Ricardo A. Gutiérrez es Licenciado en Ciencia Política y Magister en Investigación en Ciencias Sociales por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y PhD in Political Science por la Johns Hopkins University. Se desempeña como profesor titular y Decano de la Escuela de Política y Gobierno de la UNSAM y como investigador principal del CONICET. Su agenda de investigación aborda las múltiples interacciones entre actores estatales, sociales y económicos en el debate sobre la protección ambiental en América Latina. Actualmente realiza investigaciones sobre políticas ambientales en Argentina con enfoque en la protección de bosques nativos y la política climática. Es autor de numerosas publicaciones (artículos, libros y capítulos) sobre América Latina con foco en Argentina y Brasil. Sus últimas publicaciones incluyen Water – Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America IV (Bielefeld University Press, 2025 – editado con Susana Herrera-Lima y Lourdes Sofía Mendoza Bohne), “Environmental Mobilization in Latin America: Beyond the Lenses of Social Movements” (The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements, Oxford University Press, 2023 – con Lucas Christel);The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cambridge University Press, 2022 – con Isabella Alcañiz); “La acción de los expertos en contexto: la aplicación de la política de protección de bosques nativos en cuatro provincias argentinas” (Gestión y Política Pública, 2022 – con Lucas Figueroa); y “Between the Global Commodity Boom and Subnational State Capacities: Payment for Environmental Services to Fight Deforestation in Argentina” (Global Environmental Politics, 2020 – con Isabella Alcañiz).

Contacto: rgutierr@unsam.edu.ar

Ricardo A. Gutiérrez holds a BA in Political Science and a MA in Social Science Research from the University of Buenos Aires and a PhD in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. He is a full professor and Dean of the School of Politics and Government at UNSAM and a senior researcher at CONICET. His research agenda addresses the multiple interactions between state, social, and economic actors in the debate on environmental protection in Latin America. He currently conducts research on environmental policies in Argentina, focusing on the protection of native forests and climate policy. He is the author of numerous publications (articles, books, and chapters) on Latin America, focusing on Argentina and Brazil. Her latest publications include Water – Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America IV (Bielefeld University Press, 2025 – edited with Susana Herrera-Lima and Lourdes Sofía Mendoza Bohne); “Environmental Mobilization in Latin America: Beyond the Lenses of Social Movements” (The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements, Oxford University Press, 2023 – with Lucas Christel); “The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cambridge University Press, 2022 – with Isabella Alcañiz); “The Action of Experts in Context: The Implementation of Native Forest Protection Policy in Four Argentine Provinces” (Gestión y Política Pública, 2022 – with Lucas Figueroa); and “Between the Global Commodity Boom and Subnational State Capacities: Payment for Environmental Services to Fight Deforestation in Argentina” (Global Environmental Politics, 2020 – with Isabella Alcañiz).