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PhD Researcher, Utrecht University

Environmental governance and sustainability researcher and practitioner. Research and work areas include: circular economy, post-development theories (such as buen vivir), degrowth, nature-based solutions, urban studies, deliberative democracy and environmental discourse and policy analysis. All my academic publications can be openly accessed here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Calisto-Friant

Experience

  • 2018–present
    PhD Researcher , Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
  • 2016–2018
    Technical Assistant, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature),
  • 2015–2016
    Public Administration Analyst, Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador
  • 2013–2014
    Environment and Sustainable Development Associate , Sun Mountain International
  • 2014–2014
    Business Development Intern, Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand

Publications

  • 2022
    Challenging dominant sustainability worldviews on the energy transition: Lessons from Indigenous communities in Mexico and a plea for pluriversal technologies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105725
  • 2021
    Analysing European Union circular economy policies: words versus actions, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.11.001
  • 2020
    A typology of circular economy discourses: Navigating the diverse visions of a contested paradigm, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104917
  • 2019
    Deliberating for sustainability: lessons from the Porto Alegre experiment with participatory budgeting, https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2019.1570219
  • 2015
    The Buen Vivir: A Policy to Survive the Anthropocene? , https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12187