| Student Name | Carolina Filippon |
| Preferred name | Carolina |
| Programme | PhD in Law, National University of the Litoral, Santa Fe |
| Thesis | Law as stabiliser of environmental tensions over renewable natural resources |
| Supervisors | Dr. Cósimo Gonzalo Sozzo (Law / Sociology of law) |
Students
Argentina
Doctorate
| Student Name | Jorge Daniel Ivars |
| Preferred name | Jorge Daniel |
| Programme | PhD in Social and Human Sciences, National University of Quilmes, Buenos Aires |
| Thesis | Rationalities and power in water appropiation and use in Mendoza |
| Supervisors | Dr. Elma Montaña (Geography/Sociology) and Dr. Cristina Carballo (Sociology/Environment) |
| Student Name | Gisela Maydana |
| Preferred name | Gisela |
| Programme | PhD in Engineering, National University of Rosario, Rosario |
| Thesis | Quantification of environmental indicators |
| Supervisors | Margarita Portapila (engineering) and Diego Alfonso Erba (cartography and geographical information systems) |
| Student Name | Mariel Zanuccoli |
| Preferred name | Mariel |
| Programme | PhD in Political Science, National University of Córdoba, Córdoba |
| Thesis | Water, power, and decision structures. Analysis of conflicts related to the use and management of water resources in the Carcaraña River basin |
| Supervisor | Margarita Portapila (engineering) |
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Bolivia
| Student Name | Jaime Galarza |
| Programme | PhD in Energy and Development, Higher University of San Simón, Cochabamba, in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Thesis | Languages of valuation in environmental conflicts in indigenous territories and protected areas caused by the hydrocarbon production in the Bolivian Amazon. |
| Supervisor | Carlos Crespo Flores (sociology) |
| Student Name | Luz Sucy Fernández |
| Programme | PhD in Energy and Development, Higher University of San Simón, Cochabamba, in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Thesis | The impact of hydroelectric dams in the Bolivian Amazon |
| Supervisor | Carlos Crespo Flores (sociology) |
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Brazil
Doctorate
| Student Name | Barbosa Heller, Pedro Gasparini |
| Preferred name | Pedro Heller |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Different institutional models for the management of water and sanitation services: an analysis of Brazilian municipalities |
| Supervisors | Nilo Nascimento (engineering) and Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Braga Silveira, Rogério |
| Preferred name | Rogério Braga |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Municipal planning for basic sanitation: a comparative study of experiences in Brazil |
| Supervisor | Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | dos Santos Gomes, Cicera Maria |
| Preferred name | Cicera Gomes |
| Programme | PhD in Social Service, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco |
| Thesis | Mercantilizing space and expropriating the population: a case study of the municipality of Cabo de Agostinho, Pernambuco |
| Supervisor | Dênis Bernardes (social history) |
| Student Name | Figueiredo Gomes, Uende Aparecida |
| Preferred name | Uende Figueiredo |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Policy impact evaluation of the Brazilian Program for One Million Rainwater Cisterns |
| Supervisor | Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Lanza Queiroz, Ana Carolina |
| Preferred name | Carol Lanza |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Integration between indicators of water quality for human consumption and epidemiological indicators: a study of small, medium and large urban areas |
| Supervisor | Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Mello Sant’Anna, Fernanda |
| Programme | PhD in Human Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, Humanities and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Management of transboundary water resources in Amazonia |
| Supervisors | Wagner Costa Ribeiro (geography) |
| Student Name | Piterman, Ana |
| Preferred name | Ana Piterman |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Evaluation of the creation and implementation of water and sanitation consortia: a study of three cases in Brazil |
| Supervisors | Sonaly Rezende (engineering) and Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Carvalho Queiroz, Vitor |
| Preferred name | Vitor Queiroz |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Evaluation of the tariff of water and sanitation services on people's income |
| Supervisors | Nilo Nascimento (engineering) and Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Rossi, Renata Alvarez |
| Preferred name | Renata Rossi |
| Programme | PhD in Social Sciences, Federal University of Bahia |
| Thesis | Water policies in Bahia |
| Supervisors | Inaiá Carvalho |
| Student Name | Toledo Lisboa Ataide, Gabriela Vieira de |
| Preferred Name | Gabriela de Toledo |
| Programme | PhD in Environment, Water and Sanitation, Department of Environmental Sanitation, Federal Univerity Bahia |
| Thesis | Municipal basic sanitation plans and perspectives for the promotion of social and environmental justice: a study of the experiences of Alagoinhas, Belo Horizonte and Salvador |
| Supervisor | Patricia Borja (sanitary engineering) |
| Student Name | Ventura da Silva, Carolina |
| Preferred name | Carol Ventura |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Health impact evaluation of the Brazilian Program for One Million Rainwater Cisterns |
| Supervisors | Léo Heller (engineering) and Mariangela Carneiro (epidemiology) |
| Student Name | Villar, Pilar Carolina |
| Preferred Name | Pilar Carolina Villar |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Science, Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Science (PROCAM), University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Governance of groundwater: the case of the Guarani aquifer |
| Supervisors | Wagner Costa Ribeiro (geography) |
Masters
| Student Name | Braga Ribeiro, Renan |
| Preferred name | Renan Ribeiro |
| Programme | MA in Environmental Science, Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Science (PROCAM), and Institute of Electro-technique and Energy, University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Modeling the influence of nutrient sources on the variability of phytoplankton biomass in the Santos estuarine system, Sao Paulo |
| Supervisor | Sônia Maria Flores Gianesella (biological oceanography) and Joseph Harari (physical oceanography) |
| Student Name | Cardoso de Mello, Maíra Crivellari |
| Preferred name | Maíra Mello |
| Programme | Master in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Social participation in the Municipal Councils for Sanitation: an evaluation of the Belo Horizonte case in Brazil |
| Supervisors | Sonaly Rezende (engineering) and Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Ferreira da Silva, Sheyla Christina |
| Preferred name | Sheyla Silva |
| Programme | MA in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Evaluation and integration of epidemiological and sanitary indicators in health policies: a study of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Supervisors | Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Lomba, Camila Cristina Pacheco |
| Preferred name | Camila Lomba |
| Programme | Master in Human Geography, Post-Graduate Programme in Human Geography, University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Hidro Security in São Paulo |
| Supervisors | Wagner Costa Ribeiro (geography) |
| Student Name | Guedes de Oliveira, Thiago |
| Preferred name | Thiago Guedes |
| Programme | Master in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | The faces of privatization: the process of transition between public and private management of water and sanitation services and the actors’ perceptions in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Supervisors | Sonaly Rezende (engineering) and Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Pereira de Souza, Eliel |
| Preferred name | Eliel Souza |
| Programme | MA in Environmental Science, Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Science (PROCAM), and Institute of Electro-technique and Energy, University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | APA Cananéia-Iguape-Peruíbe: the planning of a conservation unit as a tool for integrated coastal management |
| Supervisor | Sônia Maria Flores Gianesella (biological oceanography) |
| Student Name | Ramos, Alexandre |
| Preferred name | Alexandre Ramos |
| Programme | Master in Environmental Technology, Technology Institute of Pernambuco (ITEP), Recife, Brazil |
| Thesis | Qualitative evaluation of water demand and availability for industrial use in Suape, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Supervisors | Jaime Cabral, Universidad Federal de Pernambuco |
| Student Name | Simango, Leonel Tomás Carlos |
| Preferred Name | Leonel Simango |
| Programme | Master in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Private sector participation in the provision of urban public water supply in Mozambique: actors, processes and trajectory |
| Supervisor | Léo Heller (engineering) and Sonaly Rezende (engineering) |
Finland
Doctorate
| Student Name | Annina Takala |
| Programme | PhD in Water and Waste Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology |
| Thesis | Sustainable water and sanitation services |
| Supervisor | Tapio T. Katko (engineering) |
France
Doctorate
| Student Name | Philippe Roman |
| Programme | PhD in Ecological Economics, Centre for Research in Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development (REEDS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
| Thesis | The San Fracisco River transfer in Brazil: ecological distribution and environmental justice |
| Supervisor | Martin O'Connor (economics) |
Mexico
Doctorate
| Student Name | Lamberti Felippa, María Julieta |
| Preferred Name | Julieta |
| Programme | PhD in Sociology, El Colegio de México, Mexico City |
| Thesis | |
| Supervisor |
| Student Name | Llanes Cárdenas, Omar |
| Preferred Name | Omar |
| Programme | PhD. in the Use, Management and Preservation of Natural Resources, Orientation in Agricultural Sciences, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. – CONACyT. La Paz, Baja California Sur. Research strand: Soil and water management and conservation. |
| Thesis | Spectral analysis of desertified soils associated to arid ecosystems in northwestern Mexico. |
| Supervisor | Enrique Troyo Diéguez, Mariano Norzagaray Campos |
| Student Name | Mercado Mancera, Gustavo |
| Preferred Name | Gustavo |
| Programme | PhD. in the Use, Management and Preservation of Natural Resources, Orientation in Agricultural Sciences , Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. – CONACyT. La Paz, Baja California Sur. Research strand: Soil and water management and conservation. |
| Thesis | Analysis of water deficit and desertification in arid watersheds of northwestern México. |
| Supervisor | Enrique Troyo Diéguez |
| Student Name | Luis Carlos Lopez Ulloa |
| Programme | PhD in Global Development Studies |
| Thesis | The Colorado River Basin in the Mexico-US border. Actors, decisions and public policies applied to Tijuana’s water supply, 1980-1995. |
| Student Name | Rubén Guillermo Sepúlveda Márquez |
| Programme | PhD in Global Development Studies. |
| Thesis | Environmental management as public policy: an analysis of the institutions in the state of Baja California. |
Masters
| Student Name | Martínez Treviño , Alice Zahí |
| Preferred name | Alice |
| Programme | Master in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City |
| Thesis | The Council of Ejidos and Communities in opposition to La Parato dam: a case of successful social movement struggle |
| Supervisor | María Luisa Torregrossa Armentia (Sociology) |
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Peru
Undergraduate
| Student Name | Susana Orellana Gavidia |
| Preferred name | Susana Orellana |
| Programme | BA in Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) |
| Thesis | Family and community strategies for the access to domestic water supply in a context of change in Amantani (Lake Titicaca, Puno-Peru) |
| Supervisor | Alejandro Diez Hurtado (Anthropology) |
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Spain
Doctorate
| Student Name | Alvim Carvalho, Frederico |
| Preferred name | Frederico Alvim |
| Programme | PhD in Social Sciences Applied to the Environment, Pablo Olavide University, Seville. |
| Thesis | Culture and the use of thermal and mineral-medicinal waters. Sustainable rural development and socioecological resilience in Poços de Caldas (Brazil) and Lanjarón (Spain) |
| Supervisor | J. Raúl Navarro García (history) and Javier Escalera Reyes (social sciences) |
| Student Name | Poma, Alice |
| Preferred name | Alice Poma |
| Programme | PhD in Social Research Applied to the Environment, Pablo Olavide University, Seville. |
| Thesis | Environmental conflicts and cultural change. An analysis from the perspective of the affected. |
| Supervisor | J. Raúl Navarro García (history) and Manuel Jiménez Sánchez (social sciences) |
| Student Name | Rodriguez-Labajos, Beatriz |
| Preferred name | Bea |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sciences, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona. |
| Thesis | Local agency and biological quality of water: interlinked biological invasions in the Ebro River. |
| Supervisor | Joan Martínez-Alier (economics) |
Sweden
Doctorate
| Student Name | Zairis Aida Coello Midence |
| Preferred name | Zairis Coello |
| Programme | PhD in Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). |
| Thesis | Integrated Water management in Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Supervisor | Jan Erik Gustafsson (public policy) |
United Kingdom
Doctorate
| Student Name | de la Motte, Robin |
| Preferred name | |
| Programme | PhD in Human Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester |
| Thesis | Water Works: public participation, social capital and co-production in the (peri)urban water sector in Latin America |
| Supervisors | Erik Swyngedouw and Diana Mitlin |