Dr. Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola

• Environmental and climate change
• Biodiversity
• Theories of Development
• Decentralization & Reforms
• Gender
• Food and nutrition
• Agriculture, land use, climate change
• Governance and conflict

• Bangladesh
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Peru
• Uganda
• Guatemala
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Rwanda
• Ecuador

2019 - present: Doctoral Studies Support Program. Environmental peace-building and development in Colombia (DSSP)

2020 - present. Initiative: International Research Program for the Assessment of Social and Gender Transformation linked to Fire Events in the Amazon Region (IRASAG-Amazon).

2021 - present. Bioeconomy in Cuba (CUBE)

ZEF Gender Group Co-founder and co-coordination

Seminars and courses on "Gender and Development from a Feminist Critical Perspective", "Sustainable Agriculture" and "Decolonial theory and practices in Latin America" at ZEF, Uni-Bonn Faculties, and Bolivian Universities.

Micely Diaz Spaillat. "Racism as a political weapon: Instrumentalization of anti-Haitianism in the Dominican Republic": Gretchen Gónzaga: "The Sama Dilaut After Haiyan: Cycle of Displacement and Sedentarization in the Philippines"; Altynay Kambekova: "International Development Aid in Central Asia from a Feminist Perspective" (provisional title); Mayra Martin: "On-line social movement campaign of Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) claiming together on coronavirus crisis implication for their action. A case study of the Colombian Confederation of NGOs."; Sofía Saleem: "Gender Codes and School Education: Gender Inequality in Secondary School Textbook in Pakistan"; Dayra Blandon: "Community resilience of smallholder farmers to droughts in the dry corridor of Nicaragua: Sociocultural and institutional analysis from a historical perspective"; Maryoriet Nicole Rosales Salgado: "The Space where we belong: Women’s narratives of urban space in Honduras"; Rommel Zambrana Areas: "Adaptation of a methodology to assess urban resilience, Case study  District IX City of Managua, Nicaragua".

More than fifteen years of experience working on development projects, particularly on gender, environment and agriculture. Employers include international agencies such as Oxfam, the World Bank, Friedrich Ebert Stifftung, United Nations agencies and several non-governmental organisations. Four years of academic experience as Senior Researcher. Main areas of expertise: Rural development in the global South, gender mainstreaming and gender-sensitive research.

1. Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil), Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-Universität Bonn - Germany 2. Specialization on Gender and Development. CIDES, Bolivia 3. Master in Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Belgium Postgraduate Programme in Development Sciences 4. BSc. in Agriculture . Major University of San Andrés, La Paz - Bolivia.

Gender in Sustainable Development, Gender in Environmental Conflict.

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