Date of Birth
September 10, 1977


Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico


Work Experience

  • 07/2008-08/2012: Research Assistant. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Göttingen, Germany.

  • 02/2010-11/2011: Project Facilitator. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen/GIZ (formerly GTZ). Göttingen, Germany.

  • 04/2007- 06/2008: Student Assistant Scientist. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Göttingen, Germany.

  • 03/2004-03/2006: Manager Assistant/Quality Assurance Supervisor. Operadora Wal-Mart, S.R.L. de C.V. Cuautitlán, México.

  • 03/2001-01/2004: Salesperson-Clinical Nutrition. Nestlé Mexico, S.A de C. V. México, D.F., México.

  • 10/2000-02/2001: Project Leader. Grupo Termoindustrial ECA S.A de C.V. México, D.F., México


  • Consultancies

  • May-June/2010: Consultant/Instructor. “Fundamentals of Econometrics-Theory and Applications with EViews”. Ministry of Finance and National Planning / GTZ, Lusaka, Zambia. Offered together with Dr. Oleg Nenadić


  • Education

  • 10/2008-06/2012: PhD. International Agriculture. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Title of the doctoral dissertation “Economic Theory and Econometric Methods in Spatial Market Integration Analysis” Final grade: 1.3 (German System) “magna cum laude”.

  • 03/2006- 04/2008: MSc. International Agribusiness. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen./Universidad de Talca. Title of the thesis: “Impacts of the NAFTA and the bio-ethanol production in the Mexican maize market: A Price Transmission Analysis”. Final Grade B+

  • 01/2000-12/2000: Postgraduate Diploma. Statistics and Quality Control. Universidad La Salle. Final grade B+ (8.9/10).

  • 07/1995-12/1999: Diploma Chemistry (Food Sciences Concentration). Universidad La Salle. Final grade B+ (8.8/10).


  • Publications

  • Araujo-Enciso, S. (2011). “Análisis de transmisión de precios entre los mercados de maíz mexicanos y el mercado estadounidense: métodos lineales y no lineales” (Price transmission analysis among the Mexican and US maize markets: linear and non-linear methods). Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros. No. 29, pp. 39-78.


  • Recent Conference and International Seminars Contributions

  • Araujo-Enciso, S. (2012): “Testing for linear and non-linear cointegration under the spatial equilibrium condition”. Contributed paper accepted for presentation at the 123th EAAE Seminar: Price Volatility & Farm Income Stabilisation, Dublin, Ireland, February 23rd-24th, 2012.

  • Araujo-Enciso, S. (2012): “Relationship between trade and price volatility in the Mexican and US maize markets”. Contributed paper accepted for presentation at the 123th EAAE Seminar: Price Volatility & Farm Income Stabilisation, Dublin, Ireland, February 23rd-24th, 2012.

  • Araujo-Enciso, S. (2011): “The Takayama and Judge Price and Allocation Model and its application in non-linear techniques for spatial market integration”. Contributed poster prepared for presentation at the XIIIth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economist, Change and Uncertainty, Zurich, Switzerland, ETH Zurich, August 30 to September 2, 2011.

  • Araujo-Enciso, S. (2011): “The Takayama and Judge Price and Allocation Models and its application in non-linear Price Transmission Analysis Approaches”. Contributed Poster prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2011 AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 24-26, 2011



  • Supervised Thesis

  • Gonzalez Monge, Sandra (2011): “Competitiveness of the Mexican Agricultural and Food Exports: A Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Approach”. Master thesis. Georg-August-Göttingen Universität. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brümmer and M.Sc. Sergio René Araujo Enciso.

  • Flores Maura, Johana (2009): “The transmission of international cocoa price in Ecuador and price-quality linkages”. Master thesis. Georg-August-Göttingen Universität. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stephan v.Cramon-Taubadel and M.Sc. Sergio René Araujo Enciso.