Alejandro is doing his Ph. D. researching about how to provide integrated scenarios for island economies under the context of climate change. The study analyses the socio-ecologic metabolism of two islands, Menorca (Spain) and Ikaria (Greece), applying MuSIASEM, and aims at understanding about how scientific information can be better used in participatory/deliberative processes for decision-making to achieve a more self-sufficient/low carbon future. 

​He holds an M. Sc. in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University (UU) and two bachelors, one in Environmental Sciences and another in Media and Communication, both from the University of Barcelona (UB). Before his Ph.D. started, Alejandro coordinated the courses ‘Sustainable Design’ and ‘Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures’ at CEMUS (UU) and he has been collaborating with different organizations in projects related to gender and sustainability issues as a facilitator, trainer and project manager.

 

Living in a complex world with a lot of challenges and hidden relations and feedbacks, I have always been interested in understanding how this complexity can be integrated and managed to make decisions that are sustainable, including stakeholders in the territory but also considering future generations and people affected by those decisions in other parts of the world.

 

Science for governance, complexity, integrated analysis, integrated assessment, Socio-ecologic metabolism, MuSIASEM, participation and democracy