Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – The University in the Helmholtz Association
In close partnership with society, KIT develops solutions for urgent challenges – from climate change, energy transition and sustainable use of natural resources to artificial intelligence, sovereignty and an aging population. As The University in the Helmholtz Association, KIT unites scientific excellence from insight to application-driven research under one roof – and is thus in a unique position to drive this transformation. As a University of Excellence, KIT offers its more than 10,000 employees and 22,800 students outstanding opportunities to shape a sustainable and resilient future.
KIT – Science for Impact.
Principal Investigator and scientific
project coordinator
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael is Professor of Regional Science and Director of the Institute for Regional Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He has been actively involved in research projects in Latin America for the last 20 years. Currently he also coordinates the research projects "Contested Territories" and "Prefigure".
Doctoral Researcher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dorothea is a doctoral candidate and lecturer at the Institute for Regional Science in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on different aspects of the interrelations between people, society and environment, as well as on extractivism and the concept of development. Her research focuses on Latin America, with research on Brazil, Chile and Peru.
Research Assistant and PhD Student
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Francisco is a research assistant at KIT. He holds a Master's in Sustainability Science from Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and a Master's in Human Ecology from Lund University, Sweden. His topics of research revolve around socio-ecological conflicts from the perspective of labour as well as the articulation of community alternatives to capitalist projects of development.
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Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt-Universität combines academic excellence with social responsibility. Guided by Humboldt's legacy, it stands for free, independent research, research-based learning and an open exchange of knowledge with society. It offers space for diversity, critical debate and new perspectives – right in the heart of Berlin, with a global network. As a vibrant community, it actively shapes a sustainable, just and knowledge-based future.
Principal Investigator and scientific
project coordinator.
Humboldt University of Berlin
Dr. Corinna Hölzl is a postdoc researcher at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on civil society and social movements activities in socio-ecological spatial transitions. She has extensive empirical research experience in South American countries and different European contexts.
Student Assistant
Humboldt University of Berlin
Merle Lüking is student assistant at the Geography Department of Humboldt University of Berlin. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Geography and Social Anthropology from Münster University and is currently studying Human Geography and Gender Studies for her Master’s at Humboldt-University of Berlin.
University of Brasilia
The University of Brasilia offers free public education of excellence for Brazilian and foreign students, with a humanistic, embracive and plural perspective of citizens' rights. Our goals and our mission are to be a reference in teaching, research and community projects, contributing to global knowledge in an interconnected world.
Principal Investigator
University of Brasilia
Sergio is Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Environment and Rural Development (PPG-Mader) and at the Center for Sustainable Development (CDS/UnB) of the University of Brasilia (UnB), Brazil. He is coordinator of the Observatory of Socio-environmental Conflicts of Matopiba.
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Postdoctoral researcher
University of Brasilia
Guadalupe holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of Brasilia. She currently works on the following themes: critical development studies, critical agrarian studies, sustainability transformation and political agroecology.
Social Scientist
University of Brasília
Milena de Oliveira Evangelista is Social Scientist at the University of Brasília. Development and Contradiction in Matopiba: Production and Accumulation of Wealth in a Territory of Hunger and Inequality.
PhD and Master's candidate
University of Brasilia
Vinícius Araújo is PhD and Master's candidate in Sustainable Development at the University of Brasilia. He is also graduate in Agribusiness Management from the same university. His research focuses on land conflicts and financialisation in the Matopiba region.
Doctoral researcher
From 09/2023 to 08/2024
University of Brasilia
Juliana is a doctoral candidate at University of Brasilia. She holds a Master's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She is specialized in socio-environmental law. She is executive secretary and researcher at the Observatory of Socio-environmental Conflicts of Matopiba.
University of Chile
The University of Chile was founded on the 19th of November, 1842. It is the oldest higher education institution in Chile. Generating, developing, integrating and communicating knowledge in all the areas of knowledge and culture are the mission and basis of the activities of the University. This makes up the involvedness of their work and directs the education they impart.
Principal Investigator
University of Chile
Michael is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of Chile, associate researcher at the Center for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES) and editor of the journal "Investigaciones Geográficas". His research focuses on the intersections of international urban political economy, urban political ecology and power relations in urban governance and planning in Latin America and Chile.
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Chile
David is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Geography of the University of Chile, He holds a PhD in Social Sciences and a Master's degree in Economic History. His research focuses on understanding the trajectories of business associations and corporations in the context of the processes of financialization and neoliberalization.
Doctoral Researcher
University of Chile
Claudia is a research assistant at the Center for Environmental Law (CDA) and at the Governance and Political Science Interface of the Center for Climate Science and Resilience (CR2). She holds a Master's degree in Land Management and Geography, and a Diploma in Environmental Law. Also she is a PdD candidate in 'Territory, Space and Society' at Universidad de Chile
El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México is an outstanding social science and humanities research and teaching institute and has received numerous awards since its inception in 1940. The institution operates as a small public university and research center with a highly specialized faculty, an excellent academic library and a program of high level seminars and conferences on cutting edge issues of the contemporary world as well as in many academic disciplines.
Principal Investigator
El Colegio de México
Nadine Reis is a research professor at the Center for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México. She is a Level I National Researcher of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI).
Postdoctoral Researcher
El Colegio de México
Manuel has worked for 12 years in different Ecuadorian universities doing research on the Amazon and being part of geographic collectives. He is co-author of the book "La selva de los elefantes blancos" and co-compiler of the books "Geografía crítica para detener el despojo", "La explotación del Yasuní en medio del derrumbe petrolero global" and "Cuerpos, Territorios y Feminismos".
Doctoral Researcher
El Colegio de México
Santiago holds a master's degree in Socio-spatial Studies. He is currently studying for a PhD in Urban and Environmental Studies at El Colegio de México. His interests are critical studies on city, housing, spatial justice and territorial development.