Students

Argentina

Cabrol, Diego Antonio. PhD in Agrarian Social Studies, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Cordoba. Thesis title: "Eco-social conflicts around productive and urban water use in the current capitalist system. Inclusive alternatives for water management and conceptions of water as a common good. Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Cáceres (rural sociology).

Deón, Ulises Joaquín. BA in Geography (environmental management), Department of Geography, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National University of Cordoba (NC), Cordoba. Thesis title: "Basin management and conflicts over water and land use. The case of the water conflict over the Chavascate River, Sierras Chicas, Cordoba". Supervisors Dra Marcela Cioccale, Mr. Claudio Tecco, and Mr. Sergio Chiavassa.

Filippon, Carolina. PhD in Law, Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences, National University of the Litoral (UNL), Santa Fe. Thesis title: "The governance of underground water and the model of development: the status of water in global environmental law. The case of transboundary aquifers". Supervisor: Dr. Cósimo Gonzalo Sozzo (Director) and Dr. Ricardo Alberto Gutiérrez (Co-director).

Galván Jofré, Daniel Ángel. BA in Sociology, National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO), Mendoza. Thesis topic: "Water resources, environmental issues, and social movements".

Grosso Cepparo, María Virginia. PhD in Geography, Thesis title: "Water scarcity in arid lands. A territory-based study on water appropriation, management and use in the Mendoza River basin, Mendoza, Argentina Institute of Human, Social and Environmental Sciences (INCIHUSA), National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Regional Centre, Mendoza. Supervisor: Dr. Elma Montaña.

Ivars, Jorge Daniel. PhD in Social and Human Sciences, National University of Quilmes (UNQ), Buenos Aires. Thesis title: "Rationalities and power in water appropriation and use in Mendoza. Supervisors: Dr. Elma Montaña (Geography/Sociology) and Dr. Cristina Carballo (Sociology/Environment)

Larsimont, Robin. PhD in Geography, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research CCT Mendoza, Institute of Human, Social and Environmental Sciences (INCIHUSA), City and Territory Unit, Mendoza, and Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Thesis title: "New rural territories and spaces of resistance in the oasis of Mendoza and San Juan: agribusinesses and peasant movements". Supervisors: Dr. Elma Montaña and Dr. Pedro Tsakoumagkos.

Malvares Miguez, Mirta Inés. PhD In Politics, Faculty of Politics and International Relations, National University of Rosario (UNR), Rosario. Thesis title: "Water in times of globalization. The construction of water policy in Argentina under the model of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and its effects on democratic water governance, 2000-2010".

Martínez Coenda, Virginia Soledad. BA in Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, National University of Cordoba (UNC). Thesis topic: "The struggle over water sovereignty in Latin America".

Maydana, Gisela. PhD in Engineering, National University of Rosario (UNR), Rosario, Santa Fe. Thesis title: "Quantification of environmental indicators". Supervisors: Dr. Margarita Portapila (engineering) and Dr. Diego Alfonso Erba (cartography and geographical information systems).

Orta, Melisa Victoria. BA in Politics, Faculty of Politics and International Relations, National University of Rosario (UNR), Rosario. Thesis title: "The representation of climate change among social and political actors in the city of Rosario". Supervisor: Dr. Mirta Geary.

Saavedra, Carlos. BA in Geography (environmental management), Department of Geography, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National University of Cordoba (NC), Cordoba. Thesis title: "The impact of tourism in the territorial configuration of a small serrano locality. The case of La Cumbre, Cordoba, 1990-2020". Supervisors: Natalia Berti (sociology), Sergio Chiavassa (Agronomy), Beatriz Ensabella (geography).

Sánchez Mera, Néstor Eduardo. BA in Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, National University of Cordoba (UNC). Thesis topic: "Community administration and management, at the local level, of water for consumption, sanitation, and productive uses in the Argentina-Bolivia border region".

Sánchez Pardo, Jennifer. PhD in Territorial Ordering and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO), Mendoza. Thesis title: "Analysis of the vulnerability of peasants to global environmental change". Supervisor: Dr. Elma Montaña.

Serial, Agostina Florencia. BA in Education Sciences, Department of Education Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, National University of the Northeast (UNNE), Resistencia, Chaco. Thesis topic: "Vulnerable productive groups. Artisanal and commercial fishing in Chaco and Corrientes. Water as a territory". Supervisor: Dr. Nidia Pineyro.

Soldateli Paim, Elisangela. PhD in Social Sciences, Institute of Social Research Gino Germani, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires. Thesis title: "The Garabí hydroelectric complex: an analysis of the political and economic interests that favored the reactivation of the project in the Argentina-Brazil border in 2007-2012". Supervisor: Dr. Damián Pierbattisti

Tagliavini, Damiano. Master in Political Science and Sociology, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and National Water Institute (INA), Buenos Aires. Thesis topic: "The processes of privatization and re-statization of water and sanitation services in Argentina". Supervisor (external): Prof. José Esteban Castro.

Zanuccoli, Mariel. PhD in Political Science, National University of Cordoba UNC), Cordoba. Thesis: "Water, power, and decision structures. Analysis of conflicts related to the use and management of water resources in the Carcaraña River basin". Supervisor: Dr. Margarita Portapila (engineering)

Brazil

Bernal Arias, Diana Alexandra. Master in Geography, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo.

Barboza, Mariana. Master in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Supervisor: Dr. Sonaly Cristina Rezende (engineering)

Vargas López, Laura Marcela. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources. Thesis title: "Effect of Technical, Environmental, Economic, Political and Social factors on domestic water consumption in an urban context". School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Supervisor: Dr. Léo Heller (engineering)

Muñoz Gaviria, Gustavo Adolfo. Doctorado en Planificación Urbana y Regional, Instituto de Planificación Urbana y Regional (IPPUR), Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Supervisora: Cecília Campello do Amaral Mello.

Braga, Rogério. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Municipal planning for basic sanitation: a comparative study of experiences in Brazil". Supervisor: Dr. Léo Heller (engineering)

Carvalho Queiroz, Vitor. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Evaluation of the tariff of water and sanitation services on people's income". Supervisors: Dr. Nilo Nascimento (engineering) and Dr. Léo Heller (engineering)

Duarte Venturato, Raquel. PhD in the Science of Environmental Engineering, Group for the Social Study and Research of Disasters (NEPED), School of Engineering of São Carlos (EESC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, São Paulo. Thesis title: "Socio-spatial vulnerability in the Alto Juruá: safety community and institutional practices related to extreme water events". Supervisor: Norma Felicidade Lopes da Silva Valencio (sociology of disasters).

Ferreira, Demétrius. PhD in Sociology, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco. Thesis title: "The process of democratization in the access to water and sanitation services in the context of the neo-privatism of Public-Private Partnerships in Brazil and Latin America".

Freitas, Eliano de Souza. PhD in Geography, Technical College (COLTEC), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Water and sanitation policies at the end of the 20th Century and its implications for Minas Gerais: reflections on the productive re-structuration in/of the Water and Sanitation Company of Minas Gerais (COPASA)."

Magalhães, Rafael. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Planejamento do saneamento nas Regiões Integradas de Desenvolvimento do brasil: uma avaliação metodológica". Supervisor: Dr. Léo Heller (engineering)

Piterman, Ana. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Evaluation of the creation and implementation of water and sanitation consortia: a study of three cases in Brazil". Supervisors: Dr. Sonaly Rezende (engineering) Dr. Léo Heller (engineering)

Rossi, Renata Alvarez. PhD in Social Sciences, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador. Thesis title: "Conflict and regulation of the Rio Salitre and the Pontal of Paranapanema, Bahia, 1997-2013". Supervisors: Dr. Elisabete Santos and (external) Prof. José Esteban Castro.

Sartori Siena, Juliana Mariana. PhD in Sociology, Group for the Social Study and Research of Disasters (NEPED), Centre of Education and Human Sciences, Department of Sociology,Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos. Thesis title: "Vulnerability to extreme events related to climate change: a sociological analysis of the discourse and practice of social assistance in scenarios of disaster caused by rain storms". Supervisor: Norma Felicidade Lopes da Silva Valencio (sociology of disasters).

Ventura da Silva, Carolina. PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Thesis title: "Health impact evaluation of the Brazilian Program for One Million Rainwater Cisterns". Supervisors: Dr. Léo Heller (engineering) and Dr. Mariangela Carneiro (epidemiology).

Canada

Chile

Grunewald, Verónica. PhD in American Studies, Specialization in Social and Political Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago. Supervisor: Dr. Gloria Baigorrotegui Baigorrotegui.

Colombia

García González, Jenny Paola. PhD in Law, Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences, University of Caldas, Manizales. "The incursion of neoliberalism in Colombia since the Shock Doctrine: accumulation by dispossession and extractivism". Supervisors: Dr. Javier Gonzaga Valencia Hernández and Dr. Gabriel Armando Mendez Hincapié.

Marulanda García, Natalia. PhD in Environmental Law, Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences, University of Caldas, Manizales. Thesis title: "Environmental justice and extractivism in Colombia". Supervisor: Dr. Antoni Pigrau i Solé (Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, Spain).

Costa Rica

Cuba

France

Brown, Colin Andrew. Master in Sociology - Environmental Policies and Social Practices, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, Toulouse. Supervisor: Didier Busca.

Roman, Philippe. PhD in Ecological Economics, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines / REEDS Research Centre, Rambouillet. Thesis title: "Political economy and ecology of a big water transfer : the case of the São Francisco River (Brazil)". Supervisor: Prof. Martin O'Connor.

Valdovinos, Joyce. PhD in Geography and Urban Planning, Institute of Higher Latin American Studies (IHEAL) - Research and Documentation Centre for the Americas (CREDA), University of Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3, Paris. Thesis title: "The multilateral space of water: between globalization and local management. The private sector and water governance in Mexico and the United States". Supervisor: Dr. Graciela Schneier-Madanes.

Germany

Kreimann Zambrana, María Rosibel. PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Thesis title: "Water justice and community organizations in Nicaragua", Latin American Institute (LAI), Free University of Berlin (FUB), Berlin

Mexico

Ávalos Gorocica, Laura Alicia. BA in History and Contemporary Society, Autonomous University of Mexico City , Mexico City

Badillo Salas, Circe Esmeralda. PhD in Geography, Postgraduate Programme in Geography, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Mexico City. Thesis title: "The spatial production of unequal water distribution in periurban colonies of Tijuana caused by power relations". Supervisor: Dr. Maria Veronica Ibarra Garcia (geography).

Campos Buendía, Alba Margarita. BA in Social Sciences (Social Anthropology), College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Mexico City (UAMC), Campus San Lorenzo Tezónco. Mexico City. Thesis title: "The ethnic groups of Mexico City Metropolitan Area and their participation in social struggles over water in 1990-2010)". Supervisor: Dr. Karina Kloster (sociology).

Díaz Santos, María Guadalupe. Master in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City. Thesis title: "Community self water management in Latin America: a local alternative to a regional problem in Colombia and Mexico". Supervisor: Dr. María Luisa Torregrosa (sociology).

Hatch Kuri, Gonzalo. PhD in Geography, Postgraduate Programme in Geography, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Mexico City. Thesis title: "Juridical-political conflicts over the appropriation of underground water in the Paso del Norte Region, Chihuahua, Mexico". Supervisor: Dr. María Veronica Ibarra Garcia (geography).

Prado Prone, Geovanna. Master in International Cooperation for Development, Research Institute Dr. José María Luis Mora, Mexico City. Thesis title: "International cooperation for the equitable distribution of water in indigenous communities of Bolivia after the Water War". Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Domínguez Virgen.

Rodríguez Sánchez, Antonio. PhD in Geography, Postgraduate Programme in Geography, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Mexico City. Thesis title: "The spatial production of the El Zapotillo dam in the Altos de Jalisco, Mexico, 2000-2012". Supervisor: Dr. Maria Veronica Ibarra Garcia (geography), Dr. Alejandra Peña, and Prof. José Esteban Castro.

Peru

Spain

Alvim Carvalho, Frederico. PhD in Social Sciences Applied to the Environment, Pablo Olavide University, Seville. Thesis title: "Culture and the use of thermal and mineral-medicinal waters. Sustainable rural development and socioecological resilience in Poços de Caldas (Brazil) and Lanjarón (Spain)". Supervisor: Dr. J. Raúl Navarro García (history) and Javier Escalera Reyes (social sciences).

Cabello Villarejo, Violeta. PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, University of Seville, Seville. Thesis title: "Development of multi-scale analysis based on the concept of socio-ecological metabolism for the integrated evaluation of sustainability in river basins". Supervisors: Dr. Leandro del Moral Ituarte (human geography) and Dr. Mario Giampietro (ecological economics).

Ortega García, Carlos Ernesto. PhD in Current Latin American Studies, Research Institute Ortega y Gasset, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid. Thesis title: "The privatization of water in Colombia: the case of the Atlantic Coast". Supervisor: Cristina Xalma.

Vázquez Vargas, Carolina. Master in Sustainable River Management and Integrated Water Management, Faculty of Economics and Enterprise, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza. Thesis title: "The state of the art in Spain about indicators of management for the urban water cycle". Supervisor: Jaime Morell Sastre.

Switzerland

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

Bennison, Sarah. PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies, School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Thesis title: "The Cultural Meanings of Water in the Andes: Continuity and Change in Huarochirí (Peru)". Supervisors: Prof. Rosaleen Howard (linguistics) and Dr. Patricia Oliart (anthropology).

Minelli, Francesca. PhD in Sociology, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. Thesis title: "Communitarian water providers and the water justice movement: The case of Cochabamba water cooperatives". Supervisors: Dr. Nicole Bourque and Prof. Satnam Virdee.

Molina Camacho, Francisco. PhD in Human Geography, Department of Geography, King's College London, London. Thesis title: "Negotiated rationalities, politicised identities: inter-generational relations, water conflicts and mining in Chiu – Chiu, Chile". Supervisor: Prof. Raymond Bryant.

Moreano, Melissa. PhD in Human Geography, Department of Geography, King's College London, London. Thesis title: "Framing the struggle: Ecuadorian ecologism and the alternatives to green capitalism". Supervisor: Prof. Raymond Bryant.

Sanzana Calvet, Martín. PhD in Development Planning Studies, Development Planning Unit, Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, London. Thesis title: "Urban metabolism in Santiago de Chile's new developments". Supervisors: Dr. Vanesa Castan-Broto and Dr. Adriana Allen.

Siegel, Karen. PhD in Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. Thesis title: "Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Southern Cone: Which forms does it take and why?" Supervisors: Dr Kelly Kollman and Dr Mo Hume.

Zepeda Castillo, Carlos Salvador. PhD in Politics and International Studies, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry. Thesis title: "Water politics in El Salvador". Supervisor: Prof. Jan Aart Scholte.

United States

Hines, Sarah T.. PhD in History, Department of History, University of California , Berkeley. Thesis title: "Water and the City: Urbanización and Water Accumulation in Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1879-2012". Supervisors: Dr. Mark A. Healey and Dr. Margaret Chowning.

Kelly-Richards, Sarah. PhD in Geography, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson. Thesis topic: "Water governance in Chile". Supervisor: Dr. Carl Bauer.

Prieto, Manuel. PhD in Geography, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson. Thesis topic: "Managing water and legalizing indigeneity: the Chilean water reforms and the Atacameño people". Supervisors: Dr. Carl Bauer (Chair), Dr. Sallie Marston, Dr. Paul Robbins, and Dr. Stephen Lansing.

Roca Servat, Denisse. PhD in Justice Studies, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe. Thesis title: "The extractive industry and water in Peru: the quest for water justice in Arequipa". Supervisor: Dr. Bob Bolin.

Torres Salinas, Robinson Karol. PhD in Environmental Social Science, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe. Thesis title: "The political ecology of water struggles in Chile: Biobio y Aysen". Supervisors: Dr. Bob Bolin, Dr. Kelli L. Larson (School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning), and Dr. David Manuel-Navarrete (School of Sustainability).