Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Gustavo Garcia Lopez
Citation names
- García-López, Gustavo A.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5D10-2851-C828
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8005-1574
Email addresses
- gustavo.garcia@ces.uc.pt (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ces.uc.pt/en/ces/pessoas/investigadoras-es/gustavo-garcia-lopez (Professional)
- https://www.undisciplinedenvironments.org (Blog)
- https://www.scholar.google.com/citations?hl=es&user=zGMzfCIAAAAJ (Scholar)
- https://www.juntegente.org (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Political Sciences
- Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012/12
Concluded
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Joint PhD in Public Policy and Political Science (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Enviromental Policy, Institutional Analysis
Indiana University Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs, United States
Indiana University Bloomington Department of Political Science, United States "Scaling Up from the Top-Down and the Bottom-Up: The Impacts and Governance of Inter-Community Forest Associations in Durango,
Mexico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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3.95 GPA, Dissertation approved with distinction |
2005/06
Concluded
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Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Environmental Policy (Master)
Major in Environmental Policy (Law and Economics of the Environment)
University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy, United Kingdom
"Evaluating the validity of the Benefit Transfer approach: The case of manatee protection in Florida and Puerto Rico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Pass |
2004/07
Concluded
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Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Environmental Sciences and Geography (Bachelor)
Major in Environmental Sciences and Geography
Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
"Modeling and simulation of urban sprawl patterns in the San Juan Metropolitan Area using system dynamics theory" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Magna Cum Laude (3.90 GPA), Top Student Award |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/08/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal | ||
2019/09/01 - 2022/08/31 | Researcher (Research) | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands |
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands | ||
2014/02/15 - 2015/06/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain | ||
2007/06/01 - 2007/08/01 | Research Assistant (Research) | Indiana University Bloomington Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, United States |
2007/01/30 - 2007/05/31 | Research Assistant (Research) | University of California Berkeley Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, United States |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015/08/01 - 2019/06/30 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2009/01/15 - 2011/12/30 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Indiana University Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs, United States |
2009/10/01 - 2009/12/30 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico |
2007/08/01 - 2007/12/30 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Indiana University Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs, United States |
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013/01/30 - 2014/01/30 | Special Aide to the Secretary | Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Puerto Rico |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2012/06/01 - 2013/01/15 | Consultant | San Juan Bay Estuary Program, Puerto Rico |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018 - Current | Avoiding 'Day Zero' in the US & Global South: Climate Justice Action in Teaching & Policy (Climate Justice Network)
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
University of Connecticut Department of Political Science, United States
Indiana University Bloomington Department of Political Science, United States |
American Political Science Association
Ongoing
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2023/08 - 2025/07 | CO3 - Continuous Construction of resilient social Contracts through societal transformations
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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Agence Europe SA
Ongoing
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2019/09/01 - 2022/08/30 | Sustainable Development, Inequalities and Environmental Justice
W 02.24.111
Principal investigator
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands
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Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Concluded
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2017/01/01 - 2019/01/01 | Environmental assessment processes in Puerto Rico: An effective strategy for sustainability?
FIPI_2017-2019
Principal investigator
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
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University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras, Institutional Fund for Research (FIPI)
Concluded
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2018 - 2019 | Environmental Inequality in the Wake of Climate Disasters
LCLD-TC-SMU-Tormos&Garcia-Lopez
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
University of Missouri-St Louis, United States |
Southern Methodist University
Concluded
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2013/08 - 2016/12 | Understanding individual and community-based adaptations to climate change in Mexican irrigation communities
LACEEP
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
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Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP)
Concluded
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2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Scaling up from the grassroots: The role of inter-community organizations in community forestry in Durango, Mexico
GDF-2009-GarciaLopez
PhD Student Fellow
Indiana University Bloomington Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, United States
Indiana University Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs, United States Indiana University Bloomington Department of Political Science, United States |
Inter-American Foundation
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/08/01 - Current | Nesting community organizations for transforming forest governance: A cross-national transdisciplinary analysis (NESTED)
CEECIND/04850/2017/CP1402/CT0010
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2022/09/01 - 2023/01/31 | Justicia hídrica y organización ciudadana: Retos y Posibilidades para la Restauración Socioambiental del Estuario de la Bahía
de San Juan (Water justice and citizen organization: Challenges and Possibilities for the Socio-environmental Restoration
of the San Juan Bay Estuary)
SJBEP2022
Invited Scientist Fellow
Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao, Puerto Rico
San Juan Bay Estuary Program, Puerto Rico |
Ongoing
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2022/02/01 - 2023/01/31 | Deuda y Crisis Climática en Puerto Rico (Debt and Climate Crisis in Puerto Rico)
JustFund
Principal investigator
Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda, Puerto Rico
El Puente- Latino Climate Action Network, Puerto Rico |
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2014/02/01 - 2015/06/30 | ENTITLE. European Network of Political Ecology
EC/FP7/289374/EU
Post-doc Fellow
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain
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European Commission
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Edited book |
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Journal article |
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Journal issue |
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Magazine article |
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Manual |
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Preface / Postscript |
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Report |
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Website |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024/07/04 | Del colonialismo ambiental a las soberanías múltiples: Caminos post-extractivistas desde Puerto Rico (From environmental colonialism to multiple soveriegnties: Post-extractivist paths from Puerto Rico | Reunión Temática Pre-ALAS: Postcolonialidad, Decolonialidad, Postdesarrollo y Crisis Ambiental
Asociación Latino Americana de Sociología (ALAS), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) (Pernambuco / Online, Brazil)
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2024/05/09 | Del colonialismo ambiental a las soberanías múltiples: Caminos post-extractivistas desde Puerto Rico a Portugal (From environmental colonialism to multiple soveriegnties: Post-extractivist paths from Puerto Rico to Portugal) | Diálogos América Latina- Europa: Transiciones Ecosociales y Justicia Global (Latin America- Europe Dialogues: Ecosocial Transitions
and Global Justice)
Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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2024/01/26 | From “green” colonialism to sovereignty: Contentions over energy transitions in the global North and South. | 7o Encontro Anual de Economia Politica (7th Annual Political Economy Gathering)
Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG) (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2023/12/06 | Just transition: The Next Steps (Roundtable conversation) | Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Prince Claus Chair
Prince Claus Chair Curatorium (Netherlands)
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2023/11/09 | Defending the commons: Tracing roots, presents and futures from Abya Yala | "Decolonizing the Solidarity Economy and Commons: Enacting the Pluriverse" (3rd International Conference on Social Solidarity
Economy & the Commons)
ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2023/11/09 | Poverty and climate: From climate colonialism to climate justice | "Designing the Sustainable Future Together in the Centenary of our Republic" (3rd International Sustainable Living Congress)
Sustainable Living Association (SUYADER) (Istambul and Online, Turkey)
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2023/11/03 | Countering the disasters of colonialism, affirming life through solidarities and care: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Crise Climática e a Guiné-Bissau: Ruturas, Continuidades e Incertezas
Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2023/10/23 | Decolonizing Colonial-Climate Disasters Through Autogestion: Reflections From Puerto Rico | "Turning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change, and Islandness" (2nd International Conference on Small Island States and
Subnational Island Jurisdictions)
University of Aruba (Oranjestad and Online, Aruba)
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2023/09/21 | Linking environmental and anti-colonial resistance: Creating post-extractive futures from Puerto Rico and beyond | What Animates and Challenges the Possibilities for Collective Action today?
World Peace Foundation & Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Talloires, France)
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2023/03/25 | Research with/for decolonial environmental justice: Making life in common within against and beyond disaster colonialism in Puerto Rico | "Critical Intercultural Dialogue" Masters course
Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2023/03/11 | A Académica e a sustentabilidade dentro e fora da Universidad de Coimbra (The Academic Association and sustainability within and outside the University of Coimbra) | Fórum Cultural AAC
Conselho Cultural da Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2023/03/08 | The colonial roots of disasters: A view from Puerto Rico | "Humanitarian Action, Disasters & Crises: Critical approaches" Masters Course
International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague) (The Hague, Netherlands)
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2023/02/21 | Solidarity action research for environmental justice: Reflections from Puerto Rico | ICTA Seminar Series
Environmental Science and Technology Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) (Barcelona, Spain)
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2022/12/14 | How does the imperial mode of living gets put in practice: A view from Puerto Rico (Commentary on Markus Wissen's "The imperial mode of living") | SETS Seminar: The imperial mode of living
University of Trento, Bournemouth University, and University of Orebro
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2022/12/08 | La defensa de los bienes comunes: Trazando raíces, presentes y futuros desde Abya Yala (Defending the commons: Tracing roots, presents and futures from Abya Yala) | IASC World Commons Week - Latin America Region Keynote
International Association for the Study of the Commons
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2022/11/21 | Deep just transitions from below: Insights from Puerto Rico and beyond | Environmental Governance Research Seminar
Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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2022/06/17 | Decarbonisation by Dispossession: Violence and Extractivism in the Case of Nickel | Green Extractivism & Violent Conflict (webinar conference)
The Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT), University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
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2022/06/16 | Deepening collaborations for climate justice and just transitions | Action-oriented research for energy transitions and climate neutrality (workshop)
Design Impact Transition (DIT) platform, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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2022/06/14 | Deepening just transitions: Visions and tensions from global Souths | Political Ecology Cluster Seminar Series
Waggeningen University (Waggeningen, Netherlands)
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2022/04/21 | Como reorganizar a economia e a transição energética? | A Guerra na Ucrânia e os Desafios para as Sociedades Contemporâneas: Como reorganizar a economia e a transição energética?
Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2022/03/07 | The colonial roots of disasters: A view from Puerto Rico | Course "Humanitarian Action, Disasters & Crises: Critical approaches"
International Institute for Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague, Netherlands)
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2022/02/24 | The Political Ecology of Energy Transitions (introduction) | Research in Progress Seminar (RIPs),
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague, Netherlands)
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2022/02/14 | Communities in movement, resisting ecocide and reproducing life | Sustainability Frontiers Conference (Panel: Resistance and Social Movements)
Lund University Center for Sustianability Studies (Lund, Sweden)
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2021/11/11 | Which science for which climate action? Integrating science, community and culture for climate justice | Climate Changemakers in Health: From Science to Action
Netherlands Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health (Online, Netherlands)
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2021/10/15 | Energy inequality and clientelism in the wake of disasters: From colorblind to affirmative power restoration | Decimonovena reunión de Percepción Remota y Sistemas de Información Geográfica de Puerto Rico (PRYSIG 2021)
COHEMIS, Universidad de Puerto Rico- Mayagüez (Mayagüez)
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2021/10/09 | Deepening the Just Transition | Just Transition for All?", Green Academy 2021 Winter Seminar
Institute for Political Ecology (Zagreb, Croatia)
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2021/09/16 | Closing reflections | "Fair research collaboration in (post-)pandemic times" Webinar
Dutch Research Council (NWO-WOTRO) (Netherlands)
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2021/06/22 | Accumulation by corruption: Environmental corruption and land dispossession in Puerto Rico | Political Ecology Reading Group
Ecology and Society Workshop (ECOSOC) (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2021/06/10 | Colonial Climates, Decolonial Futures | Prince Claus Chair Inaugural Lecture
Prince Claus Chair (Netherlands)
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2021/06/03 | Latin American Contributions to Commons Theory | Roundtable- Latin American Contribution to the Theoretical Debates on the Commons, 1st IASC Latin American Virtual Conference
International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) (Mexico City, Mexico)
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2021/04/28 | Climate change and communities: Some basic principles (in Spanish) | 1st Short Films Festival "Micro-stories of climate change in Puerto Rico"
Instituto Transdisciplinario de Investigación-Acción Social (INAS-ITIAS), University of Puerto Rico- Humacao (Humacao)
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2021/04/08 | Ostrom and the commons and uncommons of the virus | "No one cares for what is everyone'? The tragedy of the uncommons revealed by a virus" (Portuguese), 2º debate do ciclo "Economistas
políticos(as) - diálogos esperançosos em tempos sombrios"
Portuguese Association for Political Economy (APEP), Central Region Chapter (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2020/10/29 | A (in) justiça ambiental frente ao colonialismo do desastre (Environmental injustice in the face of disaster colonialism) | Desigualdades no Sul Global: passados presentes (Inequalities in the Global South: present pasts)
College of Global Studies, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2020/10/02 | Governing the Commons and Justice: Metropolitan Policing, Rural Development, and Environmental Justice (Roundtable Conversation) | Governing the Commons: 30 Years Later
Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN and online, United States)
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2020/06/30 | Within, against and beyond the state: Political ecologies of collaborative governance of protected areas in Puerto Rico | PECS Working Group on Collaborative Governance Webinar Series
PECS Working Group on Collaborative Governance
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2019/05/14 | Commoning Against Disaster Colonialism: Enacting Multiple Sovereignties in Post-Maria Puerto Rico |
University of California- Davis Humanities Institute and Office of Global Affairs (Davis, California, United States)
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2019/04/05 | Political Geography Plenary: The Coloniality of Disaster: Race, Empire, and Emergency in Puerto Rico, USA (Plenary Roundtable). | 2019 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
AAG (Washington, DC, United States)
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2019/03/26 | Insurgent Planning and the Right to the City against Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico | Coloquio: Perfierias e suas Transformaciones Recientes
Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Estudos Sociais (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2018/10/25 | Commoning (in) the tempest: Performing multiple sovereignties in the face of the colonial-climate austerity disaster in Puerto Rico | 9th Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference
University of Texas- Austin (Austin, United States)
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2018/09/27 | Environmental justice post-Maria (La justicia ambiental post-Maria) | Valientes: Comunidades en Resistencia y los Derechos Humanos (Forum)
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Facultad de Derecho (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
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2018/04/16 | Resistencia y resiliencia contra la exclusión en Puerta de Tierra y Caño Martín Peña, San Juan, Puerto Rico | Resilience and the right to the city
University of Texas at Austin (USA) and Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Dominican Republic) (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
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2018/04/13 | Tempestuous commons: Enacting alternatives to colonial/austerity/disaster politics after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico | 2018 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) (New Orleans, United States)
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2018/04/09 | Struggles for commons and multiple sovereignties in post-Maria Puerto Rico | Buen Vivir and Other Post-Development Pathways (UF-CLAS 67th Annual Conference)
University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies (Gainsville, Florida, United States)
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2017/07/11 | Where is the State in the commons? Pacifying forest revolutions in Mexico’s community forestry | XVI Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons
International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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2017/04/05 | Political ecologies of the state and the commons: Dynamics of resistance and accommodation in Mexico's community forests | 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) (Boston, United States)
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2016/03/23 | Performing Common(s) Senses, a Political Ecology Perspective | Undisciplined Environments
European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE) and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Environmental Humanities Laboratory (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2016/03/23 | Polycentric struggles: Politicizing polycentricity through the experience of the climate justice movement | Undisciplined Environments: Intl. Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE)
KTH - Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2014/10/19 | Creating and sustaining the commons: Lessons from Ostrom | Re-Commoning Democracy Workshop
University of Coimbra, Center for Social Studies (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/09/03 | Environmental movements and commoning strategies in Puerto Rico: challenging the growth paradigm | 4th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity
Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany)
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2014/06/18 | Bringing power back into institutional analysis: Elite capture and persistence in forest governance in Durango, Mexico | 5th Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop (WOW5)
Indiana University- Bloomington (Bloomington, IN, United States)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2024/03/01 - Current | Uma análise ecofeminista do papel das mulheres no desenvolvimento de alternativas ao extrativismo em Inhassoro, Moçambique
(An ecofeminist analysis of the role of women in developing alternatives to extractivism in Inhassoro, Mozambique)
Co-supervisor
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Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (PhD) |
2023/05/01 - Current | As contradições da agricultura moderna em territórios indígenas do cerrado: O caso Haliti, Brasil
Supervisor
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Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
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2021/11 - Current | Confronting the coloniality of disasters: Experiences of community-based organizations in transformations towards just and
sustainable futures in Puerto Rico
Co-supervisor
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Geography, Environment and Geomatics (PhD)
University of Guelph, Canada
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2021/02/01 - Current | Las múltiples formas de entender la resiliencia en la mitigación de riesgos climáticos en zonas costeras: El caso de la comunidad
de San Felipe en Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
Co-supervisor
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Environmental Sciences (PhD)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Puerto Rico
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2022/09/01 - 2023/08/15 | Procedural justice in agro-food systems planning: Socio-ecological justice and climate resilience in the National Land Use
Plan and Model Forest of Puerto Rico
Co-supervisor
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Geography (PhD)
SUNY Buffalo State College, United States
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2016/06 - 2021/12 | "Civic ecology in the urban environment of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Community gardens and their socioenvironmental impacts"
(Ecología cívica en el ambiente urbano de San Juan, Puerto Rico: huertos comunitarios y sus impactos socioambientales)
Supervisor
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Environmental Sciences (PhD)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Puerto Rico
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2019/05 - 2020/05 | "Planning of sustainable food systems based on agroecology initiatives in K-12 public schools of Puerto Rico." (Planificación
de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles a partir de iniciativas agroecolicógas en escuelas públicas K-12 de Puerto Rico.)
Co-supervisor
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Planning (Master)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
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2017 - 2018 | "Intervention Alternatives for the Mameyal Neighborhood of the Municipality of Dorado: Workshops and Spaces for Participatory
Dialogue" (Alternativas de Intervención para el Barrio Mameyal del Municipio de Dorado:Talleres y Espacios para el Diálogo
Participativo)
Co-supervisor
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Planning (Master)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
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2016 - 2018 | "Participatory Environmental Assessment Documents: Strategies for an Inclusive Environmental Planning in Puerto Rico" (Documentos
Ambientales Participativos Estrategias para una Planificación Ambiental Inclusiva en Puerto Rico)
Co-supervisor
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Planning (Master)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
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2016 - 2016 | "Integral Plan for the Cibuco Wetland Nature Reserve in the Vega Baja Municipality" (Plan Integral para la Reserva Natural
Pantano Cibuco del Municipio de Vega Baja)
Co-supervisor
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Planning (Master)
Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico
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2014 - 2015 | "Wind power and environmental conflicts in the global south: Evidence from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico"
Co-supervisor
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Sustainability (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain
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2014 - 2015 | "Commons, movements and alternatives in times of crisis: A case study of the renewable energy cooperative Som Energia in Spain"
Supervisor
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Sustainability (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022/11/01 - 2023/07/22 | 2nd ECOSOC-CES Summer School: "Un-schooling the summer: Walking the line of environmental injustice in Alentejo" (2023/07/16 - 2023/07/22)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2022/11/01 - 2023/02/28 | 8o Encontro Nacional Pela Justiça Climática (8th National Climate Justice Gathering) (2022/02/10 - 2023/02/12)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal Climáximo, Portugal |
2022/05/01 - 2023/02/25 | Towards a Post-Extractive Culture (2023/02/23 - 2023/02/24)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands Disobedient Futures (formerly Fossil Free Culture NL), Netherlands |
2022/11/01 - 2023/01/28 | Educação e Justiça Climática: Direito a Educação e Direito a Vida Perante a Crise Climática (Education and Climate Justice:
The Right to Education and the Right to Life in the Face the Climate Crisis (2023/01/28 - 2023/01/28)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2022/12/01 - 2023/01/14 | Launch of the Pactos Ecosociales en Puerto Rico (Ecosocial Pacts in Puerto Rico) webpage and art exhibition. (2023/01/14 - 2023/01/14)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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JunteGente, Puerto Rico El Puente- Latino Climate Action Network, Puerto Rico |
2022/09/01 - 2022/10/25 | Beyond Corruption: From Colonial Practices to Emancipatory Futures in Puerto Rico, CENTRO Afternoon Tertulia (2022/10/26 - 2022/10/26)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), CUNY, United States |
2022/07/01 - 2022/09/22 | Iterative knowledge brokering for SDG coherence and policy interventions in developing countries, Science Summit at the United
Nations General Assembly - UNGA77 (2022/09/23 - 2022/09/23)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, United States |
2021/09/01 - 2022/07/10 | ECOSOC-CES Summer School "The Pluriverse of Eco-Social Justice" (2022/07/11 - 2022/07/16)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2022/05/01 - 2022/06/14 | Energy transitions from below: From climate colonialism to energy sovereignty (2022/06/15 - 2022/06/15)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands |
2021/03/01 - 2022/02/03 | Post-extractive Futures: 3-day series of workshops and public conversations on visions, strategies and alliances for just
transitions and new eco-social pacts. (2022/02/01 - 2022/02/03)
Workshop
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JunteGente, Puerto Rico War on Want, United Kingdom Tipping Point UK, United Kingdom |
2020/01/01 - 2021/08/31 | 8th International Degrowth Conference (2021/08/24 - 2021/08/28) | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands Ontgroei , Netherlands |
2020/04 - 2021/08 | Green New Deals Plenary, 8th International Degrowth Conference (2021/08/24 - 2021/08/24)
Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands |
2020/01 - 2021/08 | Political Ecologies of the Green New Deal (2 panels) / 8th International Degrowth Conference (2021/08/24 - 2021/08/25)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
|
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands |
2019/09 - 2021/06 | International Workshop on Urban Climate Justice in the Global South (2021/06/28 - 2021/06/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
|
University of Connecticut, United States Indiana University Bloomington, United States Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2021/01 - 2021/05 | Reimagining, remembering and recommoning water: Reflections on an ongoing blog series (2 panels) (2021/05/19 - 2021/05/21)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
|
International Association for the Study of the Commons, United States IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands Undisciplined Environments, Spain |
2020/05/25 - 2020/06/19 | "Climate crisis: Towards a New Ecosocial Treaty" - moderated by Gustavo García López and Fernando Tormos (University of Maryland),
in discussion with Amy Orta (El Puente-ELAC), Ramon Cruz (Sierra Club), and Lourdes Pérez (Ex-UPROSE), (2020/06/19 - 2020/06/19)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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JunteGente, Puerto Rico |
2020/04/15 - 2020/05/22 | "Solidarity from below against the Coloniavirus" - Marissa Reyes (Guakiá Agroecological Collective) and Giovanni Roberto (Caguas
Mutual Aid Center), moderated by Gustavo García López and Fernando Tormos (University of Maryland) (2020/05/22 - 2020/05/22)
Round table (Co-organisor)
|
JunteGente, Puerto Rico |
2019/06/01 - 2019/11/30 | "Just recovery in the climate emergency" -- Public forum and workshop between leaders of civil society organizations (2019/10/26 - 2019/10/27)
Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)
|
JunteGente, Puerto Rico |
2019/08/01 - 2019/11/15 | "Action research with baldios: Opportunities and challenges for rural regeneration", Participatory workshop with researchers,
professionals, and baldio members (2019/10/19 - 2019/10/19)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal International Association for the Study of the Commons, United States |
2019/09/01 - 2019/10/17 | "Environmental colonialism, climate disasters and environmental justice: Reflections from Puerto Rico", by Ruth Santiago,
Comité Diálogo Ambiental (2019/10/17 - 2019/10/17)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
|
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2019/02/01 - 2019/05/06 | "The Madness of Economic Reason, Marx and the Posibility of a Radical Humanism" -- Lecture by David Harvey (Graduate Center,
City University of New York), moderated by Gustavo Garcia-Lopez (2019/05/06 - 2019/05/06)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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JunteGente, Puerto Rico Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
2017/06/01 - 2018/12/15 | "Social mobilization and the commons: A virtuous circle?" IASC Workshop (2018/06/20 - 2018/06/22)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Spain International Association for the Study of the Commons, United States |
2017/10 - 2018/04 | "The Commons, Commoning and Co- becomings: Enacting Postcapitalist Futures & Nurturing Life inCommon" Five panels, 2018
Association of American Geographers (AAG) conference (2018/04/13 - 2018/04/14)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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Association of American Geographers, United States |
2017/10/01 - 2018/01/26 | "From the capitalism of disasters to disaster capitalism: Resistance and alternatives" -. Forum with Naomi Klein (The Intercept),
Elizabeth Yeampierre (Climate Justice Alliance), Eva Prados (Citizens Front for the Debt Audit), Ruth Santiago (Comité Diálogo
Ambiental) and Mariolga Reyes (PAReS) (2018/01/26 - 2018/01/26)
Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)
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JunteGente, Puerto Rico Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
2017/03/15 - 2017/04/04 | "Social movements and environmental struggles: Alternatives and action in the crisis" (Movimientos sociales y luchas ambientales:
Alternativas y acción ante su crisis) -- Forum (2017/04/04 - 2017/04/04)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2016/03/01 - 2016/05/05 | "Participation, Citizen Empowerment and Planning in the Crisis" (Participación, Empoderamiento Ciudadano y Planificación ante
la Crisis) -- Forum (2016/05/05 - 2016/05/05)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
---|---|---|
2020/06/05 - Current | Discussant ("Key listener")
Seminar
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Covid-19, justice, and sustainability in cities
Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities (UrbanA), Spain
|
2022/02/02 - 2022/02/02 | Factilitator, Post-Extractives Futures, Day 2: Stories
Workshop
|
Post-extractive Futures
JunteGente, Puerto Rico
|
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
---|---|---|
2019/09/01 - Current | Oficina de Ecologia e Sociedade (ECOSOC - Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis), Centro de Estudos Sociais - Universidade de Coimbra | Member and Current Co-Coordinator (2022- ) |
2014 - 2024 | International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|
2021/11 - 2026 | Technical Chair, International Supervisory Committee, SDG Interactions and Policy Interventions in Developing Countries
Research Programme, Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Other
|
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
---|---|---|
2021/05/01 - 2022/10/21 | IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Ecología Política | Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Quito, Ecuador) |
2021/05/01 - 2021/06/15 | 8th International Degrowth Conference | International Institute of Social Studies (The Hague); Ontgroei (Dutch Degrowth Platform) |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
---|---|---|---|
2024/03 - 2024/06 | Development and Human Rights | PhD in Human Rights in the 21st Century (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2023/10/13 - 2024/02/15 | Transnational Social Movements, Risk and Public Space (Fall 2023) | PhD in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2022/03/04 - 2022/06/30 | Transnational Social Movements, Risk and Public Space (Spring 2022) | PhD Program in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
2019/01 - 2019/06 | Market, State and Governance (Public Sector Planning) (Spring 2019) | Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2019/01 - 2019/06 | Environmental Public Policy (Spring 2019) | Master in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2018/08 - 2018/12 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences (Fall 2018) | Environmental Sciences (Bachelor) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Puerto Rico |
2018/08 - 2018/12 | Society, Environment and Planning (Introduction to Environmental Planning) (Fall 2018) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2018/01 - 2018/06 | Community, Environment and Democracy (Spring 2018) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2017/08 - 2017/12 | Society, Environment and Planning (Introduction to Environmental Planning) (Fall 2017) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2017/01 - 2017/06 | Community, Environment and Democracy (Spring 2017) | (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2017/01 - 2017/06 | Environmental Analysis Techniques for Planning (Spring 2017) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2016/08 - 2016/12 | Society, Environment and Planning (Introduction to Environmental Planning) (Fall 2016) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2016/01 - 2016/06 | Community, Environment and Democracy (Spring 2016) | Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2016/01 - 2016/06 | Environmental Analysis Techniques for Planning (Spring 2016) | Masters in Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2016/01 - 2016/05 | Environmental Public Policy (Spring 2016) | Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
2015/08 - 2015/12 | Society, Environment and Planning (Introduction to Environmental Planning) (Fall 2015) | Planning - Specialization in Environmental Planning (Master) | Universidad de Puerto Rico Escuela Graduada de Planificación, Puerto Rico |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
---|---|---|
2020/05 | Resisting environmental and social injustice through commoning | ISS Blog |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
---|---|---|
2022/11/18 - Current | Hilando Fino desde las Ciencias Sociales | Corruption in Puerto Rico |
2022 - Current | DeGrowth Podcast | Degrowth and Green New Deals |
2022/02/07 - 2022/02/07 | Reinventing Peace - World Peace Foundation Blog | The future of social-environmental movements in Puerto Rico and beyond |
2022 - 2022 | Commoning: fair & gerecht (Radio program and Podcast) | Commoning as a promising approach to disaster risk reduction and prepraedness |
2018/12/11 - 2018/12/11 | Hilando Filo desde las Ciencias Sociales | Gestión comunitaria ambiental en Puerto Rico (Community management of the environment in Puerto Rico) |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020/04/01 - Current | International Journal of the Commons | |
2020/03/15 - Current | International Journal of the Commons (1875-0281) | "Ubiquity Press, Ltd." |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
---|---|---|
2018/01 - 2019/07 | Environmental impact assessment in Puerto Rico (research project) | Luis Delgado |
2017/08 - 2018/07 | "Environmental impact assessment in Puerto Rico" (research project) -- | Lizbeth Sánchez |
2015/08 - 2016/12 | Environmental impact assessment in Puerto Rico (research project). | William McCormick |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands
|
2012 | Doctoral Dissertation Writing Award |
2004 | Truman Scholarship
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, United States
|
2004 | Faculty Award to the Most Outstanding Graduating Student
Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Puerto Rico
|
2004 | Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence
Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
|
Other distinction
2014 | Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, Belgium
|
2009 | "Grassroots Development" Dissertation Fellowship
Inter-American Foundation, United States
|
2009 | Fulbright – García-Robles Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship |
2005 | NSF-AGEP Doctoral Fellowship
Indiana University Bloomington, United States
National Science Foundation, United States |