Online CV of Jerome Smith-Uldall

Research Economist & Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0967-1663
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jerosmith/
Emails: jsmithu@docente.uss.cl | jsmith@ucsh.cl

Research Focus

Inequality and poverty, welfare economics, cooperation, innovation systems, social implications of AI

Education

• Master of Economics – Universidad de Chile
• Diploma for Graduates in Economics – London School of Economics
• BSc in Mathematics – Universidad de Chile

Academic Positions & Research Experience

Professor of Economics – Universidad San Sebastián | 2025-Present

• Teaches microeconomics and macroeconomics courses for the “Advance” Public Administration programme.

Professor of Econometrics & Research Economist - Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez | 2020–Present

• Teaches econometrics, statistics, and mathematics.
• Conducts research on innovation systems cooperation and inequality.
• Consultancy for the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation on public policy to stimulate innovation, research and development in Chile.
• Develops curricula in econometrics and statistics.

Research Economist (Consultant) - Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage | 2018–2025

• Research on the state of the digital divide in Chile and the role of public libraries in mitigating it.

Research Data Scientist – Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Universidad de Chile | 2019–2020

• Developed predictive models for school dropout, with high performance metrics: recall of 91.6% and ROC AUC of 94.8%.

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Smith-Uldall, J., Gutiérrez-Rojas, C., Tostes-Vieira, Marta. (2026). Incentives for Cooperation by Innovating Firms in Peru. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2026.10077386
• Gutiérrez-Rojas, C., Smith-Uldall, J., Ganga-Contreras, F., & González, P. (2024). Characteristics of innovation systems that lead to greater productivity and economic development. https://doi.org/10.52080/rvgluz.29.108.19
• Smith-Uldall, J. (2023). R language made easy for econometrics and statistics (in Spanish) , Editorial Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (2023). ISBN: 978-956-341-108-9.
• Smith-Uldall, J. & Gutiérrez-Rojas, C. (2022). An Application of Machine Learning in Public Policy: Early Warning Prediction of School Dropout in the Chilean Public Education System. https://doi.org/10.35692/07183992.15.1.4
• Gutiérrez, C., Roa, V., & Smith-Uldall, J. (2021). The Chilean sectoral innovation systems: An approach from the national innovation survey. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242021000100003

Publications on Social Media

• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jerosmith_inequality-is-a-growing-social-problem-as-share-7516178912763322368-ADkv/
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/benefits-artificial-intelligence-jerome-smith/
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/possible-future-artificial-intelligence-jerome-smith/

Awards and Recognition

• Awarded best professor of public administration degree at Universidad San Sebastián, 2026
• Best paper award, ENEFA Conference, 2020

Technical Skills

• Programming languages: R, SQL
• Learning management systems (LMS): Moodle, Blackboard

Languages

English (native), Spanish (native level)

Professional References

• Gabriela Fajardo Rodríguez, Head of Advance Public Administration Degree, Faculty of Economics, Business and Government, Universidad San Sebastián
• Cristian Gutiérrez Rojas, Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Business, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez

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