Dr. Juliana Gonzalez Jauregui holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from FLACSO Argentina. She is currently an Assistant Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and a Principal Researcher at FLACSO-Argentina, where she coordinates the Chair on China Studies and the Diploma in Latin America and China Studies.

She has taught postgraduate courses on China at several universities in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Her academic training includes exchanges at Fudan University (2012), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2014), and Brown University (2018). In 2021, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University.

Her research examines China’s economic and financial engagement with Latin America, especially Argentina, with emphasis on investments and financing in renewable energy and lithium. She also studies governance challenges linked to ESG standards and the social-environmental impacts of these projects on local communities.

Dr. Juliana Gonzalez Jauregui will be a visiting scholar at Fudan Development Institute from October 4 to November 2, 2025.