Colombian university bridging European research with Latin American health, urban sustainability, and social science fieldwork across 28 countries.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a major Colombian private university contributing health technology, urban sustainability, and social science research to European consortia. Their applied work spans diabetes care technologies (smartphone-based diagnostics, frailty interventions), nature-based urban solutions, and critical studies on migration, memory, and territorial displacement in Latin America. They serve as a key bridge between European research networks and Latin American contexts, bringing regional expertise on vulnerable populations, urban challenges, and post-colonial dynamics.
WASTCArD, STANDUP, and DIABFRAIL-LATAM all target diabetes monitoring or intervention, with DIABFRAIL-LATAM being their largest funded project (EUR 530K) focused on scaling interventions for older diabetic patients in Latin America.
IN-HABIT addresses inclusive health in disadvantaged neighborhoods of small cities, while CONEXUS focuses on co-producing nature-based solutions for urban sustainability.
CONTESTED_TERRITORY examines displacement, extractivism, and social movements in Latin America; TRANS.ARCH studies migration archives, memory, and gender through arts and media.
STANDUP develops smartphone thermal analysis for diabetic foot ulcer prevention, and WASTCArD worked on wrist-based cardiac arrhythmia detection — both combining sensor technology with clinical application.
TRANSLITERACY explored how transmedia skills and informal learning strategies can improve formal education.
Their early H2020 work (2015–2019) was heavily biomedical — cardiac monitoring, smartphone-based diabetic foot diagnostics, and clinical trials for diabetes and frailty interventions in Latin American populations. From 2020 onward, the focus shifted decisively toward urban studies, social sciences, and environmental sustainability: territorial displacement, migration archives, nature-based solutions, and inclusive urban health. The university moved from a health-technology profile to a broader social-environmental research identity while retaining its Latin American regional lens.
Javeriana is moving toward interdisciplinary urban and environmental research with strong social justice dimensions — future partners should expect proposals combining health equity, urban resilience, and Latin American territorial expertise.
Javeriana has never coordinated an H2020 project — they join as participant or third party, typically contributing regional expertise and fieldwork capacity in Latin America. With 120 unique partners across 28 countries, they maintain a broad and diverse network rather than deep repeated partnerships. Their consistent role as a non-EU partner embedded in large consortia (often MSCA-RISE mobility schemes) makes them a reliable contributor who brings geographic reach rather than project leadership.
Extensive international network spanning 120 partners across 28 countries, reflecting their role as a Latin American node in European research mobility and cooperation programmes. Their geographic spread is unusually wide for a non-EU institution, indicating strong demand for their regional expertise.
As a top Colombian university, Javeriana offers something few European partners can: genuine on-the-ground research capacity in Latin America, from clinical trials with vulnerable populations to fieldwork on urban displacement and extractivism. Their dual competence in health technology and social sciences makes them versatile across very different project types. For any consortium needing a credible Latin American partner with proven EU project experience, Javeriana is one of the few institutions with a solid track record across multiple H2020 pillars.
