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Mauricio Uriona Maldonado
I study clean technologies driving the transition toward sustainable and low-carbon economies in Developing Countries from a socio-technical perspective. I am an expert in system dynamics modelling which I use to develop simulated scenarios of technology diffusion and sustainable transitions. I lead the Sustainable Energy Innovation Group (Sinergia) at UFSC. My research has been published in several journals and in specialized conferences across the world. I held visiting positions at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain), University of Tampere (Finland) and University of Bremen (Germany) and received training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).
Education
PhD. in Knowledge Management and Engineering
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianopolis, Brazil
2012 - 2008
- PhD Dissertation: Sectoral Innovation Dynamics, Innovation Systems, System Dynamics, IT Sector
- CAPES Fellow, PEC-PG. Supervised by Prof. G. Varvakis
- Co-supervised by Prof. V. Kern (UFSC) and Prof. R. Pietrobon (Duke University)
M.Sc. in Knowledge Management and Engineering
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianopolis, Brazil
2008 - 2006
- Thesis: Business Process Management, System Dynamics, IT Sector
- CNPq Fellow, PEC-PG. Supervised by Prof. G. Varvakis
B.S. in Industrial Engineering
Military School of Engineering (EMI)
La Paz, Bolivia
2004 - 2000
- Thesis: Strategic Planning, Service Industry
Academic Experience
Associate Professor
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianopolis, Brazil
Current - 2013
- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Courses taught in Undergraduate Level: Decision Analysis, IT Management/Data Science, Microeconomics, Ethics in Business
- Courses taught in Graduate level: System Dynamics Simulation, Innovation and Industrial Economics, Renewable Energy Economics
Associate Professor Extraordinary
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
2025 - 2022
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Invited Position
Research Associate
Duke University
Durham, NC, US
2013 - 2009
- Research on Research Group
- Under the lead of Dr. Ricardo Pietrobon
- Conducted research on system dynamics and Science and Technology Policy
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany
2017 - 2017
- Visiting Professor at the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics
- CAPES-DFG Fellow
System Dynamics Training
MIT
Boston, USA
2017 - 2017
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- Advanced Course in System Dynamics
Visiting Researcher
Autonomous University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
2011 - 2011
- Visiting Scholar at the Economics and Business Faculty
- EU 7th Framework Programme - Marie Curie Actions
Industry Experience
- Consultant in Innovation Management (FIESC) - 2012-2013
- Business Analyst (Dinamica Software) - 2005-2008
Noteworthy International Collaborations
- w/ Prof. Sara Grobbelaar (Stellenbosch Univ) 🇿🇦
- w/ Prof. Rainer Walz (Fraunhofer ISI) 🇩🇪
- w/ Prof. Milton Herrera (Univ Militar Nueva Granada)🇨🇴
- w/ Prof. Minelle Silva (La Rochele Business School)🇫🇷
- w/ Prof. Guillermo Davila (Univ de Lima) 🇵🇪
- w/ Prof. Peter Wells (Cardiff Univ)🇬🇧
Funding and Grants
Scenarios for green hydrogen production in Brazil
CNPq - Principal Investigator
Brazil
2026 - 2024
- Project funded by CNPq (Brazilian science foundation) which aims at developing quantitative scenarios for the ramp up of green hydrogen production in Brazil for the coming decades, including economic, technological and social variables.
- Project Partners: UFSC.
Public policies and corporate responses to promote sustainable economic development at the green hydrogen HUB with an emphasis in Ceara State
CNPq - Co-Investigator
Brazil
2024 - 2023
- Project funded by CNPq (Brazilian science foundation) which aims at developing a qualitative understanding of the feasibility of green hydrogen production in the State of Ceara (the leading State in green hydrogen promotion policies) for the next decade.
- Project Partners: UFSC and Federal University of Ceara.
Decision Support Systems for long-term hydrogen scenarios
DAAD and GIZ - Principal Investigator
Germany
2023 - 2022
- Project funded by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and GIZ (German Cooperation Agency) under the German-Brazilian Research Cooperation in the Energy sector – NoPa 2.0/ cooperation in the areas of green hydrogen/PtX, direct electrification and energy storage 2023.
- Project Partners: UFSC, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Innovation and Federal University of Ceara.
New index for green technologies in Latin America
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada - Co-Investigator
Colombia
2023 - 2021
- Project funded by Universidad Militar Nueva Granada which aims at developing new performance indexes for green technologies in Latin America, specially with patents.
- Project Partners: UFSC and Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (Colombia).
Selected Publications
| Most Recent Publications | |||
| Year | Title | Journal | doi |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Exploring the influence of Brazilian project cancellation mechanisms on new wind power generation | RENEWABLE ENERGY | |
| 2023 | Scaling actors? perspectives about innovation system functions: Diffusion of biogas in Brazil | TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE | |
| 2022 | A multi-country simulation-based study for end-of-life solar PV panel destination estimations | SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION | |
| 2022 | The evolution, consolidation and future challenges of wind energy in Uruguay | ENERGY POLICY | |
| 2022 | Review of Social Dynamics in complex energy systems models | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | |
| 2021 | Modeling smallholder agricultural systems to manage Striga in the semi-arid tropics | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS | |
| 2021 | Scenarios for end-of-life (EOL) electric vehicle batteries in China | REGE. REVISTA DE GESTÃO USP | |
| 2021 | A systems modeling approach to estimate biogas potential from biomass sources in Brazil | RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS | |
| 2020 | The influence of e-carsharing schemes on electric vehicle adoption and carbon emissions: An emerging economy study | TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT | |
| 2020 | Dynamics performance of the wind-power supply chain with transmission capacity constraints | International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| 2020 | Using technology to improve access to healthcare: The case of the MomConnect programme in South Africa | Local Economy | |
| 2020 | The Influence of Company Size on Energy Management Systems Adoption: A System Dynamics Model | BBR. Brazilian Business Review (English Ed.) | |
| 2020 | Similarities and differences between business process management and lean management | BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL | |
| 2020 | Decentralized Water Supply Management Model: a Case Study of Public Policies for the Utilization of Rainwater | WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | |
| 2020 | Innovation ecosystems in platform apps | Revista Brasileira de Inovação | |
| 2020 | Using system dynamics for hidrological disaster prevention | Revista FSA (Faculdade Santo Agostinho) | |
| 2019 | Product-service systems in solar PV deployment programs: What can we learn from the California Solar Initiative? | RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING | |
| 2019 | The impact of CO2 mitigation policies on light vehicle fleet in Brazil | ENERGY POLICY | |
| 2019 | EM QUESTÃO | ||
| 2019 | Dinâmica de geração e dissipação do estresse na equipe de enfermagem num centro de oncologia | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem | |
| Top-10 Highly Cited Publications | ||||
| Year | Title | Journal | DOI | citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The influence of e-carsharing schemes on electric vehicle adoption and carbon emissions: An emerging economy study | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment | 62 | |
| 2017 | Long term diffusion dynamics of alternative fuel vehicles in Brazil | Journal of Cleaner Production | 42 | |
| 2018 | Diffusion of photovoltaic technology in Germany: A sustainable success or an illusion driven by guaranteed feed-in tariffs? | Energy | 39 | |
| 2016 | Process improvement for professionalizing non-profit organizations: BPM approach | Business Process Management Journal | 24 | |
| 2019 | Innovation system policy analysis through system dynamics modelling: A systematic review | Science and Public Policy | 24 | |
| 2012 | State of the art on the Systems of Innovation research: A bibliometrics study up to 2009 | Scientometrics | 23 | |
| 2021 | A systems modeling approach to estimate biogas potential from biomass sources in Brazil | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 22 | |
| 2015 | Big Data and Business Analytics in the Supply Chain: A Review of the Literature | IEEE Latin America Transactions | 20 | |
| 2019 | The impact of CO2 mitigation policies on light vehicle fleet in Brazil | Energy Policy | 18 | |
| 2017 | A functions approach to improve sectoral technology roadmaps | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 17 | |