The sixth call for applications to the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student Prize was for dissertations approved between 1 January and 31 December 2018 and closed on 28 February 2019. We had 9 applications for the Doctoral Prize. This year there were no submissions for the Masters Prize. We appointed an Evaluation Commission composed by academics from our Network and invited external evaluators. We provide below the details of the Evaluation Commission. The results of the competition were announced on 10 October 2019 during the X International Meeting of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network.
The Prize
Doctoral Prize 2019
Marcos Cristiano Zucarelli. Thesis title: “The mathematics of management and the muddy soul: the conflicts of governance in the approval of the mining project Minas-Rio and in the SAMARCO disaster” (in Portuguese). PhD in Anthropology, with specialization in Social Anthropology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2018.
Special Mention
Zenaida Luisa Lauda Rodriguez. Thesis title: “The precautionary principle in socio-environmental conflicts over water resources and mining. A comparative study of Brazil and Portuguese” (in Portuguese). PhD in Environmental Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2018.
Special Mention
Rafael Caldeira Magalhães. Thesis title: “Water and sanitation plans in Belem (1980 a 2015): rationalities, institutional changes, inter-sector dynamics and social participation” (in Portuguese). PhD in Water and Sanitation, Environment, and Water Resources, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2018.
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
Germain de Jesús Esquivel Hernández. Thesis title: “Integrated analysis of climatic variation, rainfall dynamics, and water conflicts in Costa Rica’s water management” (in Spanish). PhD in Natural Sciences for Development, State Open University (UNED), San Jose, Costa Rica, 2018.
Julieta Godfrid. Thesis title: “Strategies for the legitimation of mining: social responsibility in Argentina. An analysis based on the cases of Alumbrera and Veladero.” (in Spanish). PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018.
Robin Larsimont. Thesis title: “Agribusiness model, water and rurality in the Mendoza oasis, 1990-20117: towards a territorial political ecology” (in Spanish). PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018.
Rafael Caldeira Magalhães. Thesis title: “Water and sanitation plans in Belem (1980 a 2015): rationalities, institutional changes, inter-sector dynamics and social participation” (in Portuguese). PhD in Water and Sanitation, Environment, and Water Resources, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2018.
Daniel Moreno Muñoz. Thesis title: “Fishing activity in Mazarron Bay and marine tourism as a development prospect” (in Spanish). PhD in Geography, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, 2018.
Sergio Luiz Dias Portella. Thesis title: “The urgent knowledge of the knowledge of urgencies: risk and disaster reduction in Brazil” (in Portuguese). PhD in Territory, Risk and Public Policies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 2018.
Suyá Quintsrl. Thesis title: “The (re)production of environmental inequality in the metropolis. Water conflict, ‘water crisis’, and the water supply macrosystem in Río de Janeiro” (in Portuguese). PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018.
Zenaida Luisa Lauda Rodriguez. Thesis title: “The precautionary principle in socio-environmental conflicts over water resources and mining. A comparative study of Brazil and Portuguese” (in Portuguese). PhD in Environmental Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2018.
Marcos Cristiano Zucarelli. Thesis title: “The mathematics of management and the muddy soul: the conflicts of governance in the approval of the mining project Minas-Rio and in the SAMARCO disaster” (in Portuguese). PhD in Anthropology, with specialization in Social Anthropology, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2018.
Masters Prize
There were no submissions for the Masters Prize in 2019.
Evaluation Commission, 2019 edition of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student’s Prize
Dr Felipe Alpízar Rodríguez, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Dr Almir Arantes, State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Dr Erivaldo Cavalcanti e Silva Filho, University of the State of Amazonas (UEA), Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil.
Dr María Angélica Maciel Costa, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Rural Area – Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr André Monteiro Costa, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Dr Karen da Costa, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Dr Federico Yuri Hanai, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCAR), Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr Elder Andrade de Paula, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Dr José Gilberto de Souza, State University of São Paulo (UNESP) , Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Leandro del Moral, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
Dr Daniela Maimoni de Figueiredo, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Dr Javier Gonzaga, University of Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
Dr Gonzalo Hatch Kuri, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Jesús Vargas Molina, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
Dr Rodrigo Constante Martins, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Mónica Olvera, OXFAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Dr Margarita Portapila, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Dr Martín Sanzana Calvet, Institute of Strategic Studies for Human Development, Concepcion, Bio Bio, Chile
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