Principal Investigator and scientific
project coordinator
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael is Professor of Regional Science and Director of the Institute for Regional Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He has been actively involved in research projects in Latin America for the last 20 years. Currently he also coordinates the research projects "Contested Territories" and "Prefigure".
Principal Investigator and scientific
project coordinator.
Humboldt University of Berlin
Dr. Corinna Hölzl is a postdoc researcher at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on civil society and social movements activities in socio-ecological spatial transitions. She has extensive empirical research experience in South American countries and different European contexts.
Doctoral Researcher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dorothea is a doctoral candidate and lecturer at the Institute for Regional Science in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on different aspects of the interrelations between people, society and environment, as well as on extractivism and the concept of development. Her research focuses on Latin America, with research on Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Principal Investigator
University of Brasilia
Sergio is Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Environment and Rural Development (PPG-Mader) and at the Center for Sustainable Development (CDS/UnB) of the University of Brasilia (UnB), Brazil. He is coordinator of the Observatory of Socio-environmental Conflicts of Matopiba.
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Postdoctoral researcher
University of Brasilia
Guadalupe holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of Brasilia. She currently works on the following themes: critical development studies, critical agrarian studies, sustainability transformation and political agroecology.
Doctoral researcher
University of Brasilia
Juliana is a doctoral candidate at University of Brasilia. She holds a Master's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She is specialized in socio-environmental law. She is executive secretary and researcher at the Observatory of Socio-environmental Conflicts of Matopiba.
Principal Investigator
University of Chile
Michael is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Chile, associate researcher at the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES) and editor of the journal "Investigaciones Geográficas". His research focuses on the intersections of international urban political economy, urban political ecology and power relations in urban governance and planning in Latin America and Chile.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Chile
David is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Geography of the University of Chile, He holds a PhD in Social Sciences and a Master's degree in Economic History. His research focuses on understanding the trajectories of business associations and corporations in the context of the processes of financialization and neoliberalization.
Doctoral Researcher
University of Chile
Claudia is a research assistant at the Center for Environmental Law (CDA) and at the Governance and Political Science Interface of the Center for Climate Science and Resilience (CR2). She holds a Master's degree in Land Management and Geography, and a Diploma in Environmental Law. Also she is a PdD candidate in 'Territory, Space and Society' at Universidad de Chile
Principal Investigator
El Colegio de México
Nadine Reis is a research professor at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México. She is a Level I National Researcher of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI).
Postdoctoral Researcher
El Colegio de México
Manuel has worked for 12 years in different Ecuadorian universities doing research on the Amazon and being part of geographic collectives. He is co-author of the book "La selva de los elefantes blancos" and co-compiler of the books "Geografía crítica para detener el despojo", "La explotación del Yasuní en medio del derrumbe petrolero global" and "Cuerpos, Territorios y Feminismos".
Doctoral Researcher
El Colegio de México
Santiago holds a master's degree in Socio-spatial Studies. He is currently studying for a PhD in Urban and Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México. His interests are critical studies on city, housing, spatial justice and territorial development.