Arango Aramburo, Santiago
Santiago Arango-Aramburo is a tenured Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He holds a Ph.D. in Simulation from the University of Bergen, Norway (2006), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Energy Modeling at the University of Lugano, Switzerland. He has been a Fulbright Visiting Professor at MIT and has also held visiting positions at Aarhus University (Denmark), the University of Lugano (Switzerland), and the University of New South Wales (Australia), among others. His research focuses on system dynamics, simulation, energy markets, renewable energy, and the impacts of energy and climate policies.
Santiago's work is widely published in prestigious journals, including Management Decision, Utilities Policy, Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and the Journal of Cleaner Production. He has collaborated on experimental economics projects for Norwegian authorities, contributing to the design of tradable green certificates now in operation. In Colombia, he has been instrumental in modeling the impacts of carbon taxes and abatement targets on CO2 reductions, with his findings, published in Energy Economics, influencing the country's latest tax reform. Additionally, Santiago has developed and conducted simulations to evaluate potential greenhouse gas emission reductions in various applied research projects.
Research interests
His research interests are the evaluation of policies for renewable energy, climate change, security of supply and small-scale mining. He is interested in the evaluation of the incentives and policies for the adoption of renewable energy and the analysis of incentives to reduce emissions.
His research methodology includes energy modelling, experimental economics, gaming, and simulation.
Mentoring
He has supervised 10 PhD Students (8 have finished), and more than 25 Master Students, approx. 60% female. He has also supported a number of students to study abroad and gave advice on professional career.
Grants and consultancy
He has run more than 40 projects with external funding, from Governments, Companies, universities, etc.
Policy engagement
He has contributed to these accomplishments:
- National Mining Plan, Colombia
- Declaration of the Bita River as a Ramsar Wetland
- Implementation of the Carbon Tax in Colombia (from a paper in Energy Economics).
- Development of online tools for education in energy and sustainability
- Incentives for Renewables: https://www.energetica2030.co/micromundo/
- Off-grid Management: https://exchange.iseesystems.com/public/santiagoarango/znicolombia/index.html#page1
- Socio-Ecological Systems:https://exchange.iseesystems.com/public/santiagoarango/orbem-v4/index.html#page1
Awards
- Outstanding Research Award, Faculty of Mines, National University of Colombia.
- Several Masters and Doctorate thesis with honors and awards.