Carla Bonina

Carla Bonina is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Surrey Business School. Her research interests lie in the intersection of technology innovation, entrepreneurship and policy with a focus on sustainable development. Her current projects revolve around open data and innovation, the developmental value of digital platforms and sustainable business models in the digital economy. She provides strategic advice on digital transformation, open data and sustainability of the digital economy to governments, international organisations and donors, such as Avinas Americas, the OECD, the IDRC and the World Bank among others. She is considered a Latin American expert.

She's been awarded Mid-Career Researcher of the Year at Surrey Business School in 2021, and received the Impact Award prize in 2020 for outstanding contributions to impact in her research on digital government transformation in Latin America.

Carla is founding member of the Surrey Center of Digital Economy and Principal Researcher at the Latin American Initiative of Open data (ILDA). She is Strategic Advisor to the Veterinary Health Innovation Engine (vHive), member of the Center for Social Innovation Management and the Surrey Law and Technology Hub. She is also member of Sandbox, a global network of young entrepreneurs, and shares a passion for social entrepreneurship.

Prior to joining Surrey Business School, she held a Research Fellowship in LSE Tech, a research team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) active in the area of innovation and technology management. Carla holds a PhD in Management from the LSE, an MSc in Public Administration and Public Policy from CIDE in Mexico City, and a BA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) London School of Economics and Political Science (2007 — 2012)
• Summer Doctoral Programme University of Oxford (2010 — 2010)
• MA Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A.C. (2002 — 2004)
• MA The LBJ School of Public Affairs (2003 — 2003)
• BA University of Buenos Aires (1996 — 2001)

Companies

• Strategic Advisor La Sobremesa (2021)
• Research Lead Data-Pop Alliance (2021)
• Advisory Board Member Pulsante solutions (2021)
• Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Surrey Business School, University of Surrey (2020)
• Advisory Board Member Donar Online (2018)
• Principal Researcher Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos - ILDA (2018)
• Fellow - Center for Organization Research & Design Arizona State University (2014)
• Fellow Sandbox (2009)
• Assistant professor in entrepreneurship and innovation Surrey Business School, University of Surrey (2014 — 2020)

Skills

• Management Consulting
• Latin America
• International Development