Dr. Andrés Roemer is the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Societal Change and the Free Flow of Knowledge. He is a writer, philanthropist, TV and radio broadcaster and an internationally recognized public intellectual who is passionate about critical thinking and human rights. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Berkeley, where he obtained Academic Distinction for his doctoral thesis.
He has a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he won the Don K. Price Award for academic performance. He studied at the same time a Bachelor in Economics at ITAM and a Bachelor in Law at UNAM, graduating from both (the same week), Summa Cum Laude.
Andrés is the author of sixteen essay books and two theater plays. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper defines him as a “A strange public figure that deserves to be called Man of the Renaissance.”
He has been awarded the following prizes: · The ‘Amir Aczel Science and Humanities 2019′ Prize. ·Fellowships by the Universities of Harvard, Berkeley, ITAM and by the Commissions: Fulbright, Ford Foundation, The Science and Technology Council, and The Ministry of Education in Mexico (SEP). · Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award. · Normandt Chateau Roch Award. Stand With Us Award. International Sephardic Leadership Award.· Knight of Malta. · Grand Decoration of Honor degree of Cross Official (Austria). · National Award for Journalistic Excellence, Mexico. Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award. Two times awarded the ‘National Theater Award’, Mexico. Notorious Alumni From ITAM (Premio Mérito Profesional) as well as The Graduate School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Banco Nacional de Mexico Economics Award. National Economics Award Tlacaelel. · Distinction for the Promotion of Science. Benito Juárez Medal for Academic Distinction awarded by the President of Mexico. · Don K. Price Award at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Microsoft Inc. created the “Andrés Roemer Award in Economic Analysis of Law for Sustainable Development”.
Dr. Roemer has been Consul General in the United States, Ambassador in Europe, Speaker in more than 30 international forums, is Co-Founder and CEO of ‘La Ciudad de las Ideas’ and ‘The Ibero-Latin American Academy of Law and Economics’, The Creator of “Reinventing The Future” at the G20 meeting at los Cabos; “Mex-I-Am” in San Francisco, California.
He currently serves as a member of the Associate Faculty of Singularity University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Columbia University.
He has a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he won the Don K. Price Award for academic performance. He studied at the same time a Bachelor in Economics at ITAM and a Bachelor in Law at UNAM, graduating from both (the same week), Summa Cum Laude.
Andrés is the author of sixteen essay books and two theater plays. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper defines him as a “A strange public figure that deserves to be called Man of the Renaissance.”
He has been awarded the following prizes: · The ‘Amir Aczel Science and Humanities 2019′ Prize. ·Fellowships by the Universities of Harvard, Berkeley, ITAM and by the Commissions: Fulbright, Ford Foundation, The Science and Technology Council, and The Ministry of Education in Mexico (SEP). · Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award. · Normandt Chateau Roch Award. Stand With Us Award. International Sephardic Leadership Award.· Knight of Malta. · Grand Decoration of Honor degree of Cross Official (Austria). · National Award for Journalistic Excellence, Mexico. Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award. Two times awarded the ‘National Theater Award’, Mexico. Notorious Alumni From ITAM (Premio Mérito Profesional) as well as The Graduate School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Banco Nacional de Mexico Economics Award. National Economics Award Tlacaelel. · Distinction for the Promotion of Science. Benito Juárez Medal for Academic Distinction awarded by the President of Mexico. · Don K. Price Award at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Microsoft Inc. created the “Andrés Roemer Award in Economic Analysis of Law for Sustainable Development”.
Dr. Roemer has been Consul General in the United States, Ambassador in Europe, Speaker in more than 30 international forums, is Co-Founder and CEO of ‘La Ciudad de las Ideas’ and ‘The Ibero-Latin American Academy of Law and Economics’, The Creator of “Reinventing The Future” at the G20 meeting at los Cabos; “Mex-I-Am” in San Francisco, California.
He currently serves as a member of the Associate Faculty of Singularity University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Columbia University.
Andrés describes himself as a free thinker, He is a member of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (now merged with the Center For Inquiry). While he grants moral consideration to all sentient beings, he has not yet transitioned away from consumption of animal products.
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