Sebastián Ureta is Associate Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with a joint appointment between College UC and the Institute for Sustainable Development. His main area of interest is the analysis of policies, practices, and conflicts associated with the governance of environmental degradation and restoration in Chile. He is currently developing research projects on productive transitions in marine environments and on the regulation of soil contamination. In addition to multiple articles in leading journals, he has published the books Assembling Policy: Transantiago, Human Devices, and the Dream of a World-Class Society (MIT Press, 2015), Worlds of Gray and Green: Mineral extraction as ecological practice (University of California Press, 2022), and Experimentos Políticos: Repensando la implementación de políticas públicas (Ediciones Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2023).
Contact: sureta@uc.cl
Francisco Araos is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chile. He holds a degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Chile and a PhD in Environment and Society from the State University of Campinas, Brazil. He is a specialist in sustainability and biodiversity conservation with over 15 years of experience in interdisciplinary research and development projects in the socio-environmental field. He is the creator and coordinator of the Socio-Environmental Monitoring Program Community Sentinels.
Contact: francisco.araos@uchile.cl
Tomás Ariztía is Full Professor and Director of the School of Sociology at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. His research lies at the intersection of science, technology, and society studies, economic sociology, and environmental sociology, and focuses on the study of energy transitions—particularly the social life of clean technologies and their place in socio-environmental transformation processes. He is currently researching the boom of green hydrogen in Patagonia; local technologies for climate action—where he directs www.tecnologiaslocales.cl; and different modes of forest valuation in the context of the climate crisis.
Contact: tomas.ariztia@udp.cl
Consuelo Biskupovic holds a PhD in Anthropology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France. She is currently Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Research, Innovation and Creation (CIIC) at Universidad Católica de Temuco. She is an Associate Researcher at the Disaster Risk Management Research Center, CIGIDEN (FONDAP), and Principal Investigator of the Millennium Nucleus for Applied Historical Ecology for Arid Forests (AFOREST). She is the lead researcher of the Fondecyt Regular project (2024–2027) titled “Multiscalar governance of climate change in Chile: Deliberation and participation in hybrid forums.” Her research focuses ethnographically on activism and participation processes in fragile and extractive environments.
Contact: cbiskupovic@gmail.com
Zoё Fleming is a Research Professor at Universidad del Desarrollo’s Center for Research in Technologies for Society and a collaborating researcher at (CR)2. She is trained as an environmental chemist and holds a PhD in atmospheric chemistry from the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on understanding and mitigating the impacts of environmental pollution on communities. She has worked on large-scale projects modeling the transport of atmospheric pollutants, and currently leads initiatives to monitor air, water, and soil quality at the local level using low-cost sensors. Her goal is to provide communities with tools to make informed decisions and protect their environment.
Contact: zfleming@udd.cl
Maite Salazar is a researcher at the Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology and an external lecturer in the Master’s program in Science, Technology and Society at Universidad Alberto Hurtado. She is a biochemist from Universidad de Chile and holds a PhD in Community Agriculture, Recreational and Resource Studies from Michigan State University, USA. Her research, teaching, and outreach work has focused on the democratization of science, the social aspects of biotechnology, environmental policy, and participatory approaches to environmental protection. She is currently exploring community science as a framework to address the challenges of the ecological crisis in small-scale agriculture.
Contact: maite.salazar@gmail.com
Mauricio Hernández is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Center for Regional Development Studies and Public Policy at Universidad de Los Lagos. He is head of the Master’s program in Social Sciences in Territorial Studies and principal FONDECYT researcher of the Initiation Project N°11231109 “Climate Resilience in Agricultural Production Systems.” He is also an associate researcher in the project “Wellbeing In a Dematerialized Economy” (WIDE), University of Pisa. His research interests include the study of the interrelationships between resource use and human well-being.
Contact: mauricio.hernandez@ulagos.cl
Camila Bañales-Seguel works as a Senior Specialist in environmental impact assessment and biodiversity conservation at the Río Cruces Wetlands Center. She is also Director and Co-founder of Aguas Arriba, a consultancy specialized in river systems, urban wetlands, land-use planning, and participatory science. She holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from PUC and a PhD in Environmental Sciences from Universidad de Concepción. Her work seeks to integrate approaches and methodologies from various disciplines—ecology, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, social sciences—to understand aquatic ecosystems as socio-ecosystems. Her work is characterized by a strong component of science communication and environmental education for diverse audiences.
Contact: caspicamila@gmail.com
Marcela Márquez is a researcher at the Río Cruces Wetlands Center at Universidad Austral de Chile. She holds a degree in Environmental Biology, a Master’s from Universidad de Chile, and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida (USA), with a specialization in Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation. Her research seeks to understand the factors that influence the participation of different actors in conservation programs, as well as collaboration and collective action processes for the transformation of socio-ecological systems. She has experience facilitating participatory decision-making processes, evaluating conservation education and communication programs, and working on community science projects.
Contact: marcela.marquez@gmail.com
Sofía Vargas is a professor at the School of Environment and Sustainability at Universidad Mayor. She holds a PhD in Sciences from ETH Zurich (Switzerland), a Master’s in Communication from Simon Fraser University (Canada), and a Bachelor’s in Communication from Universidad de Chile. Her areas of interest include participatory research and transdisciplinary approaches; science communication and risk communication. She is also an author of books for children and young audiences.
Contact: sofia.vargasp@umayor.cl
Macarena Valenzuela is a faculty member in the Department of Design at Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana – UTEM. She holds a PhD in Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Project Management from Universitat Politècnica de València. Her research has focused on R&D&I activities linking Design and Technology, especially around the concept of Fab Labs and their impact on the innovation ecosystem; Biomaterials, Collaboration, and Sustainable Development. She is currently project coordinator at Fab Lab ProteinLab UTEM and Innova UTEM. She is also a representative of the Chilean Fab Labs Network.
Contact: mvalenzuela@utem.cl
Lucie Le Goff is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Institute for Sustainable Development at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, leading the project: “Citizen science and transdisciplinarity in Chile. Lessons, challenges and perspectives to become a driver of ecological transition.” She holds a PhD in Geography and has led qualitative research on contemporary challenges linked to the society-nature relationship, prioritizing interdisciplinarity and participatory action research methodologies. Her main research topics are socio-environmental inequalities related to water, adaptation to coastal risks in the context of climate change, and wetland conservation.
Contact: lelegoff@uc.cl
Francisco Godoy Sepúlveda is a postdoctoral researcher at CITEC. He is a Social Anthropologist with a Master’s in Social Sciences from Universidad de Chile, and a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Specialized in environmental issues, he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in both Chile and Spain. His research has focused on the social appropriation of scientific knowledge in socio-environmental conflicts, the impacts of urban and mining waste disposal on local populations, as well as conservation and communal management of natural resources, landscape formation, and biocultural heritage.
Contact: fagodoys@gmail.com
Miguel Ignacio Fernández is currently a PhD student in Anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds a degree in Anthropology from Universidad Católica de Temuco. His research areas include social studies of science and technology, history of science, and climate change.
Contact: mifernandez7@uc.cl
Daniel Valenzuela is a faculty member at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communications at Universidad Santo Tomás and is currently writing his doctoral dissertation in Sociology at Universidad Alberto Hurtado. He holds a degree in Sociology from Universidad Alberto Hurtado and a Master’s in Sociology from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His areas of interest include addressing socio-environmental issues through theoretical-analytical frameworks such as citizen science, social studies of science and technology, and inter- and transdisciplinary practices, as well as the application and reflection on qualitative, participatory, and speculative research methods.
Contact: dvalenzuelagalarc@gmail.com
Wladimir Riquelme is currently a PhD student in Architecture and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His dissertation focuses on habitability in devastated forests in southern Chile. He holds a degree in Anthropology from Universidad Alberto Hurtado and a Master’s in Human Settlements and Environment from PUC. He is a member of the Anthropology of Conservation Group and works in applied research at the Observatorio Ciudadano. He is also a part-time lecturer at Universidad de Los Lagos and produces ethnographic documentaries with Sofía Films.
Contact: wladiriquelme@gmail.com.
Florencia Diestre is an anthropologist from Universidad Alberto Hurtado and holds a Master’s in Social Sciences with a mention in the Sociology of Modernization from Universidad de Chile. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Sciences with a focus on Territorial Studies at Universidad de Los Lagos, where she is developing her dissertation on the recovery of commons. Her work focuses on collaborative research in citizen science, data systematization, and community and intercultural monitoring. She is a member of the Anthropology of Conservation Research Group and participates in knowledge dialogue and recovery processes aimed at care and territorial sustainability.
Contact: f.diestre@gmail.com
Ricardo Sepúlveda Soto is an industrial designer from Universidad de Chile and is currently studying in the Master’s program in Science, Technology and Society at Universidad Alberto Hurtado. His research explores how citizen science can transform the relationship between Chilean communities, science, and technology, promoting the appropriation of knowledge and the development of technoscientific narratives in the face of environmental challenges. He is a teaching assistant at Universidad de Chile and lecturer at Universidad Alberto Hurtado. He has participated in projects on social robotics, digital fabrication, and technological innovation focused on local solutions.
Nicole Rocha Toro is a student in the Master’s program in Water Resources at Universidad Austral de Chile. She holds a degree in Geography and a Bachelor of Science from the same university. Her academic studies have focused on socio-environmental research with an emphasis on the health of freshwater ecosystems, participatory mapping, and intercultural community science. She is a member of the Transrivers Laboratory, which studies water bodies in southern and southernmost Chile from an interdisciplinary perspective.
She is also part of the technical team of the collective Epulafkenmapu, dedicated to protecting the water quality of the Sub-basin of Tributaries to Lake Ranco (Puel Willi Mapu Territory) from the ancestral worldview of the Mapuche people and through scientific tools. Her work articulates scientific knowledge and local wisdom to strengthen community monitoring processes in defense of rivers and lakes.
Araceli holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), where she specialized in Geography and Sustainability. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Geography and Geomatics at the same university. Her research focuses on the role of geography in environmental education, particularly in developing sustainability competencies and highlighting the importance of interculturality. She has participated in research projects across various geographic areas, focusing on ancestral knowledge, cultural identity, and the articulation of diverse territorial actors to address local socio-ecological challenges.
My name is Sebastián Gajardo Jara. I am an anthropologist from Universidad Austral de Chile. I am currently in the first year of the Master’s program in Governance, Management, and Regional Development at Universidad Austral de Chile. I completed my professional internship through the Servicio País program in Llifén, at the Technical Professional School, with the aim of supporting the memory and identity of ancestral knowledge of medicinal plants. In Calcurrupe, I also supported the program in promoting tourism and identity initiatives of the local inhabitants, which ultimately became the topic of my thesis for the Anthropology degree.
Sergio Salinas is currently pursuing a degree in Anthropology with a specialization in Social Anthropology at Universidad de Chile. He is designing his thesis around citizen science, specifically the case of Volunteers for Water. He uses ethnographic methods and various qualitative methodologies. Throughout his academic career, his work and interests have focused on environmental issues, organizations, and politics, from an anthropological perspective.
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