Lucia Gomez Charry
Postdoctoral researcher in Economic Geography, Department of Marketing and International Business
Economic Geography lucia.o.gomez@utu.fi Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6311-7076 |
Trends of foreign direct investments (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the global South; knowledge creation and technological development; social innovation and development; innovation hubs and urban development; Medellín, Colombia; Latin America
GLO-RES project (2025-2026): Strengthening societal resilience and security of supply in global stakeholder collaboration
Lucía researches global trends in foreign direct investment and technological advancement in the Global South. Her research examines the activities of multinational enterprises in the information and communication and education sectors in Latin America and their potential for technological and socioeconomic development. She has researched innovation districts in advanced and emerging economies as platforms for multinational enterprises' entry and tools of urban development. Her previous professional experience includes work as an architect and development cooperant.
GLO-RES (2025-2026) Strengthening societal resilience and security of supply in global stakeholder collaboration, Foundation for Economic Education
ArtWorks (2019-2020), Turku Science Park as a laboratory for creative encounters and a developer of interactive urban culture
IDeaS (2017-2018), Innovation Districts in Emerging and Advanced Economies for Sustainable Urban Development
- Transnational networks and social innovation : Towards Improved Public Services in Emerging Economies (2025) Green Economy and Service Innovation - Shaping the Future of Business and Society Gómez, Lucía; Kettunen, Erja
(Abstract) - Transnational networks, social innovation, and resilience : Strengthening public services in emerging economiesInnovation districts in context: Emerging networked models on six continents
(Conference abstract: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting 2023) (2025) Memorias : Conferencia temática UGI 2025 – Santa Marta Colombia Gómez, Lucía; Kettunen, Erja
(Abstract) - FDI and technological advancement in the Global South Perspectives on the emergence of Medellín as an investment hubMNEs and knowledge creation in Medellín’s emerging ICT hub (2024) Gómez, Lucía
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Lectio Praecursoria Foreign direct investments and technological advancement in the Global South : Perspectives on the emergence of Medellín as an investment hubTraveling planning concepts revisited: how they land and why it matters (2024)
- Terra: Maantieteellinen Aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The emergence of investment hubs in emerging economies : Insights from the ICT sector in Medellín, Colombia (2024) Maantieteen päivät / Geography Days – Next 100 years Gómez, Lucía
(Abstract) - (2023) Oinas Päivi, Gómez Lucía, Kalliomäki Helka, Kettunen Erja
(Other publication) - Taiteilijat inspiroivat luovaa vuorovaikutusta tiedepuistossa (2023) Oinas Päivi, Gómez Lucía, Poutanen Jenni, Koponen Aki, Lehtovuori Panu, Vahlo Jukka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2022)
- Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2022)
- Urban Geography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Undercurrents in the world economy: Evolving global investment flows in the SouthUndercurrents in the global economy: repositioning the other half of the world-system in global investment flows
(konferenssiabstrakti) (2022)- World Economy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The landings of ‘innovation districts’ around the world: Travels, translations, legitimizations, and incremental implementationsThe other half of the World System (2018) Päivi Oinas, Lucía Gómez, Erja Kettunen, Helka Kalliomäki
(Other publication) - The State of African Cities 2018 : The geography of African investment : Foreign Investments in the Peripheral Global South (2018) The State of African Cities Report 2018: The Geography of African Investment Lucia Gómez, Ronald Wall, Päivi Oinas
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2017) Lucía Gómez, Päivi Oinas
(Other publication) - Preparing Latin America’s “most Innovative city” for MNE’ entry: the role of the local developmental ecosystem (2017) Gómez Lucía, Oinas Päivi
(Other publication) - Technology-Driven Foreign Direct Investment within the Global South (2016) Cristina Chaminade, Lucía Gómez
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - 2016Extreme geographics: Maantieteen päivät 2016, The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographers 2016 Lucia Gómez
(Other publication) - (2015) Lucía Gómez Charry, Ronald Wall, Päivi Oinas
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