PhD project

Indigenous people and “Green extractivism”: an ecological justice and legal pluralist analysis of lithium mining at the Salar de Atacama in Chile and solar photovoltaic projects at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia

Qualifications

  • Master of Development Practice, The University of Queensland, Australia, 2019 – 2021
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, 2009 – 2015

Experience

  • 2022 – Present: Tutor of The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance (2022/2) & facilitator Sociology of the Environment (2022/2), Globalisation & Development in Post-Colonial (2022/1), and History and Theories of Development (2022/1). The University of Queensland.
  • 2020 – Present: Consultant – Project Coordinator. EarthRights International (Peru)
  • 2021: Casual Research Assistant. Institute for Social Science Research
  • 2020-2021: Casual Senior Research Technician. The University of Queensland
  • 2020-2021: Consultant – Researcher. The Konrad Adenauer Foundation's (KAS) Rule of Law Programme for Latin America (Colombia)
  • 2018-2019: Lawyer. EarthRights International (Peru)
  • 2017-2019: Research Assistant – Consultant. CooperAcción (Peru)
  • 2014-2017: Law clerk. Protección S.A. (Colombia)
  • 2014: Legal intern. Advocates for Human Rights. (United States)

Research Interests:

  • Extractivism
  • Legal pluralism
  • Political ecology
  • Sustainable development
  • Human and non-human rights