Biography
Dr. Axel Didriksson Takayanagui
Dr. Axel Didriksson Takayanagui
National and Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Biography: 
1. Professional posts (2016): Full time researcher at the Institute for University and Education Research, of the National and Autonomous University of Mexico (IISUE-UNAM in Spanish). President of the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) in Latin America and the Caribbean, and member for presidential designation of the Promoter Committee to create the National University of Education in Ecuador.  PhD in Economics, Master in Latin American Studies, and Bachelor in Sociology.  General Coordinator of the “University and Regional Integration” UNESCO Chair (since 1995); National Researcher (Level III) of the National Researchers System; Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences; Special Mention of the CLACSO Prize for University Studies “Pedro Krostch”.
2. Minister of Education of the Mexico City Hall (2007-2010); Director of the University Research Center (2003-2006) of UNAM;  Member of the Advisory Academic Committee of the University for the Latin American Integration (Brasil); Regional Coordinator of the Public Macrouniversities of Latin America and the Caribbean Network (2004-2006); Invited Researcher of the Swedish Institute (University of Stockholm, Sweden), of the National Institute for Educational Research (Japan); and, Fulbright Scholar at the City University of New York (CUNY, United States). 
3. Author of more than 30 books related to Educational Policies, Higher Education and Innovation, Prospective and Assessment of Higher Education; and, author or co-author of around hundred of chapters, scientific articles in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese. Writer of public opinion articles in Mexican National Newspapers since 1993.