Research groups

Faculty of Integrated Arts

Archaeo-diversity - Group of Research on Pre-Hispanic Archaeology and Socio-
cultural Diversity
Visual Arts and Documentary Creation
CALIGARI - Group of Research on Sound, Image, and Audiovisual Writing
CITCE - Group of Research on Territory, Construction, and Space
Collective on Tachinave Oral History
Cohabiting and Citizenship
CU:NA - Group of Research on Culture: Nature
DI&ID - Development, Innovation and Research on Design
Episteme: Philosophy and Science
Writing Technology and Culture
GRIM - Group of Research on Music and Musical Formation
Interdisciplinary Environmental, Safety, Health, and Labor Group
Group of Research on Instrumental Interpretation
Palo de Mango Group of Research
Group of Research on Journalism and Information
Group of Research on Representation and Architecture
Group of Research Aesthetics, Art, and Culture
Group of Research on Urban Flora in Cali
Group of Research on Musical Theory and Analysis
Habitat and Sustainable Development
HERMES -Group of Research on Phenomenology, Hermeneutics and Aesthetics
Scenic Laboratory of Valle
Writing, Reading and Thinking
Nobus - Research on Design
Observatory on Architecture and Contemporary Urbanism
Cuatro Mundos Theater
Religions, Beliefs and Utopias

Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences

AEHM – Learning, Teaching and History of Mathematics
ANOPI – Numerical Analysis, Optimization, and Inverse Problems
Applied Plant Biology
Oceanographic Sciences
Development and Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Animal Ecology
Coral Reef Ecology
Ecology of Estuaries and Mangroves
Eco-physiology, Biogeography, and Evolution
Partial Differential Equations and Geometry - Univalle-ERM
Mathematical Education
GEAHNA – Ecology of Agro-ecosystems and Natural Habitats
GDA - Group of Research on Differential Geometry and Algebraic Geometry
Human Molecular Genetics
GICAMP - Group of Research of Environmental Contamination Through Metals
and Pesticides
GINM – Group on Engineering of New Materials
GIPNA - Group of Research on Natural Products and Food Products
GISIOMCA - Group of Research on Organo-metallic Synthesis and Catalysis
Gravitation
Group of Electrochemistry
Group of Eco-genetic Studies and on Molecular Biology
Group of Studies on Animal Genetics, Molecular Ecology, and Physiology
Group of Solid-State Theoretical Physics
Group of Research of Heterocyclic Compounds
Group of Research on Finite Elements
Group of Research on Biology, Ecology, and Handling of Ants
Group of Research on Crystallography
Group of Research on Entomology
- Anopheles of Colombia
Group of Research on Geometry and Physics
Group of Research on Analytical Separations
Group of Physical Metallurgy and Theory of Phase Transitions
Group of Quantum Optics
Group of Thin Films
Group of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Ilama - Group of Research on Environmental and Earth Sciences
Laboratory of Herpetology
LICAP - Laboratory of Research on Catalysis and Processes
Microbiology and Applied Biotechnology
Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology
MICROBIOMOL - Group of Research on Microorganism Molecular Biology
QUANTIC - Technology, Information and Quantum Complexity
Synthesis and Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry
Phase Transitions in Non-Metallic Systems

Faculty of Administration Sciences

Quality and Productivity in Organizations
Accounting, Finance, and Public Management
Law, Society, and State
GYEPRO – Management and Assessment of Programs and Projects
Public Policy and Management
Group of Research on Comprehensive Costing
Group of Research on International Business and Foreign Trade
GIGVE - Group of Research on Generation of Economic Value
Group of Research on Marketing
Humanism and Management
New Administrative Thought
Citizen Participation and Development of Mechanisms against Corruption
Forecast and Strategic Thought
Solvency and Financial Risk
Contemporary Issues on Accounting, Control, Management, and Finance

Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences

Group on Collective Action and Social Change
Group on Conflict, Learning, and Game Theory
Group of Economic Development, Growth and, Labor Market
Group on Regional and Environmental Economy
Group of Ethnic, Racial and Labor Studies in their Different Social Components
Group of Applied Macro-economy and Financial Economy
Society, History, and Culture Group

Faculty of Humanities

Analysis, Mind, Language, and Cognition
Association: Centers of Regional Studies, REGION
Center of Studies of Gender, Woman, and Society
CUNUNO
EILA - Research Team on Applied Linguistics
Studies on Family and Society
Ethology and Philosophy
Gender and Politics
Gender, Literature, and Discourse
Gender, Health, Sexuality, Family, and Identities
GRILL - Group of Research on Language and Literature
GRUPEB - Group of Strategic Planning for the Human Development of
Buenaventura
Group of Research on Bilingualism
Group of Research on Textuality and Cognition in Reading and Writing
Literature and Pedagogy
Nation-Culture-Memory
Colombian Narrative
PRAXIS - Group of Research on Ethics and Political Philosophy
Subjects and Collective Actions
TERRITORIES
TRADUTERM

Faculty of Engineering

Water Supply
AGESAT - Analysis and Management for Environmental and Territorial
Sustainability
AVISPA - Group of Research on Visual Environments of Applicative
Programming
CAMALEÓN - Group of Research on Usability and Adaptativity
CBOC - Group of Research of the Bio-industrial Cluster of the Colombian West
Science and Technology of Coal
Cinara - Institute of Research and Development in Potable Water, Basic Health,
and Conservation of the Hydric Resource
Convergía - Group of Research on Energy Conversion
Institutional Development and Community Management in Water and Health
Development and Dissemination of Alternative Technologies
Fluid Dynamics
Study and Control of Environmental Contamination
EVA – Artificial Evolution and Life
GADYM - Group of Digital Architectures and Microelectronics
GAOX - Group of Advanced Processes for Chemical and Biological Treatments
G-7 - Group of Research on Seismic Engineering, Aeolian Engineering, and
Intelligent Structures
GEDI - Group Doctoral Studies on Informatics
GEINTEC - Group of Research on Technological Management
Integrated Management of Hydric Resource
GICI - Group of Research on Industrial Control
GIGA - Group of Research on Applied Geomatics
GIIP - Group of Research on Processes Engineering
GIPER - Group of Research on Remote Perception
Group of Research on Logistics and Production
GIMI - Group of Research on Industrial Improvement
GIPAB - Group of Research on Engineering of Agrofood and Biotechnological
Processes
GISMODEL - Group of Research on Dynamic Spatial Simulation and Modeling
GITTV - Group of Research on Transport, Transit, and Roadways
GRALTA - Group of Research on High Tension
GRUA
GRUBIOC - Group of Research on Biofuels
Group of Composite Materials
Group of Biomechanics
Group of Bio-nanoelectronics
Laboratory of Electrical Equipment Patterning
Group of Biotechnology on Productive Chains of Promissory Fruit Trees
Group of Research on Energetics
Group of Research on Fatigue and Surfaces
Group of Research on Science, Technology, and Society
Group of Environmental Health
Group of Applied Thermodynamics
HIDROMAR - Group of Research on Riverine and Maritime Hydraulics
INFERIR - Group of Research on Applied Statistics
IREHISA - Group of Research on Engineering of Hydric Resources and Soil
Development
PSI - Group of Research on Perception and Intelligent Systems
Chemistry and Physics of Fuel Cells
REGAR - Group of Research on Comprehensive Risk Management for
Agricultural Development and Food Safety
RDAI - Group of Research on Science, Technology, and Society
SISTEL-UV - Group of Research on Telecommunication Systems
Statistical Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulation
TPMR - Tribology, Polymers, Metallurgy of Powders, and Transformations of
Solid Wastes

Faculty of Health

CISALVA - Institute of Investigations and Development on Prevention of
Violence and Promotion of Social Cohabitation
CEDETES - Center for the Development and Evaluation of Policies and
Technology in Public Health
CEMIYA - Group for the Development of Comprehensive Maternal, Perinatal,
Infant, and Adolescent Health
Pharmacology Univalle
GASTROHNUP - Group of Research on Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Pediatric Nutrition
GESP - Group of Epidemiology and Population Health
Group of Dental Biomaterials
Group of Studies in the Subject Matter of Disability and Rehabilitation
Group of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
Group of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education
Group of Biotechnology and Bacterial Infections
Group of Nursing Care
Group of Thyroid and Metabolic Diseases
Group of Brain Studies
Group of Research on Anesthesiology and Reanimation
Group of Periodontal Medicine
Group of Nutrition
Group of Pediatric Dentistry and Maxillary Orthopedics
Group of Exercise and Cardiopulmonary Health
Group of Congenital Metabolism Diseases
Group of Epidemiology of Lesions and Trauma
Group of Gerontology and Pediatrics
Group Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis
Group of Congenital and Perinatal Malformations and Dysmorphology, Cali
HUV
Group of Neurosciences
Group Pacífico XXI
Group of Parasitology
Group of Occupational Health
Group of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Group SINERGIA
Group of Mineralized and Soft Tissues
INBIOMIC - Group of Clinical Microbiology Bio-analysis
INSIDE - Group of Research on Neonatology, Infant Health, and Development
ORLUV - Group of Otolaryngology
PROMESA - Group of Research on Health Promotion
RPCC – Population Records on Cancer in Cali
TRAUMATOR - Group of Orthopedics and Traumatology
VIREM - Group of Emerging Viruses and Diseases
UROGIV - Group of Research on Urology

Institute of Psychology

Cognition and Representational Development
Culture and Human Development
Psychological Development within Context
Gema - Group of Research on Development, Society, and Environment
Group of Clinical Research on Psychology, Neuropsychology, and
Neuropsychiatry
Group of Research on Labor and Organizational Psychology
Language, Cognition, and Education
Mathematics and Cognition

Institute of Education and Pedagogy

Science, Education, and Diversity
Curriculum and University Pedagogical Practices
Education, Pedagogy, and University Policy
GRINDER - Group of Research on Sports and Performance
Group of Mathematical Education
Group of Popular Education
Group of History of Mathematics
Group of Research on Didactics of Language
Group of Research on Education and Philosophy
Group of Interdisciplinary Research on Pedagogy of Language and Mathematics
Group of Pedagogy
Group of Inter-institutional Sciences, Actions, and Beliefs UPN-UV
History of the Pedagogical Practice in Colombia
INCIDE - Group of Research on Sports Sciences and Physical Education