU, Costa Rica, Per\u00fa, Argentina, Brasil y Ecuador, dirigidos a la gesti\u00f3n urbana, la erradicaci\u00f3n de la pobreza, el fortalecimiento de la democracia y la participaci\u00f3n ciudadana, la innovaci\u00f3n y el desarrollo agrario y rural sostenible. Particip\u00f3 en programas de desarrollo socioecon\u00f3mico local desde la gesti\u00f3n universitaria del conocimiento y la innovaci\u00f3n en el marco de proyectos internacionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En los \u00faltimos trece a\u00f1os se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como profesor, vicerrector de investigaci\u00f3n y posgrado, asesor del rector, vicerrector acad\u00e9mico y actualmente como rector en la Universidad Metropolitana del Ecuador, en la que ha laborado intensamente por la formaci\u00f3n profesional del personal acad\u00e9mico y administrativo, el desarrollo de la normativa y la planificaci\u00f3n institucional, la transformaci\u00f3n digital, as\u00ed como la mejora continua de las funciones sustantivas de educaci\u00f3n superior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En su trayectoria acad\u00e9mica cuenta con cincuenta y dos art\u00edculos publicados en revistas indexadas, una veintena de ponencias presentadas en eventos cient\u00edficos relevantes, la publicaci\u00f3n de diecis\u00e9is libros y monograf\u00edas y como coautor en cuatro cap\u00edtulos de libros. Tambi\u00e9n cuenta con registros de propiedad intelectual y registros de software.
Ha promovido acciones y alianzas estrat\u00e9gicas con entidades de gobierno, organismos del estado, organizaciones, empresas, gobiernos aut\u00f3nomos, unidades educativas y comunidades en Ecuador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obtuvo altas distinciones y reconocimientos internacionales, organismos nacionales de ciencia y tecnolog\u00eda, universidades y organizaciones, m\u00e1s recientemente en Ecuador fue acreedor de la condecoraci\u00f3n “Asamblea Nacional de la Rep\u00fablica del Ecuador, Dr. Vicente Rocafuerte” al m\u00e9rito educativo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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