The seventh call for applications to the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student Prize was for dissertations approved between 1 January and 31 December 2019 and closed on 29 February 2020. We had 8 applications for the Doctoral Prize and 1 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 6 October 2020 in a virtual preparatory meeting of the XI International Meeting of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network.
The Prize
Doctoral Prize 2020
Alexander Panez Pinto. Thesis title: “The persistences of life. Dispossessions and resistances in the conflicts over water-land-territories under neoliberalism in Chile” (in Spanish). PhD in Geography, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019.
Mention
Aline Silveira Viana. Thesis title: “The elderly in disasters. An analysis of living conditions, health problems and the social responses given by the public authorities” (in Portuguese). PhD in Public Health, “Sergio Arouca” National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019.
Mention
Clarissa de Araujo Barreto. Thesis title: “Eucalyptus, water and society: a construction of representations in the Paraiba Valley, Sao Paulo, Brazil” (in Portuguese). PhD in Sciences, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, 2019.
Mention
Diego Antonio Cabrol. Thesis title: “Changes in the patterns of use and appropriation of water resources in the west of the Province of Cordoba, Argentina. Towards differentiated and focused policies” (in Spanish). PhD in Social Agrarian Studies, National University of Cordoba (UNC), Argentina, 2019.
Masters Prize 2020
Julián Reingold. Thesis title: “Transforming Freetown: coastal resilience and community-ecosystem based practices”. MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom, 2019.
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 Student Prize Series of the Network’s Working Papers.
This is the full list of participating candidates:
Doctoral Prize
Erick Alejandro Rafael Aguilar Obregon . Thesis title: “The process of citizen participation through cooperation in Mexico City’s hydraulic environments: the case of the Canal Nacional” (in Spanish). PhD in Social Sciences (Sociology), Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City, Mexico, 2019.
Flavia Darre Barbosa . Thesis title: “Hydrographic Basin Committees, representation, and participation: challenges and possibilities facing the management of water and water resources in Brazil” (in Portuguese). PhD in Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSC), Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2019.
Clarissa de Araujo Barreto. Thesis title: “Eucalyptus, water and society: a construction of representations in the Paraiba Valley, Sao Paulo, Brazil” (in Portuguese). PhD in Sciences, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, 2019.
Diego Antonio Cabrol. Thesis title: “Changes in the patterns of use and appropriation of water resources in the west of the Province of Cordoba, Argentina. Towards differentiated and focused policies” (in Spanish). PhD in Social Agrarian Studies, National University of Cordoba (UNC), Argentina, 2019.
Mario Edgar Lopez Ramirez. Thesis title: “Complex water management in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Region from the perspective of nature’s power and the world’s transformation” (in Spanish). PhD in Political Science, University of Guadalajara (UdeG), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2019.
Alexander Panez Pinto. Thesis title: “The persistences of life. Dispossessions and resistances in the conflicts over water-land-territories under neoliberalism in Chile” (in Spanish). PhD in Geography, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019.
Ana Pohlenz de Tavira. Thesis title: “Turbulent Rivers. Conflicts in Guatemala and México over the hydroenergy production in the Usumacinta River Basin” (in Spanish). PhD in Latin American Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, 2019.
Aline Silveira Viana. Thesis title: “The elderly in disasters. An analysis of living conditions, health problems and the social responses given by the public authorities” (in Portuguese). PhD in Public Health, “Sergio Arouca” National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019.
Masters Prize
Julian Reingold. Thesis title: “Transforming Freetown: coastal resilience and community-ecosystem based practices”. MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom, 2019.
Evaluation Commission, 2020 edition of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Student’s Prize
Dr Almir Arantes, State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Dr Citlalli Aidee Becerril-Tinoco, Research Centre on Geo-spatial Information Sciences (CentroGeo), National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT), Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
Dr Paola Bolados, University of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile.
Dr Joan Cortinas Muñoz, IGlobe Unit, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Dr Luciano Felix Florit, Regional University of Blumenau, Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Dr Eliano de Souza Martins Freitas, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Dr Sandra Hincapié Jiménez, Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), Zacatecas, Mexico.
Dr Pedro Roberto Jacobi, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Dr Gustavo Kohan, National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr Alex Latta, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Dr Ricardo Daniel Lombardo, National University of the Northeast (UNNE), Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
Dr Esther Padilla Calderon, El Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Dr Jaime Paneque Galvez, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Morelia, Mexico.
Dr Suyá Quintslr, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dr José Irivaldo Oliveira Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Sume, Paraiba, Brazil.
Dr Inmaculada Simon Ruiz, Autonomous University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Dr Antenora Maria da Mata Siqueira, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dr Pilar Villar, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Campus Baixada Santista, Santos, Brazil.
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