Edgar Benítez, engineer with Master's Degree and doctorate in Sciences by the National University of Colombia, has joined the project 'Education ' of the affectivity and human sexuality' (EASH) of the Institute for Culture and Society of the University of Navarra.

He has held various positions in research, teaching and administration in different university centers, as well as in industry companies in his native country. His field of work is the methodology of research and statistics, fields in which he has practiced teaching at Degree, Master's Degree and doctorate.

He has also been advisor methodological and statistical in the planning and execution of projects of research in various disciplines: social sciences, engineering, Chemistry, pharmacy, agronomy, medicine and veterinary medicine.

data analysis

Edgar Benítez knew EASH because he had collaborated closely with his main researcher , Jokin de Irala, in a project carried out jointly with the Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia) that consisted of studying the romantic relationships of university students in different academic centers of the country with the goal to determine what aspects and circumstances favor their success.

This is how Jokin de Irala explains the role Edgar will play in EASH: "His experience will allow us to plan and execute with greater quality the analysis of the data of our programs of study. For example, in the project AMAR we collect data related to future marriages. Some of these data require special statistical treatment. Edgar will provide his expertise on what subject analysis to do in each case."

Edgar Benítez points out that what attracted him most to join ICS was "its wide range of transversal topics related to the development of people, its team of work multidisciplinary and the warmth of the human attention ".