FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRES

Their core work

Universidad de San Andrés (UDESA) is a private Argentine university engaged in interdisciplinary social science and neuroscience research with strong international ties. Their H2020 involvement spans digital media studies, social enterprise migration research, and multilingual neurodegenerative disease detection. They contribute regional expertise from Latin America — particularly on transnational memory, cognition, and Spanish-language clinical data — to European-led research consortia. Their role is typically that of a non-EU associated partner bringing complementary geographic and linguistic perspectives.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

UDESA's early H2020 engagement (2016-2018) centred on social sciences — social enterprise models and digital media's role in transnational collective memory. By 2021, their focus shifted decisively toward computational neuroscience, joining the MULTI-LAND consortium on language-based biomarkers for neurodegeneration using machine learning and neuroimaging. This represents a significant pivot from qualitative social research toward data-driven clinical science.

UDESA is moving toward computational neuroscience and clinical AI, likely positioning its Spanish-language datasets as a valuable asset for multilingual health research consortia.

How they like to work

UDESA has never coordinated an H2020 project, participating exclusively as a partner or third party — a typical profile for a non-EU institution contributing specialized regional expertise. Despite only three projects, they have connected with 29 unique partners across 17 countries, indicating they join large, geographically diverse consortia rather than small focused teams. This suggests they are sought out for their Latin American perspective and data access rather than driving project design.

With 29 consortium partners spread across 17 countries from just 3 projects, UDESA operates within large international networks. Their reach is genuinely global, bridging Latin American research capacity with European consortia.

What sets them apart

As one of few Argentine universities in H2020, UDESA offers something most European partners cannot: direct access to Latin American populations, Spanish-language clinical and social datasets, and a Southern Hemisphere research perspective. For neurolinguistic research specifically, their ability to provide Spanish-language cognitive data from non-European populations is a distinct asset for projects requiring multicentric, cross-cultural validation.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MULTI-LAND
  Combines neuroscience, linguistics, and machine learning for early detection of neurodegeneration — represents UDESA's pivot toward computational health research.
• DigitalMemories
  UDESA's only directly funded H2020 project (EUR 40,975 via MSCA-IF), studying digital media's role in shaping transnational memory around forced disappearances in Latin America.