While the National Government denied that the murder of social leaders was a systematic phenomenon and the media published shallow information, a group of academics from the universities of Rosario and Columbia (United States) was assigned the task to study the evidence. The result was as follows: The reason was the change in balance of power in the areas left by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). Following this “line of thought,” they found other facts.

The Dean of the new Faculty of Creative Studies of the Universidad del Rosario traced the entire chain and structure of the scourge of drug trafficking in Colombia and Mexico to learn more about this underworld. He analyzed, for example, geographic spaces and characteristics of the territories in which “drug dealers” move about.

Three academic institutions combined knowledge to monitor and analyze decisions of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP, for its acronym in Spanish), from a legal perspective. One of its goals is to present to different audiences, specialized or not, the operation of this Court, in a didactic way, through virtual channels.

Although data are available, there has not been any analysis of income distribution in cities in the country, which could offer elements of public policy so that the mayors identify the best ways to reduce inequality. This Universidad del Rosario research study begins on that path.

The concept of the Creative or Orange Economy is relatively new in the world, but there is great hope in its positive effects. Colombia is no stranger to this trend, which is why it has been studied in the country. Universidad del Rosario contributes to this research study.

Leading economists came together to evaluate the latest seventy years of the Colombian foreign trade system, thinking about the economic effects and the population’s welfare in the long term. The assessment showed that the measures that seek to protect some sectors affect others and the smaller actors of the same sector. Furthermore, exports have not been diversified.

Sailing through the “umbilical cord” between Nariño and Putumayo challenges courage and is an X-ray of the political and cultural reality of the region.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reports have been increasing in Latin America. These reports allow the construction of management indicators of companies. Colombia witnessed the highest growth in reports, with an increase of 500 percent between 2010 and 2015. This was established by a study by Professors Rafael Alejandro Piñeros, from the School of Business Administration of the Universidad del Rosario, and Juan Pablo Acevedo, from the Universidad de La Sabana.

Although, in Colombia, two bills address this problem, there is still a long way to go to stop this high-prevalence phenomenon. Two professors from the Faculty of Economics of Universidad del Rosario follow up the discussions that occur in Colombia and the world. The bottom line is that the framework that exists for the consumption and sale of tobacco must be considered.

An investigation carried out in Colombia and other Latin American countries by an international team—with the participation of the Universidad del Rosario— analyzes the incidence of sources of information in the evaluation that citizens make of corrupt politicians. Another study shows that voters are less ruthless with clientelism than they are with illicit enrichment when voting.