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Expertise
Adriana holds three Master's degrees in Natural Resource Management, Education, and Humanitarian Aid & International Cooperation. Her working experience has been focused on education and community development in urban and rural areas, promoting self-management processes and community autonomy using gender-sensitive approaches. She has developed and adapted several participatory and decolonial methodologies to work with young and older adults, mainly in Latin America.
Expertise
Adriana Moreno is a postdoctoral researcher at the Educational Sciences department. She has worked with local and Indigenous communities for 15 years as a practitioner and activist. She combines collaborative research approaches and decolonial thought to build bridges between diverse knowledge systems. As a whole, her research focuses on how Indigenous and local knowledge can be engaged to transform the universities into more pluriversal spaces. Adriana is a co-PI on a VLIR- TEAMS project to create a Bolivian community learning research network in sustainable territorial governance.
Education/Academic qualification
Master on Education, Master, A pedagogical system for professional training and creativity development in rural Colombian primary schools, Instituto Pedagogico Latino Americano del Caribe IPLAC
Award Date: 1 Mar 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FWOICA6: Enhancing Pluriversality for Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA): Governing the Climate- Biodiversity-Pollution Nexus
De Donder, L. (Administrative Promotor) & Moreno Cely, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/04/26 → 31/03/29
Project: Fundamental
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EUPOM164: Erasmus+ KeyAction2: Decolonization of Curriculums in Secondary School
Zhu, C. (Administrative Promotor) & Moreno Cely, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/12/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Applied
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EUPOM160: Erasmus+ KeyAction2: Education for the transition to Sustainable AgriFood systems in South America
Stiens, J. (Administrative Promotor), Sahli, H. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), da Silva Gomes, B. T. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), De Cruz, L. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Steenhaut, K. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Moreno Cely, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/12/24 → 30/11/27
Project: Applied
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VLIR412: KAWSAYTA AWANACHEJ*– A Bolivian community learning-research network in sustainable territorial governance and management
Zhu, C. (Administrative Promotor), Moreno Cely, A. (Co-Promotor) & Goossens, C. (Collaborator)
1/09/22 → 31/08/27
Project: Fundamental
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VLIR400: Tracks for the decolonisation of the Belgian development cooperation
Vanwing, T. (Administrative Promotor) & Moreno Cely, A. (PI (Promotor, Principal Investigator))
1/04/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Fundamental
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Against Self‑Reflexive Confessions: Collective Dialogues to Progressively Transform Academic North–South Collaborations
Mertens, K., Moreno Cely, A. & Nyakato, V., Feb 2025, In: The European Journal of Development Research. 37, 1, p. 219-240 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nood aan een dekoloniale benadering voor participatief actieonderzoek
Suero Samboy, Y. P. & Moreno Cely, A., 27 Nov 2025, Samen op (onder)zoek: Participatieve methodieken voor geengageerde onderzoekers en praktijkwerkers. De Donder, L., Degraeve, L., Dikmas, B. & Marynissen, S. (eds.). Vrije Unviersiteit Brussel, p. 203-214 11 p.Translated title of the contribution :Need for a decolonial approach to participatory action research Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Specialist › peer-review
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Pérdida de la riqueza específica de la agricultura familiar hacia una agricultura comercial en Totora, Bolivia
Alba, E., Moreno Cely, A., Ponce, D. & Cadima, X., 25 Oct 2025.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
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Transdisciplinarity from Below: Weaving a New Tapestry of Knowledge through Art and Collective Resistance
Moreno Cely, A., 22 Nov 2025, In: ALTERNAUTAS. p. 1-27 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transforming North-South Academic Collaborations Through Collective Reflexivity
Moreno Cely, A., Mertens, K. & Nyakato, V. N., 17 Feb 2025, Integration and Implementations Insights, p. 1 3 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Blog › Vulgarizing
Activities
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Conocimiento decolonial y justicia epistémica para transformar las políticas de cooperación
Moreno Cely, A. (Speaker)
28 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Decolonising Global Health and Education
Moreno Cely, A. (Speaker)
5 Feb 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at an external academic organisation
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Decolonial Dilemmas: Navigating Fear and Resistance in Academic Spaces
Moreno Cely, A. (Speaker)
17 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Indigenous Autonomies, Governance and Territorial Management: Progress and Tensions within the framework of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Moreno Cely, A. (Speaker)
11 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Navigating the Labyrinth: Challenges and Opportunities for Postdocs in North-South Collaboration Projects
Moreno Cely, A. (Speaker)
25 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar