The second call for applications to the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student Prize was for dissertations approved between 1 January and 31 December 2014 and closed on 31 January 2015. We had 7 applications, 3 for the Masters Prize and 4 for the Doctoral Prize. We appointed an Evaluation Commission composed by 14 academics from our Network. We provide below the details of the Evaluation Commission.
The 2 winners were announced during the VII WATERLAT-GOBACIT Annual Meeting that took place on 19-23 October 2015 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Also, given that we had a very strong field, the Editorial Commission decided to invite all other candidates to submit an article based on their thesis for publication in the Network’s Working Papers Series.
The Prize
Doctoral Prize 2015
Jorge Ivars. Thesis title: “Producers at the global environmental crossroads. Power and rationalization in the appropriation and use of water in the oasis of the Mendoza River, Argentina”. PhD in Social and Human Sciences, National University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014. Downloadable here.
Masters Prize 2015
María Guadalupe Díaz Santos. Thesis title: “Power relations in community water management. The territory and the social as forces”. Master in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014. Downloadable here.
This is the full list of participating candidates:
Doctoral Prize
Giuliano Crauss Daronco. Thesis title: “Proposition and application of a methodology for evaluating and auditing municipal plans of basic sanitation”. PhD in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation, Federal University of Rio Grande Sul, Brazil, 2014. Downloadable here.
Jorge Ivars. Thesis title: “Producers at the global environmental crossroads. Power and rationalization in the appropriation and use of water in the oasis of the Mendoza River, Argentina”. PhD in Social and Human Sciences, National University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014. Downloadable here.
Valeria Llano-Arias. Thesis title: “Communication Practices and Citizens’ Participation in the Colombian Water Movement” PhD in Sociology, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2014. Downloadable here.
Francisco Javier Molina Camacho. Thesis title: “Negotiated Rationalities, Politicised Identities: Intergenerational Relations, Water Conflicts and Mining in Chiu–Chiu, Chile”. PhD in Geography, Kings College London, United Kingdom, 2014. Downloadable here.
Masters Prize
Colin Brown. Thesis title: “Un Systeme Communautaire de la Gestion de la Ressource en Eau: Approche Sociotechnique de L’Innovation”. Master en Politiques Environnementales et Pratiques Sociales, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France, 2014. Downloadable here.
Abril Fabiola Casas Cervantes. Thesis title: “The relationship between community management and municipal public policies in water management. The case of Patamburapio spring in the state of Michoacán, 2009-2013”. Inter-institutional Master in Public Policies, El Colegio de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2014. Downloadable here.
María Guadalupe Díaz Santos. Thesis title: “Power relations in community water management. The territory and the social as forces”. Master in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014. Downloadable here.
Evaluation Commission, 2015 edition of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student’s Prize
Dr Ana Lúcia Britto, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Dr Alex Caldera, University of Guanajuato, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
Dr Paúl Cisneros, Institute of Higher National Studies (IAEN), Quito, Ecuador
Dr Luis Henrique Cunha, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Paraiba, Brazil
Dr Juan Carlos Domínguez, Jose Luis María Mora Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Adriana Hernández, University of Guadalajara, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Dr Verónica Ibarra, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Karina Kloster, Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM), Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Alex Latta, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Dr Jesus Raúl Navarro García, Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Seville, Spain
Dr Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Centre for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Mexico
Dr Sonaly Rezende, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Dr Adriana Sandoval, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Dr Norma Valencio, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
For queries or comments about the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student Prize, please contact the Network’s Secretary.