Maria A. Mejia: Curriculum Vitae
Education |
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2016 - present |
Master of Science in Global Change Ecology University of Bayreuth, Germany Master Thesis The social nature of urban nature: A qualitative study linking value articulation and contested geographies in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. #EnvironmentalJustice #EcosystemServices #Ecology #Advocacy |
2005 - 2010 |
Bachelor of Arts in Economics |
2004 - 2009 |
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science |
2006 - 2008 |
Minor in Architecture and City |
Profesional Experience |
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7.2018 - 9.2018 |
Consultant. The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) |
9.2011 - 9.2016 |
Researcher. Land Management Program. The National Research Institute of Biodiversity ‘Alexander von Humboldt’ |
1.2010 - 7.2011 |
Advisor. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia |
9.2009 - 12.2009 |
Advisor. Ministry of Environment, Housing and Land Planning of Colombia |
Academic Experience |
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8.2009 - 12.2009 |
Student helper - Lecture on Asian Development. |
8.2008 - 12.2009 |
Student helper - Lecture on Sustainable Development. |
Internships |
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01.2018 - 06.2018 |
The German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ Office Manila |
10.2017 - 12.2017 |
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) |
Publications |
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2018 |
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2017 |
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2016 |
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11.2014 |
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11.2014 |
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11.2014 |
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Participation in blogs |
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6.2018 |
Mejía MA. and Echeverri, J. A City for Life: Medellín’s Plan to Protect and Promote Urban Biodiversity. URBANET. |
10.2017 |
Mejía MA. Such is Life in the Urban Tropics. Situated Urban Political Ecology Collective (SUPE). |
Science schools, workshops, others |
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5.2019 |
Parks for the Planet Forum “Partnerships for Urban Wellbeing and Resilience: Harnessing Nature and Protected Areas for the Sustainable Development Goals. |
8.2018 |
The Sixth Global Environments Summer Academy (GESA 2018). Global Diversity Foundation and University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS). |
8.2017 |
International Summer School „Explore – Share – Perform: Arts & Science in Urban Context“. Ruhr University of Bochum |
7.2016 |
The Fourth SURE-ECNU Summer School of Urban Ecology |
7.2012 |
The First Latin American Course on Urban Ecology. Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento. |
7.2012 |
Workshop ‘Can there be a Science of Cities’. Santa Fe Institute |
7.2009 |
Latin American Development in the long run.
Instructors: James Robinson & Sebastián Mazzuca (Harvard University).
Universidad de Los Andes. |
7.2009 |
Micro-Econometrics for Impact Assessment.
Instructor: Sebastián Galliani (St. Louis University)
Universidad de Los Andes. |
Conferences |
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6.2019 |
The Nature of Cities Summit. |
7.2017 |
Speaker. European Environmental Science Student Association - EURENSSA 2017 Conference “Creating the Sustainable City” |
4.2017 |
Participant. Green Infrastructure: Nature based solutions for sustainable and resilient cities. |
3.2017 |
Volunteer. The Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services –IPBES. |
7.2016 |
Participant. Second Congress of the Society of Urban Ecology (SURE). |
11.2015 |
Participant. The 8th World ESP Conference ‘Ecosystem Services for Nature, People and Prosperity’. |
9.2015 |
Co-organizer and speaker. First SURE Latin-American Symposium on Urban Ecology in association with the Society of Urban Ecology (SURE). |
6.2015 |
Speaker. 21st International Symposium on Society and Resource Management ‘Understanding and Adapting to Change’. International Association for Society and Natural Resources - IASNR. |
8.2014 |
Speaker. BioDiverCities and Climate Change International Congress. Botanical Garden of Medellín. |
Seminars, others |
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4.2014 |
Participant and focal point. VII World Urban Forum ‘Cities for Life’. The UN-HABITAT, the Ministry of Housing of Colombia and the Local Government of Medellín City. |
12.2013 |
Table Rapporteur. Multi-stakeholder Dialogue ‘Integrating Social-Ecological Resilience into the New Development Agenda’. |
5.2013 |
Volunteer. First International Symposium on Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services. Humboldt Institute. |