| Student Name | Rodriguez Muñoz, Flavio Bladimir |
| Preferred name | Bladimir Rodriguez |
| Programme | Master in Social Economy, National University of General Sarmiento, Buenos Aires |
| Thesis | Local Development or under the patterns of modern colonial power and accumulation. Land (water, soil) and labour associated with local economic growth and food supply in the city of Rosario between 1970 and 2007 |
| Supervisor | José Luis Coraggio (economy) and Waldo Ansaldy (sociology and history) |
Students
Argentina
Masters
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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 | Barbosa Vítor de Oliveira, Ana Paula |
| Preferred name | Ana Paula Barbosa |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | The relationship between municipalities and service providers: the case of the cooperation agreement between Belo Horizonte municipality and the Water and Sanitation Company of Minas Gerais (COPASA), Brazil. |
| Supervisors | Léo Heller (engineering) and José Esteban Castro (sociology) |
| 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 | Faria Alves Silveira, Catarina |
| Preferred name | |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Science, Post-Graduate Programme in Environmental Science (PROCAM), University of São Paulo |
| Thesis | Global governance of natural resources: violent conflicts around forest resources |
| Supervisor | Wagner Costa Ribeiro (geography) |
| 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 | Hubner, Cristiane Fonseca |
| Preferred name | Hubner Cristiane |
| Programme | PhD in Urbanism, Department of Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Thesis | Analyzing private participation in Water and sanitation services management in environmental justice perspective |
| Supervisor | Ana Lucia Britto (geography) |
| 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 | Martins de Aguiar, Marluce |
| Preferred name | Marluce Aguiar |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Comparative evaluation of the management of water and sanitation services in different institutional frameworks: a study of three municipalities in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Supervisor | Léo Heller (engineering) |
| Student Name | Matos Queiroz, Josiane Teresinha |
| Preferred name | Josiane Queiroz |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, School of Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
| Thesis | Public policies in the bottled water industry and the implications of the increasing consumption of bottled water: a case study of three municipalities in Minas Gerais |
| Supervisors | Léo Heller (engineering) and Andrea Zhouri (sociology) |
| 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 | 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) |
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) |
Mexico
Doctorate
| Student Name | Gómez Fuentes, Anahí Copitzy |
| Preferred Name | Anahí Gómez |
| Programme | PhD in Social Sciences, with specialization in Social Antropology and Natural Resources, Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Antropology (CIESAS), Mexico City |
| Thesis | Sociopolitical conflicts around the building of dams in the Aragonese Pyrinee (Spain) and social mobilization against the transfer of Ebro river (Spain) |
| Supervisor | Gerardo Bernache (anthropology) and Pedro Arrojo (economy) |
| 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 Sepúlveda |
| 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 | Armenta Cota, Judith |
| Preferred name | Judith |
| Programme | Master in Social Sciences, El Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora. Research strand: Economic development and social exclusion |
| Thesis | A decade of water conflicts in Hermosillo. A review of the newspapers El Imparcial and Cambio between 1996 and 2006 |
| Supervisor | José Luis Moreno Vázquez |
| Student Name | Lamberti Felippa, María Julieta |
| Preferred name | Julieta |
| Programme | Master in Social Sciences, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City |
| Thesis | An "open cast" struggle. The case of the Opposing Wide Front against San Xavier Mining, San Luis Potosí |
| Supervisor | María Luisa Torregrossa Armentia (Sociology) |
| 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 | Domènech Pretus, Laia |
| Preferred name | Laia |
| Programme | PhD in Environmental Sciences, School of Engineering, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Thesis | The potential of alternative water resources in a context of world scarcity: experiences from the Barcelona Metropolitan Region and South-East Asia |
| Supervisor | David Saurí (geography) |
| 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 |
Masters
| Student Name | Perez, Julián |
| Preferred name | Julián |
| Programme | MPhil in Geography, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University |
| Thesis | Water privatization and social resistance in Bolivia |
| Supervisors | José Esteban Castro (sociology) and Nina Laurie (geography) |