Entrepreneurship research and business educationprimary
2 projects
Contributed to DiasporaLink (diaspora entrepreneurship and trade) and a MSCA-RISE project on transforming European women's entrepreneurship education.
Organization
UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO
Chilean private university partnering in MSCA-RISE exchanges on entrepreneurship, diaspora, women's education, and lysosomal disease research.
University research groupsocietyCLNo active H2020 projectsThin data (2/5)
H2020 projects
3
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
—
Unique partners
44
What they do
Their core work
Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) is a private Chilean university in Santiago that joined European research networks through MSCA-RISE staff exchange programmes. Their H2020 footprint reflects two distinct faculty interests: entrepreneurship and business education research (diaspora networks, women entrepreneurs) and biomedical science (lysosomal storage diseases, lipidomics). For European consortia, UDD primarily serves as a Latin American third-party partner enabling researcher mobility and providing a Chilean foothold for international studies.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
Women's entrepreneurship training and learning transfersecondary
1 project
Partner in the MSCA-RISE project on women entrepreneurs, covering training, learning transfer, and identity transition.
Diaspora networks and international tradesecondary
1 project
Partner in DiasporaLink, focused on team building, international trade, and trade for development via diaspora communities.
Lysosomal biology and lipidomicssecondary
1 project
Partner in LysoMod (2017-2022), studying genetic and small molecule modifiers of lysosomal function relevant to storage diseases.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
Entrepreneurship and diaspora research
Recent focus
Lysosomal biology and biomedicine
In the earlier period (2015 starts) UDD's H2020 activity centred on social-science themes — diaspora entrepreneurship, trade, and women's entrepreneurship education. By 2017 the portfolio expanded into biomedical research with LysoMod, covering lysosomal function and lipidomics. The shift suggests opportunistic participation driven by individual faculty networks rather than one institutional research line.
UDD is broadening from business-school social research toward biomedical collaborations, making them a potential Latin American partner for both entrepreneurship studies and cell-biology consortia.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: third_party_expertReach: Global25 countries collaborated
UDD consistently joins as a partner or third party, never as coordinator, and exclusively through MSCA-RISE staff exchange schemes built around large international consortia. Across just three projects they touched 44 distinct partners in 25 countries, indicating a hub-style role that prioritises exposure to diverse networks over repeated collaborations. Working with UDD means gaining a non-EU Chilean node for researcher secondments and regional access rather than heavy technical delivery.
Connected to 44 unique partners across 25 countries despite only three projects, with a strong European counterpart base and a clear Latin American anchoring point in Santiago, Chile.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
UDD is one of the few Chilean private universities that has repeatedly plugged into H2020 MSCA-RISE exchanges, offering European consortia a credible Latin American partner for researcher mobility. Their rare combination of entrepreneurship/business-school research and biomedical capability (lysosomal biology) means they can serve very different consortium types. For partners, UDD is attractive when a project needs a non-EU associated-country node with English-capable faculty and existing European ties.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- LysoModTheir only biomedical project, covering genetic and small-molecule modifiers of lysosomal storage diseases — a sharp pivot from their entrepreneurship work.
- DiasporaLinkFits UDD's Latin American positioning naturally, linking diaspora communities, entrepreneurship, and trade for development.
- women entrepreneursMSCA-RISE project on women's entrepreneurship education and learning transfer, aligning with UDD's business school identity.
Cross-sector capabilities
healthmultidisciplinarysociety
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