Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) is consistently ranked as the leading Spanish-speaking university in Latin America and among the top institutions in the region. Founded in 1888, UC Chile is a comprehensive, research-intensive university with strong international partnerships and a solid record in interdisciplinary research, innovation and public policy engagement.
Within UC Chile, the Centro UC Justicia y Sociedad specialises in security, crime prevention, justice reform and reintegration policies. Over the past decade, the Centre has led more than 100 research and applied policy projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, working closely with law enforcement agencies, justice institutions, ministries and international organisations.
In the context of Horizon Europe Cluster 3 (Civil Security for Society), the Centre contributes expertise in crime prevention strategies (online and offline), governance of emerging security challenges, impact evaluation, ethics and fundamental rights. It offers access to real policy environments and pilot settings in LAC, enabling validation, policy transfer and international scalability of civil security solutions.
Through the Centro UC Justicia y Sociedad, UC Chile combines strong institutional capacity, regional reach and a proven ability to translate security research into measurable public policy impact.
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Areas of activity
Fighting Crime and Terrorism
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-02: Open topic on preventing and countering the misuse of emerging technologies for criminal purposes, including issues related to lawful access to dataHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-03: Missing persons: prevention and investigationHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-04: Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime
Support to Security Research and Innovation
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-02: Demand-led innovation in security
Representatives
On-site
On-site
Director of Innovation & International Partnerships
Centro UC con +100 proyectos en ALC ofrece experiencia en seguridad, justicia y transferencia universidad–Estado para consorcios Cluster 3.
Border Management
Innovation Action
Planning - Conceptio stage
Disaster-resilient society
Fighting Crime and Terrorism
Research and Innovation Action
Coordination and Support Action
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-03: Missing persons: prevention and investigation
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04: Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-03: Reliability of age assessment methods in the context of security and border management
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-04: Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crime
HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05: Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe
Author
Director of Innovation & International Partnerships at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile