Profile
Abstract
Carolina Rozo Higuera is a researcher at the Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) and currently works together with Kathleen Schlütter on a funded project focused on the dynamics of Area Studies' knowledge production in Germany. She obtained her Master’s degree at the University of East London and her PhD in Global Studies at Leipzig University with the study "Subject Tendencies Related to the Global Studies Field: A Domain Analysis Using Bibliometrics". Her profesional experience include managing library services in academic and public libraries. She also worked several years as a lecturer at the Information Science Department at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia.
Her thematic background include topics from the information and library sciences and IT. Current research interests: Academic knowledge production in mainstream/ not-mainstream science channels, subject analysis, Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), and transnational knowledge production networks.
Professional career
- 08/2000 - 02/2004
Librarian and regional centers coordinator for distance education at Centro Universidad Abierta. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia - 02/2004 - 03/2006
Library coordinator or youth and adults reading programs. Head librarian at the general reading room at Bibliored Libraries. Bogotá, Colombia - 08/2010 - 10/2016
Lecturer, researcher and Internship coordinator at Information Science Department. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. - 07/2017 - 08/2018
Editorial assistant of Comparativ academic journal. at Centre for Area Studies (CAS). Leipzig Universität. Germany - 10/2020 - 12/2020
Research assistant in the project "Digitalisierung Lehrsprogramm" at Global and European Studies. Leipzig Universität. Germany - since 01/2022
Researcher in the project "Die Produktion von Weltwissen im Umbruch" at RecentGlobe. Leipzig Universität. Germany.
Education
- 01/1991 - 11/1996
Bachelor in Information and Library Science at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia - 12/2007 - 02/2009
MSc. Information Technology (With merit) at University of East London. London. UK. - 10/2016 - 05/2022
PhD with the topic: "Subject Tendencies Related to the Global Studies Field:A Domain Analysis Using Bibliometrics" at Graduate School European and Area Studies. Leipzig Universität. Germany
- Quantitative research on knowledge production
- Subject tendencies using bibliometrics
- Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) e.g. Thesaurus, Glossaries, Dictionaries
- Memory and archives
- Archival laws on memory and HHRR
- show detailsDie Produktion von Weltwissen im UmbruchMiddell, MatthiasDuration: 10/2021 – 09/2025Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)