The fourth call for applications to the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student Prize was for dissertations approved between 1 January and 31 December 2016 and closed on 28 February 2017. We had 5 applications, 2 for the Masters Prize and 3 for the Doctoral Prize. We appointed an Evaluation Commission composed by academics from our Network. We provide below the details of the Evaluation Commission. The results of the competition were announced on 13 November 2017.
The Prize
Doctoral Prize 2017
Fabio Vladimir Sánchez Calderón. Thesis title: “Tunjuelo: a Southern river: urban inequality in Bogota in the mid XX Century” (in Spanish). PhD in History, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 2016. Downloadable here.
Masters Prize 2017
According to the competition rules, there was no winner of the 2017 Masters Prize.
Also, given the quality of the applications, 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.
This is the full list of participating candidates:
Doctoral Prize
Circe Esmeralda Badillo Salas. Thesis title: “Spatial production in the unequal distribution of water in the peri-urban colonies of Tijuana, Baja California” (in Spanish). PhD in Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, 2016. Downloadable here.
Gonzalo Hatch Kuri. Thesis title: “Juridical-political conflicts over the appropriation of underground waters in the Paso del Norte Region” (in Spanish). PhD in Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, 2016. Downloadable here.
Fabio Vladimir Sánchez Calderón. Thesis title: “Tunjuelo: a Southern river: urban inequality in Bogota in the mid XX Century” (in Spanish). PhD in History, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 2016. Downloadable here.
Masters Prize
Moisés Gerardo Hernández Cruz. Thesis title: “Water planning and governance: their implementation in the hydrographic sub-basin of the Amecameca river, Valley of Mexico” (in Spanish). Master in Integral Water Management, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 2016. Downloadable here.
Edson Aparecido da Silva. Thesis title: “De-contamination of the Tiete river: questioning paradigms to move forward” (in Portuguese). Master in Territorial Planning and Management, Federal University of the ABC, Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2016. Downloadable here.
Evaluation Commission, 2017 edition of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student’s Prize
Dr Paúl Cisneros, Institute of Higher National Studies (IAEN), Quito, Ecuador
Dr Andre Monteiro Costa, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Dr Uende Aparecida Figueiredo Gomes, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Dr Veronica Ibarra, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Marcela Morales-Magaña, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Dr. Paula Mussetta, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Mendoza, Argentina
Dr Esther Padilla Calderon, El Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Dr Adriana Sandoval Moreno, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Dr Inmaculada Simón Ruiz, Autonomous University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Beatriz Torres Beristain, University of Veracruz, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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