Jennifer is a PhD student at UNU-MERIT working under the supervision of Prof. Bart Verspagen. She analyzes strategies for development and related diversification from a global value chain perspective, using a combination of input-output and network methodologies at the macro and micro level.

Besides working on her dissertation, she is student adviser for the "Innovation, Institutions and Development" specialization track of the MPP program, and teaches as tutor in the ''Innovation system in the Global Economy'' course.

Jennifer completed a Bachelor degree and Master courses in Economics at the National University of Colombia. Before joining UNU-MERIT as PhD student, she served as adviser at the National  Department of Planning of the Republic of Colombia (DNP) and the National Department of Statistics (DANE). She also worked as lecturer at bachelor level at the Economics Department of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá and as research assistant in research projects for the public sector.

	Selected publications by Jennifer Taborda Martinez
Conference contributions
Taborda Martinez, Jennifer, 2016, DYNAMICS OF PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION AND VALUE CHAIN UPGRADING, 9th Conference on Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), 16-17 June 2016 in Moscow, Russia
Taborda Martinez, Jennifer, 2016, Micro dynamics of product diversification and value chain upgrading, 16th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) Conference, 6 – 8 July 2016 in Montreal, Canada
Taborda Martinez, Jennifer, 2014, SECTOR RELATEDNESS, REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES AND PRODUCTION IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS, 15th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) Conference, 27‐30 July 2014 in Jena, Germany