Welcome to my personal website! I am Julio Labraña, and I hope this site serves as a useful resource for learning more about my academic interests and professional journey. While I am currently associated with the University of Tarapacá, this page represents my individual work and pursuits.
Here you'll find a space where I plan to share resources, thoughts, and occasional updates on my research and projects as they develop. I am passionate about the sociology of higher education and the ways contemporary societies organize education through complex institutions drawing on social systems theory to examine how universities navigate complexity, governance, and institutional paradoxesand I am dedicated to continuing my own learning while contributing to the broader academic community.
Research Areas and Interests
My research interests focus on higher education as a complex social system, with particular attention to university systems, institutional governance, and higher education policy drawing on sociological theory, especially social systems theory.
- Higher Education and University Systems
- Institutional Governance
- Higher Education Policy
- Sociological Approaches to Higher Education
Book Chapter
El espejo y la distancia: Sobre la autonomía epistémica de las ciencias sociales
Julio Labraña
Toda ciencia, por elemental que sea su objeto, opera mediante un lenguaje propio. La física no observa átomos: formula hipótesis sobre partículas. La química no percibe enlaces: describe estructuras moleculares.
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Toda ciencia, por elemental que sea su objeto, opera mediante un lenguaje propio. La física no observa átomos: formula hipótesis sobre partículas. La química no percibe enlaces: describe estructuras moleculares.
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Journal Articles
Artificial intelligence and organizational learning in universities: decision premises, paradoxes, and institutional stability
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to identify and explain the organizational conditions under which artificial intelligence adoption in universities leads to structural change rather than incremental adaptation.
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The purpose of this paper is to identify and explain the organizational conditions under which artificial intelligence adoption in universities leads to structural change rather than incremental adaptation.
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University World News
Internationalisation is a form of learning, not a metric
Although universities have long been considered international in essence, the idea of internationalisation as a planned and intentional process that could contribute to the common good marked a decisive shift.
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El Mostrador
La tiranía del paper
Hoy, como ayer, hay investigación buena y mala. Qué duda cabe. Ayuda a esto que los universitarios han sido siempre, y afortunadamente, críticos con sus productos y los de sus colegas.
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