Vicente Sandoval

Academic

Picture: Giza's Pyramids in Egypt.

PhD Student at Development Planning Unit

University College London

vicente.sandoval.11[at]ucl.ac.uk

DPU-UCL

34 Tevistock Square
London WC1H 9EZ

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Recent news:

DPU's News : Vicente Sandoval»
Runner-up prize (2nd) at UCL's 'Research Images as Art / Art Images as Research' 2011/12»
Student member at UCL's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR)»
Member at EJUR Cluster at DPU-UCL»
Comments on the M.Sc. UM-Alumni website»
Working on Encuentros Paris 2012 Conference»
Google Qualified 3D GeoDeveloper»
Author's book "Improving Informal Areas...»
Member of International Design Centre Berlin»
Vicente's publication on ForoAlfa here»
Vicente's blog: Field-trip to Cairo. Spanish»

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Research interests

Disaster risk reduction and management, Urban risk and non-urban risk, Globalisation and Global cities, Urban-region agglomerations, Reterritorialisation, Governance, Decentralisation and Design research

Nowadays, there is no doubt about the increasing number of disasters striking countries and communities worldwide in the last decades. The number of disasters have doubled since 1960‘s. Likewise, disasters as a results of natural hazards are specially affecting to the poor both in frequency and severity and producing a significant human and economic losses in urban agglomerations given the fact that cities concentrate economic and political power and people. However, less attention have been put on how local disasters can disrupt cities dynamics worldwide, so I wonder if can local disasters considered a new source of global risk?

Government or Governance?, is it the same? Local governments, as many places around the world, are choose through democratic mechanisms; however, that it does not mean that the people is who govern and neither mean that politicians doing it. So, it is necessary make another question, who really governs? In many cases it is a obfuscated relationship between political and economic power and social interests, among others.

On the other hand, nowadays, decentralisation is a fashionable concept; however, it is not so simple like social, politic or administrative power transferring to lower levels. Is Decentralisation always positive?, is it reversible?

Finally, but not less important, it is Design as an academic discipline. Can it possible to do research in Design? Which research typology would work? Unlike other research fields like medicine, architecture or engineering, research on Design is very young. Even more interesting is the fact that there are not many arenas where develop it. The most of the university programs are concentrate on practice of design and not on its research. But, why research on design? which would be their proposes?

These are some question in which I am thinking and doing research.

Teaching

Module» "Websites Development and Interactive Presentations with Adobe Flash CS3" (2008): Design career at Catholic University of Temuco.
Module» "Technical Design of Pieces with Solidworks" (2008): Design career at Catholic University of Temuco.
Module» "3D Modeling and Digital Representation with 3D Studio Max 9" (2008): Design career at Catholic University of Temuco.
Module» "Basic Tools for Digital Representation" (2007): Strengthening Program for Micro and Small enterprises: Higher quality in the commercialization and producing of furniture, Technical Cooperation Service of Chile SERCOTEC and School of Design at Catholic University of Temuco.
Assistantships» "Design Workshop II" (2007): School of Design at Catholic University of Temuco.
Assistantships» " Websites Design with Macromedia Flash MX" (2005): Student Center and School of Design at Catholic University of Temuco.

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