Veronica Gonzalez-Navarro

Profile

Veronica holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Resources and a bachelor’s degree in Economics. She has experience working in consultancy, project management and research related to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Her main areas of research have been the creation of indexes and indicators for sustainability and corporate social responsibility and the development of methodologies to identify, analyse and improve the outcomes of the private sector on sustainable development. Her experience working in the identification and analysis of the contribution of the private sector to sustainable development is her greatest motivation for further researching the responsibility of businesses in the delivery of outcomes for the 2030 Agenda.

Research and Professional Experience

2021: Sustainability Specialist – Antofagasta Minerals.

2014 – 2021: Researcher – Programme for Social Responsability Studies, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Collaboration in interdisciplinary research related to Corporate
Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.

2018- 2020: Consultant/Research & Project Intern – Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. Development and application of a methodology to assess modern slavery statements by the FTSE100 and assistance in the audit of compliance of UK companies with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

2015 – 2019: Researcher and executing project coordinator. First and second application of the Social Progress Index, Cabrero, Chile.

2014 – 2015: Junior Consultant. UNDP. Research assistant in the evaluation of programme Trainer of Trainers in CSR and collaboration in report Advances in the education of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development in Latin America.

Scholarships and awards

2022: Leeds University Business School Management Division Scholarship 2021-2022.

2020: Highly Commended Project - Bartlett Hacks: Climate solutions in a time of pandemic. Hackathon run by The Bartlett Faculty UCL. Project: Compact Garden City.

2018: Best Presentation Award. 20^th International Conference on Gifted Students and Gifted Education Practices. Research: Effects of an Inclusive Educational Model for Students with High Intellectual Capacity and Special Educational Needs: A Case Study in Talentos UdeC, Chile.

2016: Becas Chile "Master Fellowship Programme" Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (Now ANID).

2014: Award to attend Workshop Emerging Fisheries Research & Management Tools for Latin America. University of California Santa Barbara. Baja California Sur, Mexico.

2013: Second place poster presentation. VI Foro Iberoamericano de Recursos Marinos y Acuicultura, Valparaiso, Chile. Research: Is it possible to measure CSR?: An application to the Salmon Industry in Chile.

2012: Scholarship to attend certified programme Corporate Financial Management. State University of New York at New Paltz.

Teaching Experience

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant – Leeds University Business School

- Undergraduate modules (2024): Managing Global Value Chains; Innovation Thinking & Practice; Corporate Social Responsibility
- Postgraduate modules (2024, MSc): Managing Global Logistics and Supply Chain

Lecturer, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile

- Undergraduate modules (2021): Resource Allocation and Game Theory (Concepción, Santiago, Valdivia)
- Undergraduate modules (2020): Social Impact of Economic Policies (Concepción)

Lecturer, Programa de Estudios sobre la Responsabilidad Social, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

- Undergraduate modules: 2019–2021: Sustainable Development and the Role of the Private Sector; 2015–2016: CSR; Sustainable Development and the Role of the Private Sector; Environment from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
- Postgraduate modules: 2019: CSR and Sustainable Development (PG Diploma in Social Responsibility)

Lecturer, Programa Talentos UdeC, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

- 2021: News, Economics and Common Sense (16–18 yrs)
- 2020: Ecocircular – Circular Economy Projects (14–17 yrs)
- 2015–2016; 2019–2021: Negociopoly – Social Enterprises and Circular Economy (10–11 yrs)

Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships
- Universidad San Sebastián, Chile (2012): Macroeconomics II
- Universidad de Concepción, Chile (2011–2012): Human Resources I

Publications

Peer-Review papers

Gonzalez-Navarro, V., Tomei, J. and Flores-Oyarzo, G., 2018. Analysing the Outcomes of the Forestry Sector on the Sustainable Development Goals for Rural Communities: A Case Study of Cabrero, Chile. Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(5), pp.194-211.

Navarro, G. V., González, M. C., González, M. G., & González, M. V. 2018. Effects of an Inclusive Educational Model for Students with High Intellectual Capacity and Special Educational Needs: A Case Study in Talentos UdeC, Chile. International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences, 12(9), 1174-1183.

Navarro, V., Gonzalez, M. V., & Reed, C. 2017. Effects of an Educative Model in Socially Responsible Behavior and Other Psychological Variables. International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, 11(6), 1466-1469.

Salgado, H. & González, MV. 2014. A Corporate Social Responsibility Index for the Salmon Aquaculture Industry in Chile. Revista Interamericana de Ambiente y Turismo-RIAT, 9(2), pp.52-68.

Navarro, G., Pérez, C., Padilla, A & González V. 2013. Relació entre responsabilitat social universitària i compromís organitzacional de funcionaris xilens. Anuari de psicologia de la Societat Valenciana de Psicologia, 15(2), 99-116.

Book chapters

Navarro, G., González, V. & Maluenda, J. 2019. Responsabilidad Social Universitaria y vinculación con el medio: construcción de una metodología para desarrollar proyectos de A+S. En 'Responsabilidad Social de las Organizaciones (RSO). Estudios desde la mirada de la Responsabilidad Social hacia los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina'. IRL Editores. Santiago, Chile. pp. 335-350.

Reports

González, V, Maluenda, J. & Navarro, G. 2019. Índice de Progreso Social Cabrero 2019, Avances y Desafíos en Materias de Progreso Social. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. 2018. FTSE100 & the UK Modern Slavery Act: From Disclosure to Action. BHRRC. London, UK.

Latest Conferences and Workshops presentations

• • 2025, July – González-Navarro, V. Exploring Variation in Corporate Responsibility Understandings in the Global South: The Case of Chile. Paper presented at 41st European Group for Organisational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Athens, Greece.
  • 2025, April – González-Navarro, V. Unpacking CSR Understandings from an Emerging Economy. Paper accepted for presentation at Society for Business Ethics and Northumbria University: The Landscape of Business Ethics in the United Kingdom, Newcastle, United Kingdom (postponed).
  • 2025, February – González-Navarro, V. & Jaspersen, L. Exploring How Corporate Responsibilities Are Understood in the Global South: The Case of Chile. Paper presented at Pre-submission Paper Development Workshop, Journal of Management Studies (online), United Kingdom.
  • 2024, September – González-Navarro, V. Exploring CSR Understandings in Non-Western Contexts: The Case of Chile. Paper presented at 20th Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC) – Corporate Social Responsibility: Holistic and Issue-Specific Approaches, Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • 2024, September – González-Navarro, V. Acknowledging Non-Western Contexts in Management Research: Unpacking Academic Discourse on CSR in Latin America. Developmental paper presented at 2024 British Academy of Management Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
  • 2024, August – González-Navarro, V. How Is Corporate Social Responsibility Understood in Latin America?. Paper accepted for poster presentation at 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Business Ethics, Chicago, United States (not presented).
  • 2023, September – González-Navarro, V. What Is Distinctive About Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America?. Paper presented at 19th Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC) – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Does it Make a Difference?, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • 2023, June – González-Navarro, V. How do businesses understand Corporate Social Responsibility in an emerging economy? The case of Chile. Paper presented at 2023 Leeds University Business School Doctoral Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Research interests

• Sustainable Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Multi-stakeholder partnerships

Qualifications

• MSc in Sustainable Resources, University College London (Distinction)
• PG in Social Responsability, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
• BSc in Economics, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (Distinction)