Cesar Ortiz-Guerrero is a Full Professor in the Department of Rural and Regional Development in the School of Environmental and Rural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá, Colombia. He earned a master's degree in Animal Husbandry Engineering from the People's Friendship University of Russia, a Master of Science degree in Rural Development from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and a Ph.D. in Planning from the University of Waterloo in Canada. His research interests include regional planning, hydrosocial territories, social-ecological systems, governance, and social network analysis.