Biography

Elsa Estevez is an Adjunct Professor at National University of the South. Previously, she was a Senior Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) in Guimarães, Portugal; Academic Programme Officer at the UNU International Institute for Software Technology in Macao, China; Assistant Professor at the National University of the South, Argentina; visiting professor in three universities in Argentina; and head of information technology departments in major financial and pharmaceutical organizations in Argentina.

Her research interests include context specific public service delivery, development and operation of the Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) function, Electronic Governance (EGOV) for Sustainable Development, Smart City for Development, and Citizen Participation; the results are published in many book chapters, journal articles, conference papers and project reports. She has also delivered executive trainings to many groups of national, sectoral and city-level GCIOs around the world; organized conferences and schools to raise EGOV awareness and capacity in many developing countries; and managed research and development projects funded by the Macao Foundation, IDRC and several national governments.

Most recently she assisted the Colombian Government towards the development of the national GCIO function, chaired the juries of the Gulf Cooperation Council e-Government Award in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates, and served as Programme Committee Co-Chair of three editions of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) in Estonia, Portugal and Uruguay. She holds PhD and MSc degrees in Computer Science from the National University of the South, Argentina.

Academic Positions

  • Present2017

    Independent Researcher

    CONICET

  • Present2016

    Adjunct Professor

    Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

  • Present2015

    Associate Editor

    Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier

  • 20162014

    Senior Academic Programme Officer

    United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)

  • 20142010

    Academic Programme Officer

    United Nations University - International Institute on Software Technologies (UNU-IIST)

  • 20101990

    Adjunct Professor

    Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Education

  • PhD 2009

    Computer Science

    National University of the South, Argentina

  • MSc 2003

    Computer Science

    National University of the South, Argentina

  • BA 1985

    Computer Science

    University of Buenos Aires, Argentina