About Andrea
I originally trained as an agronomist within the agrarian systems and compared agriculture school of thought. Through research with different types of institutions and organizations, I have enriched my interests, lenses, and methods to approach questions of change and transformation of social-ecological systems, particularly in rural areas. The geographic focus of my work has mostly been the Andes-Amazon. My current research, conducted within a transdisciplinary team and approach, explores the impacts of land use change and climate change on livelihoods and ecosystem services in landscapes increasingly connected to global commodity chains. I am interested in further pursuing questions on the impacts of these rapid transformations on rural communities in terms of land and natural resource governance systems, livelihood strategies, mobilities, and territorially-specific conceptions of well-being and autonomy.
Google Scholar ProfileInterests
- Transformations and adaptations of land and natural resource governance systems in the face of globalization and climate change
- Livelihood strategies, food security/ sovereignty, and multi-residency
- Territorial multifunctionality and conceptions of autonomy
- Mobilities and multiple residency
- Mixed-methods and Q-method
Education
Postdoc, The Natural Capital Project - Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, 2021-2022
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Ecology - University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, 2019
Graduate Certificate, Higher Education - Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
La Paz, Bolivia, 2018
M.S., Agricultural Development and Compared Agriculture - AgroParisTech
Paris, France, 2011
B.S., Agricultural Engineering - AgroParisTech and University of Sao Paulo (ESALQ)
Paris, France and Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, 2010-2011
Classe préparatoire, BCPST - Lycée Henri IV
Paris France, 2005-2007
Awards, Honors, Grants
- WCNR Team Award, 2024
- Dean’s Grant for Transdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Wicked Problems - Just Social Ecological Transformations in Latin America Program, 2023
- PRO-Agua Phase 3: Integrated Watershed and Freshwater Systems Management for Resilience in the Amazon Basin (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation), 2023
- Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2020
Selected Publications
Participatory Action Research for Conservation and Development: Experiences from the Amazon
Political ecology explanations for ineffective environmental governance for sustainability in the Amazon: A comparative analysis of cases from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru
Desarrollo de capacidades en transformación de conflictos socioambientales. Teoría y práctica
Sustainable land and irrigation management to limit loss of hydropower in the Andes-Amazon headwaters
Meanings of indigenous autonomy: Between identity, authority, and integration
Memberships
- Board of Directors, Institute for the Rural Development of South America (IPDRS)
- Affiliated researcher, Socio-Economic Research Institure, Bolivian Catholic University (IISEC-UCB)
- Co-chair of Research Llanos de Moxos Working Group (www.llanosdemoxos.org)
Web Links
Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas IISEC - Universidad Católica Boliviana
Just Social-Ecological Transformations in Latin America Program