Team members
Since our establishment in 2014, we have grown into a diverse and international research group, bringing together researchers from more than 20 nationalities. We strive to advance knowledge of the evolution of social-ecological and knowledge systems through meaningful and collaborative partnerships with researchers, NGOs, governments, local communities, and civil society organisations worldwide. Below, we celebrate the people who have contributed to this collective endeavour, presenting our current members, alumni, and visitors, listed alphabetically by first name.
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Adam Calo
Visiting Researcher
Food system scholar studying the role of land relations and property regimes on sustainability transformations
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Alba Ortiz Naumann
PhD Researcher
Passionate about nature, people and outdoor sports.
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Àlex Rivera Campo
MSc Researcher
My interests are focused on the critical analysis of the intersection between Ecological Economics, Environmental Values and the Digital Environment.
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Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Principal Investigator
Action-oriented and mission-driven ethnobiologist
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Ana Villán Delgado
PhD Researcher
PhD student interested in rural socio-ecological sustainability and agroecology
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Andrea Stuit
PhD Researcher
PhD researcher interested in the Political Ecology of Blockchain Technology
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Anh-Thu Nguyen
PhD Researcher
A political economist interested in agrarian change and biodiversity conservation
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Audrey Carroll
PhD Researcher
I am a PhD candidate with a background in environmental policy .
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Brittany Bunce
Postdoctoral Researcher
Social scientist interested in interdisciplinary research with experience in rural livelihoods, agrarian change, conservation social science, class analysis, gender mainstreaming and public health.
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Clara Martínez Soares
PhD Researcher
Ecologist investigating how changes in Indigenous environmental knowledge affect biodiversity conservation
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Cristina Ruano-Chamorro
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am an environmental social scientist with a strong interest in environmental justice, governance, and food systems.
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Dan Brockington
ICREA Research Professor
Anthropologist, Conservation Social Scientist and Children’s Author
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Danielle Latreche
PhD Researcher
Doctoral researcher on the CONDJUST project
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David Camacho-Caballero
Postdoctoral Researcher
Post doctoral researcher focus on urban transformations
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Esteve Corbera
ICREA Researcher Professor (LASEG Co-leader)
I’m a political ecologist building knowledge that can translate in more just and effective policies for biodiversity conservation and sustainable land-use
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Fulvia Calcagni
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB interested in researching social-technological-environmental interactions
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Giulia Benati
Postdoctoral Researcher
My research is grounded in the belief that everyone living in cities has the right to access nature and the cultural and environmental benefits it offers in an equitable and just manner.
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Jack Turner Cabeza
PhD Researcher
Environmental Scientist. BSc from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Nature Management MSc from the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Global Environmental Governance.
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Jamie Burton
Postdoctoral Researcher
I’m interested in the more-than-human histories of landscapes, and in what it means to live and die well on this planet.
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Jocelyne Shimin Sze
Postdoctoral researcher
I am a post-doc on the Conservation Data Justice project looking at how geospatial data are used in conservation and intersections between Indigenous Peoples and conservation.
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Johannes Langemeyer
Research Professor (LASEG CO-Leader)
Socio-Environmental scientist curious about relationships between Nature Place People and Values.
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Jorge C. Llopis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Land system scientist focused on forest conservation, with a penchant for maps, impact evaluation and unexpected outcomes of conservation interventions.
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Karla Ramirez
PHD RESEARCHER
My main expertise is around area-based conservation initiatives in Peru, from a political ecology approach.
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Marc Sadurní
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Marina Requena-i-Mora
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am a Valencian sociologist specializing in environmental sociology and rural studies.
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Mireia Alcantara-Rodriguez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Transdisciplinary scientist (she/her) interested in plant knowledge dynamics, social and environmental justice, and action research
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Munib Sajad Khanyari
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral researcher interested in community-led and participatory forms of conservation, especially in high-altitude pastoral systems.
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Nata Aguilar
PhD Reseracher
PhD researcher focusing on biodiversity conservation and structural racism
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Nathan Clay
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am a political ecologist. I focus on questions of justice and equity in climate change adaptation and mitigation within agri-food systems.
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Oliver Mel Allen
PhD Researcher
I am interested in online visual communication, computational social science, and social media data analysis.
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Pablo Herreros-Cantis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Enthusiastic about ecosystem services and risk mapping, urban adaptation, and knowledge co-production
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Paula Ugarte-Lucas
Postdoctoral Researcher
Environmental social scientist working on conservation and social and environmental justice in rural territories
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Ramin Soleymani-Fard
PhD Researcher
Computer scientist interested in open science, citizen science, environmental activism and art
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Robin Bredero Zur Lage
PhD Researcher
PhD researcher passionate about ethnobiology, natural resource management and forest ecology
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Ryan R Unks
Postdoctoral Researcher
I’m an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in pastoralism, rangeland ecology, and conservation. My work draws from landscape ecology alongside anthropology and geography of land, scale, and environmental governance
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Sara Maestre-Andrés
Postdoctoral Researcher
Environmental social scientist interested on environmental governance
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Soledad Castro
Postdoctoral Researcher
My research examines plantations, pesticides, and waterscapes through an interdisciplinary approach that brings together political ecology, critical agrarian studies, and tropical ecotoxicology.
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Sophia Grew
Communications Manager
I am an environmental communicator and writer exploring the intersection of research, environmental justice and multimedia storytelling.
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Svetlana Khromova
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD researcher interested in nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, modelling and visualisation of social and environmental systems
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Tansu Yeşilkır
PhD Researcher
I am a political ecologist and environmental scientist exploring questions of justice at the intersection of food systems, agrarian change, and multispecies relations.
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Thalía Dancuart
Communications Manager
Communication specialist making scientific research accessible and impactful.
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Valeria Zapata-Giraldo
PhD Researcher
PhD Researcher exploring governance and justice in area-based conservation policy and practice
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Victoria Reyes-García
ICREA Research Professor
My research focuses on Indigenous and local knowledge systems.
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Xueyuan Liang
PhD Researcher
PhD researcher exploring the relationship between gender and climate change in tropical marine and coastal ecosystems
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Adrien Tofighi-Niaki
A systematic and mindful strategist in environmental and climate change justice
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Agnese Marino
Environmental social scientist interested in rural livelihoods, wildlife conservation and feminist political ecology
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Amalia Calderón Argelich
PhD researcher working on ecosystem services and urban environmental justice
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André Braga Junqueira
Postdoctoral researcher interested in ethnoecology, historical ecology and indigenous resource management systems
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Anna Marín Puig
Geographer investigating local adaptations to global environmental change
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Anna Porcuna-Ferrer
Environmental biologist interested in agroecology, ethnobotany, and local ecological knowledge
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Anna Schlingmann
Environmental scientist investigating local climate change impacts and adaptation strategies
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Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos
Beatriu de Pinós research fellow at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra since April 2022.
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Daniel Gaitán Cremaschi
Multidisciplinary scientist interested in food systems transitions.
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Daniel Maghanjo Mwamidi
Human ecologist interested in Africa’s pastoral commons
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Daniel Polo
Data scientist focusing on the role of digital relationships in shaping attitudes towards nature
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David García del Amo
Postdoctoral researcher interested in climate change and Indigenous and local knowledge
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Diana Alfonso-Bécares
Multidiscplinary scientist interested in sustainability, livelihoods and social ecological systems
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Eleonora Fanari
Political Ecologist researcher interested in conservation issues, environmental justice and decolonial and participatory approaches to research. Ex INPHINIT fellow researcher at ICTA-UAB.
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Fernando «Nani» Ruiz
I am an INPhINIT fellow and PhD researcher at ICTA-UAB. I hold a master’s degree in marine science from the Université Côte d’Azur.
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Finn Mempel
PhD researcher and Marie Curie Fellow
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Francesc Baró
Environmental scientist. Passionate to make cities livable places FOR ALL
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Franscesco Facchini
PhD candidate interested in rural vulnerability, social movements and food sovereignty
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Giulia Mattalia
Ethnobiologist working on biocultural approaches to biodiversity conservation
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Julian Caviedes
PhD student researching the livelihood resilience of indigenous and non-indigenous farmers in agroforestry systems in southern Chile.
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Laia D’armengol
Laia was a PhD Researcher studying the co-management of small-scale fisheries 2014-2019
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Letícia Santos de Lima
Environmental Scientist investigating land-water systems with a focus on the science-policy interface.
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Lina Moros
Environmental social scientist working on conservation and rural development issues in Colombia
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Louise Marie Busck-Lumholt
PhD researcher exploring environmental governance in the context of forestry and international development projects
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Mari Carmen Romera-Puga
Social environmental scientist
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MARIA SOLEDAD CASTRO-VARGAS
Multidisciplinary scientist investigating the relationship between chemicals and socio-natures
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Max López Maciel
I’m passionate about Global change, Nature-based solutions, and Climate Urban Resilience Strategies
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Mouna Chambon
I am working in the field of environmental science and geography with a interest in social media data and digital relational values.
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Ola Westengen
Interdisciplinary researcher focusing on seed and food systems
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Ouerle Chao
I am interested in exploring the traditional ecological knowledge and practices of pastoralists and the diverse functions these systems serve in the lives of herders.
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Pablo Domínguez
Environmental anthropologist interested in European and African pastoral commons
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Paula Roig Boixeda
PhD researcher exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on protected areas
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Petra Benyei
Rural sociologist interested in the interface between science and technology studies and political agroecology
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Priscila Gonçalves Costa
Brazilian PhD researcher from University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, currently a visiting researcher at ICTA, specializing in socio-ecological interactions in protected natural areas.
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Sandrine Gallois
Investigating the maintenance of biocultural diversity and the interface between scientific and non-scientific knowledge systems. Affiliated with the Institut Botanic de Barcelone, with a Ramon y Cajal fellowship.
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Santiago Gorostiza
Environmental historian
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Sara Guadilla-Sáez
An enthusiastic forest researcher
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Sara Miñarro
Marine scientist investigating small-scale fisheries, subjective well-being, socio-ecological systems and nature-based solutions
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Sara Mingorría
Sara concluded her PhD at ICTA-UAB in 2016. Since then, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the Universitat de Girona.
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Sonia Graham
Rural and environmental geographer investigating community-based collective action
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Stella Portelli
Political ecologist
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Theresa Wüllhorst
Interested in climate adaptation and advancing Nature-Based Solutions
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Vincent Porcher
PhD Researcher in ICTA at LASEG and IRD-GRED (Montpellier) fellow
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Xiaoyue Li
Applied environmental anthropologist
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Adam Calo
Food system scholar studying the role of land relations and property regimes on sustainability transformations
-

Adrien Tofighi-Niaki
A systematic and mindful strategist in environmental and climate change justice
-

Agnese Marino
Environmental social scientist interested in rural livelihoods, wildlife conservation and feminist political ecology
-

Alba Ortiz Naumann
Passionate about nature, people and outdoor sports.
-

Àlex Rivera Campo
My interests are focused on the critical analysis of the intersection between Ecological Economics, Environmental Values and the Digital Environment.
-

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
Action-oriented and mission-driven ethnobiologist
-

Amalia Calderón Argelich
PhD researcher working on ecosystem services and urban environmental justice
-

Ana Villán Delgado
PhD student interested in rural socio-ecological sustainability and agroecology
-

André Braga Junqueira
Postdoctoral researcher interested in ethnoecology, historical ecology and indigenous resource management systems
-

Andrea Stuit
PhD researcher interested in the Political Ecology of Blockchain Technology
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Anh-Thu Nguyen
A political economist interested in agrarian change and biodiversity conservation
-

Anna Marín Puig
Geographer investigating local adaptations to global environmental change
-

Anna Porcuna-Ferrer
Environmental biologist interested in agroecology, ethnobotany, and local ecological knowledge
-

Anna Schlingmann
Environmental scientist investigating local climate change impacts and adaptation strategies
-

Audrey Carroll
I am a PhD candidate with a background in environmental policy .
-

Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos
Beatriu de Pinós research fellow at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra since April 2022.
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Brittany Bunce
Social scientist interested in interdisciplinary research with experience in rural livelihoods, agrarian change, conservation social science, class analysis, gender mainstreaming and public health.
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Clara Martínez Soares
Ecologist investigating how changes in Indigenous environmental knowledge affect biodiversity conservation
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Cristina Ruano-Chamorro
I am an environmental social scientist with a strong interest in environmental justice, governance, and food systems.
-

Dan Brockington
Anthropologist, Conservation Social Scientist and Children’s Author
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Daniel Gaitán Cremaschi
Multidisciplinary scientist interested in food systems transitions.
-

Daniel Maghanjo Mwamidi
Human ecologist interested in Africa’s pastoral commons
-

Daniel Polo
Data scientist focusing on the role of digital relationships in shaping attitudes towards nature
-

Danielle Latreche
Doctoral researcher on the CONDJUST project
-
David Camacho-Caballero
Post doctoral researcher focus on urban transformations
-

David García del Amo
Postdoctoral researcher interested in climate change and Indigenous and local knowledge
-

Diana Alfonso-Bécares
Multidiscplinary scientist interested in sustainability, livelihoods and social ecological systems
-

Eleonora Fanari
Political Ecologist researcher interested in conservation issues, environmental justice and decolonial and participatory approaches to research. Ex INPHINIT fellow researcher at ICTA-UAB.
-

Esteve Corbera
I’m a political ecologist building knowledge that can translate in more just and effective policies for biodiversity conservation and sustainable land-use
-

Fernando «Nani» Ruiz
I am an INPhINIT fellow and PhD researcher at ICTA-UAB. I hold a master’s degree in marine science from the Université Côte d’Azur.
-
Finn Mempel
PhD researcher and Marie Curie Fellow
-
Francesc Baró
Environmental scientist. Passionate to make cities livable places FOR ALL
-

Franscesco Facchini
PhD candidate interested in rural vulnerability, social movements and food sovereignty
-

Fulvia Calcagni
Postdoctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB interested in researching social-technological-environmental interactions
-

Giulia Benati
My research is grounded in the belief that everyone living in cities has the right to access nature and the cultural and environmental benefits it offers in an equitable and just manner.
-
Giulia Mattalia
Ethnobiologist working on biocultural approaches to biodiversity conservation
-

Jack Turner Cabeza
Environmental Scientist. BSc from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Nature Management MSc from the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Global Environmental Governance.
-

Jamie Burton
I’m interested in the more-than-human histories of landscapes, and in what it means to live and die well on this planet.
-

Jocelyne Shimin Sze
I am a post-doc on the Conservation Data Justice project looking at how geospatial data are used in conservation and intersections between Indigenous Peoples and conservation.
-
Johannes Langemeyer
Socio-Environmental scientist curious about relationships between Nature Place People and Values.
-

Jorge C. Llopis
Land system scientist focused on forest conservation, with a penchant for maps, impact evaluation and unexpected outcomes of conservation interventions.
-

Julian Caviedes
PhD student researching the livelihood resilience of indigenous and non-indigenous farmers in agroforestry systems in southern Chile.
-

Karla Ramirez
My main expertise is around area-based conservation initiatives in Peru, from a political ecology approach.
-
Laia D’armengol
Laia was a PhD Researcher studying the co-management of small-scale fisheries 2014-2019
-

Letícia Santos de Lima
Environmental Scientist investigating land-water systems with a focus on the science-policy interface.
-

Lina Moros
Environmental social scientist working on conservation and rural development issues in Colombia
-

Louise Marie Busck-Lumholt
PhD researcher exploring environmental governance in the context of forestry and international development projects
-

Marc Sadurní
Postdoctoral Researcher
-
Mari Carmen Romera-Puga
Social environmental scientist
-
MARIA SOLEDAD CASTRO-VARGAS
Multidisciplinary scientist investigating the relationship between chemicals and socio-natures
-

Marina Requena-i-Mora
I am a Valencian sociologist specializing in environmental sociology and rural studies.
-

Max López Maciel
I’m passionate about Global change, Nature-based solutions, and Climate Urban Resilience Strategies
-

Mireia Alcantara-Rodriguez
Transdisciplinary scientist (she/her) interested in plant knowledge dynamics, social and environmental justice, and action research
-

Mouna Chambon
I am working in the field of environmental science and geography with a interest in social media data and digital relational values.
-

Munib Sajad Khanyari
Postdoctoral researcher interested in community-led and participatory forms of conservation, especially in high-altitude pastoral systems.
-

Nata Aguilar
PhD researcher focusing on biodiversity conservation and structural racism
-

Nathan Clay
I am a political ecologist. I focus on questions of justice and equity in climate change adaptation and mitigation within agri-food systems.
-

Ola Westengen
Interdisciplinary researcher focusing on seed and food systems
-

Oliver Mel Allen
I am interested in online visual communication, computational social science, and social media data analysis.
-

Ouerle Chao
I am interested in exploring the traditional ecological knowledge and practices of pastoralists and the diverse functions these systems serve in the lives of herders.
-

Pablo Domínguez
Environmental anthropologist interested in European and African pastoral commons
-

Pablo Herreros-Cantis
Enthusiastic about ecosystem services and risk mapping, urban adaptation, and knowledge co-production
-

Paula Roig Boixeda
PhD researcher exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on protected areas
-

Paula Ugarte-Lucas
Environmental social scientist working on conservation and social and environmental justice in rural territories
-

Petra Benyei
Rural sociologist interested in the interface between science and technology studies and political agroecology
-

Priscila Gonçalves Costa
Brazilian PhD researcher from University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, currently a visiting researcher at ICTA, specializing in socio-ecological interactions in protected natural areas.
-

Ramin Soleymani-Fard
Computer scientist interested in open science, citizen science, environmental activism and art
-

Robin Bredero Zur Lage
PhD researcher passionate about ethnobiology, natural resource management and forest ecology
-

Ryan R Unks
I’m an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in pastoralism, rangeland ecology, and conservation. My work draws from landscape ecology alongside anthropology and geography of land, scale, and environmental governance
-

Sandrine Gallois
Investigating the maintenance of biocultural diversity and the interface between scientific and non-scientific knowledge systems. Affiliated with the Institut Botanic de Barcelone, with a Ramon y Cajal fellowship.
-

Santiago Gorostiza
Environmental historian
-

Sara Guadilla-Sáez
An enthusiastic forest researcher
-

Sara Maestre-Andrés
Environmental social scientist interested on environmental governance
-

Sara Miñarro
Marine scientist investigating small-scale fisheries, subjective well-being, socio-ecological systems and nature-based solutions
-
Sara Mingorría
Sara concluded her PhD at ICTA-UAB in 2016. Since then, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the Universitat de Girona.
-

Soledad Castro
My research examines plantations, pesticides, and waterscapes through an interdisciplinary approach that brings together political ecology, critical agrarian studies, and tropical ecotoxicology.
-
Sonia Graham
Rural and environmental geographer investigating community-based collective action
-

Sophia Grew
I am an environmental communicator and writer exploring the intersection of research, environmental justice and multimedia storytelling.
-

Stella Portelli
Political ecologist
-

Svetlana Khromova
PhD researcher interested in nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, modelling and visualisation of social and environmental systems
-

Tansu Yeşilkır
I am a political ecologist and environmental scientist exploring questions of justice at the intersection of food systems, agrarian change, and multispecies relations.
-

Thalía Dancuart
Communication specialist making scientific research accessible and impactful.
-

Theresa Wüllhorst
Interested in climate adaptation and advancing Nature-Based Solutions
-

Valeria Zapata-Giraldo
PhD Researcher exploring governance and justice in area-based conservation policy and practice
-
Victoria Reyes-García
My research focuses on Indigenous and local knowledge systems.
-

Vincent Porcher
PhD Researcher in ICTA at LASEG and IRD-GRED (Montpellier) fellow
-
Xiaoyue Li
Applied environmental anthropologist
-

Xueyuan Liang
PhD researcher exploring the relationship between gender and climate change in tropical marine and coastal ecosystems