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Awards

December 2017 STEPI Fellowship Award Korea Sciente and Technology Policy Institute

May 2018 First Prize Essay Competition BCIE-SIECA

February 2018 Posdoctoral Research Fellowship - Federal Government of Brazil

About me

Kleinsy Bonilla, is a Guatemalan researcher and consultant. She has a Ph.D. in International Cooperation. Her topics of interest include economics of development, international cooperation in science and technology and science diplomacy. She is vice-president for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World period 2021-2025 and founding member of the Network of Science Diplomacy in Latinoamérica and the Caribbean DiploCientífica. She currently lives in Oslo, Norway.

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Other Memberships/Affiliations
International Network of Guatemalan Scientists and Researchers

Degrees:

2015
Doctorate     Social and Economic Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Bonilla, K. and Kwak, J. S.. (2014). Challenges of Highly Educated Human Resources
in Guatemala. Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, 27 (3), 17-43.

Bonilla, K. and Kwak, J. S. (2015). Effectiveness of Donor Support for Capacity
Development in Guatemala: A Study of Scholarship Provision for Overseas Postgraduate Education. Iberoamericana, 1, 293-344

Bonilla, K. and Serafim, M. P. (2018). Análises das políticas de formação de alto nível de
capital humano em ciência e tecnologia na Guatemala: desafios e oportunidades. Reflexiones Coyunturales Lationamericanas. Pedro & João Editores. 189-217

Bonilla, K., Bin, A., Salles-Filho, S. (2018). Building Science, Technology, and Research
Capacity in Developing Countries: Evidence from student mobility and international cooperation between Korea and Guatemala. STI Policy Review. Vol. 9 (1). 99-132

International Congress
2025
icon-pin-location Guatemala City

International Networking, Academy and Cooperation for Development
2025
icon-pin-location Suwon, South Korea