Lucas G. Christel es Doctor en Ciencia Política y Magister en Políticas Públicas y Gerenciamiento del Desarrollo por la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM). Actualmente es Investigador Asistente en CONICET, Director de la Licenciatura en Ciencia Política en UNSAM y profesor Adjuntode la Escuela de Política y Gobierno (UNSAM).
En su investigación actual, analiza las controversias socio-técnicas en torno a los riesgos de las industrias extractivas y explora cómo mejorar las prácticas institucionales y democráticas para resolver esas controversias. Está interesado en dinámicas de acción colectiva, políticas ambientales y temas de cambio climático y biodiversidad. Ha desarrollado estancias de investigación en The Institute for Advanced Study – IAS- (Princeton), Watson Institute (Brown University) y British Columbia University (UBC). Asimismo, ha sido invitado a colaborar con el proyecto Biodiversity Revisited, una iniciativa de Luc Hoffman Institute (Gland, Suiza) en colaboración con distintas universidades globales y organizaciones no gubernamentales ambientales. Ha sido docente invitado de posgrado en CLACSO, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), NYU Buenos Aires y Hradec Kralové University (República Checa).

Áreas temáticas: Política ambiental – riesgos – cambio climático – transición energética

contacto: https://unsam.academia.edu/LucasChristel

lchristel@unsam.edu.ar

Lucas G. Christel holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Development Management from the National University of San Martín (UNSAM). He is currently an Assistant Researcher at CONICET (National Council of Experts), Director of the Bachelor’s Program in Political Science at UNSAM, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Politics and Government (UNSAM).
His current research focuses on socio-technical controversies surrounding the risks of extractive industries and explores how to improve institutional and democratic practices to resolve these controversies. He is interested in collective action dynamics, environmental policies, and climate change and biodiversity issues. He has conducted research stays at The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) (Princeton), the Watson Institute (Brown University), and the University of British Columbia (UBC). He has also been invited to collaborate on the Biodiversity Revisited project, an initiative of the Luc Hoffman Institute (Gland, Switzerland) in collaboration with various global universities and environmental non-governmental organizations. He has been a visiting postgraduate professor at CLACSO, the National University of Rosario (UNR), NYU Buenos Aires, and Hradec Kralové University (Czech Republic).