CIESAS Occidente

Name

CIESAS Occidente

Legal name

Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)

Website

https://occidente.ciesas.edu.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Sciences Research

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing (EDAGAFAL)

Keywords

• Social sciences research
• Doctoral education programs
• Local governance training
• Academic publishing services
• Anthropology research center

Headquarters

HQ city

Guadalajara

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Core operational funding from Mexican government through CONACYT and public research institution budget allocations.
2. Training Programs: CIDIGLO offers specialized courses to municipal officials and public servants with recovery costs ranging from 300-1,200 pesos per course.
3. Publications: Book and publication sales through Librería CIESAS Occidente and digital platform librosciesas.com.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CIESAS Occidente is a Mexican public research center that conducts applied interdisciplinary research in social sciences (anthropology, history, sociology, environmental studies) and delivers graduate education, professional training for public servants, academic publishing, and specialized library services. It operates the CIDIGLO consortium for local governance training, a doctoral program in Social Sciences, the Encartes multimedia academic journal, and a 46,000+ volume research library, primarily serving graduate students, government officials, and academic researchers in Western Mexico.

Product overview

CIESAS Occidente operates as an academic research center within the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social system. The institution offers a unified portfolio of research products and educational services centered on social sciences research, including the CIDIGLO consortium for local government research, LABSIG geographic information systems laboratory, a PhD program in Social Sciences, the Encartes multimedia journal, the Carmen Castañeda library with digital repository, a physical and digital bookstore, and several academic chairs. These offerings are interconnected through shared research infrastructure and personnel, serving students, researchers, and public institutions in western Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIDIGLO (Consorcio de Investigación y Diálogo sobre Gobierno Local) Applied interdisciplinary research consortium offering specialized training courses for municipal officials, public servants, and government bodies on local governance challenges and sustainable communities.
• LABSIG (Laboratorio de Sistemas de Información Geográfica) Geographic Information Systems laboratory providing cartography services, GIS training and consulting, database management, virtual geoprocessing tools, and drone-based data collection for social, cultural, and environmental research projects.
• Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales
• Revista Encartes Multimedia Digital multimedia journal publishing anthropological and ethnographic research with audio, video, and photographic content, published semiannually and indexed by Scielo México since 2025.
• Biblioteca Carmen Castañeda García Research library with 46,208 volumes covering sociology, anthropology, history, and linguistics, offering online catalog access, interlibrary loan, database access, and digital repository services for academic researchers.
• Librería CIESAS Occidente
• Cátedras (Academic Chairs Program) Named academic chairs including Cátedra de Estudios Regionales Guillermo de la Peña, Cátedra Jorge Alonso, and Cátedra de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de la Educación Luz Elena Galván Lafarga, promoting research, dialogue, and thesis awards in social sciences.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaborating institution for Revista Encartes multimedia journal. Joint academic publication in sociocultural anthropology.
• ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaborating institution for Revista Encartes. Contributes to digital and multimedia academic publishing in Spanish.
• Universidad de GuadalajaracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-organizer of Cátedra Jorge Alonso and Cátedra de Estudios Regionales Guillermo de la Peña. Multiple joint research and training initiatives.
• Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) - UC IrvineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaborates on SIADE (Seminario Internacional de Antropología del Dinero y la Economía) on money as social phenomenon, financial inclusion, and anthropological perspectives on economy.
• CIATEJ (Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Part of CIDIGLO consortium for research on local governance. Joint projects on water treatment plant recovery and productive reuse of treated water in Amacueca, Jalisco.
• COLSAN (Colegio de San Luis)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Part of CIDIGLO consortium for local governance research. Contributes to interdisciplinary research on government local challenges.
• COLMICH (Colegio de Michoacán)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Part of CIDIGLO consortium for local governance research. Collaborates on regional studies and sustainable community development.
• CICY (Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Part of CIDIGLO consortium for local governance research. Collaborates on interdisciplinary applied research for sustainable communities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE): Public research and graduate institution focused on social sciences and public policy in Mexico. Comparable as a CPI offering doctoral-level training and applied policy research, though with a stronger economics focus.
• FLACSO México: Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico. Operates graduate programs and applied social science research with a similar faculty-driven, public-serving model to CIESAS Occidente.
• Colegio de San Luis (COLSAN): Public research center in social sciences and humanities based in San Luis Potosí. CIDIGLO consortium partner with overlapping research scope in local governance.
• El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF): Public research center focused on regional social science research in northern Mexico. Direct peer as a CPI in social sciences; also a co-publisher of Revista Encartes with CIESAS Occidente.
• El Colegio de México (COLMEX): Mexico's premier public research and graduate institution in social sciences and humanities. Directly comparable as a CPI offering doctoral programs in social sciences and serving as a hub for scholarly publishing and policy research.
• El Colegio de Michoacán (COLMICH): Public research center in western Mexico focused on social sciences. CIDIGLO consortium partner with shared regional research orientation and similar institutional structure.
• CIESAS (Sistema de Centros Públicos) - Other Regional Units: Sister units of CIESAS Occidente within the same national CPI system (e.g., CIESAS Peninsular, CIESAS Pacífico Sur). Operate identical institutional models with regional focus in social sciences and anthropology.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad de Guadalajara: Major regional university in western Mexico that co-organizes Cátedras Jorge Alonso and Guillermo de la Peña with CIESAS Occidente. Overlaps in social sciences research and doctoral training at much larger scale.
• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO): Jesuit private university in Guadalajara co-publishing Revista Encartes with CIESAS Occidente. Overlaps in academic publishing and social sciences research, but operates as a broader multi-disciplinary institution.
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) - Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales: Mexico's largest public university with a dedicated social sciences research institute. Overlaps with CIESAS Occidente's research and doctoral training functions, but operates at vastly greater scale and broader mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CIESASOccte
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CIESASoccidente
• Facebookfacebook.com/ciesasoccidente
• Instagraminstagram.com/ciesasoccidente
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ciesas-occidente

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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