EXPERTISE

• Natural resource governance
• State-firm relations in Latin America
• Socio-environmental conflicts

EDUCATION

• Doctorate in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Master’s degree in Social Sciences Research, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Her research interests span sociology, critical management, and international development. Particularly, her research focuses on the study of companies in the extractive sector, community relations practices and the relationship between companies-communities-state.  Her research investigates the interrelationship between organizational changes, sustainability, environmental regulation and social conflicts.  In particular, she has analyzed the relationship between transformations in corporate behavior in the mining sector and the emergence of socio-environmental conflicts.

She has a vast experience working in interdisciplinary projects on natural resources governance and sustainability. Among the topics that she has researched and the financing agencies, the following stand out: about water governance and mining in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Argentina (financed by Ford Foundation); on ecosystem services (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, The Wellcome Trust and Volkswagen Foundation); on corporate social responsibility, business and communities in Argentina and Chile (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council -Canada, National Research and Development Agency of Chile, National Scientific and Technical Research Council) on extractive companies and socio-environmental impacts in Argentina (Fund for Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina) and on social movements and conflicts in Argentina and Chile (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council -Canada and University of Buenos Aires).

IDIOMAS – Spanish; English.