Academic and other meetings

Papers and presentations

• “Governance regimes in confrontation: a re-examination of environmental governance”, Development Planning Unit, University College London, London 22 May 2007.

• “Regulation and citizen participation: materials for debate”, at the V Brazilian Congress of Regulation, Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies (ABAR), Recife, Brazil, 6-9 May 2007 (funded by ABAR).

• “Citizenship and Social Justice”, Videoconference between An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, and Newcastle University, funded by the British Council in Palestine and with the support of the UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy (UCHRD), Nablus and Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 April 2007.

• Organization of the panel “Political Ecology in Latin America: the troubled interrelation between environmental and social justice”, at the The Society for Latin American Studies Annual Conference 2007, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 April 2007. The panel featured papers by Mr Philipp Terhorst, Loughborough University, Mr. Juan Carlos Dominguez, University of Oxford, Dr Patricia Oliart, Newcastle University, Prof. Erik Swyngedouw, University of Manchester, Dr José Augusto Pádua, Federal University of Río de Janeiro, Brazil, and Dr José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University.

• “Lutas sociais, cidadania e governabilidade na gestão da água na América Latina” (Social struggles, citizenship and governance in water management in Latin America), Regular Sociology Seminar Series, Post-Graduate Programme in Sociology, Centre of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CFCH), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Recife, 30 March 2007.

• “Lutas sociais, cidadania e governabilidade na gestão da água” (Social struggles, citizenship and governance in water management), Seminar “Habitação e Saneamento: Lutas, Participação e Controle Social” (Housing and Sanitation: Struggles, Participation and Social Monitoring), Research and Studies Group on Housing and Environmental Sanitation, Department of Social Work (NEPHSA), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, Recife, 27 March 2007.

• “Water, public health, and the right to water”, Medsin Global Health Conference “Health and Human Rights”, Medsin Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 March 2007.

• “The ‘privatization’ of water and sanitation services in Latin America during the 1990s: a conceptual and empirical exploration”, Seminar Series, Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies, The University of Manchester, Manchester, 20 March 2007.

• “New forms of environmental inequality and social conflict: the case of biopiracy”, Ethics and Environment Week 2007 - Newcastle University Student’s Union, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1 March 2007.

• “Contested governance: citizenship and social struggles around water and sanitation services in developing countries”, Internal Sociology Seminar Series, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 February 2007.

• “La privatización de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina: impacto y tendencias” (The privatization of water and sanitation services in Latin America: impacts and trends), research seminar at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 12 February 2007.

• “'Sustainability', common goods, and substantive democracy: exploring the scope, limits, and contradictions of citizenship”, at the International Conference on Citizenship and Commons. Citizenship as Key to a Sustainable Management of the Commons, Mexico City: Heinrich Böll Foundation, 7-9 December 2006.

• “Neoliberalismo y exclusión social: un examen teórico y empírico de la política del agua promovida por los organismos internacionales” (Neoliberalism and social exclusion: a theoretical and empirical examination of the water policies promoted by international organizations), at the V Conference Technology for Human Development: Water and Governance, Spanish Federation of Engineers without Borders, Barcelona, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, 17-18 November 2006.

• Invited as co-author of the book La Gota de la Vida: Hacia una Gestión Sustentable y Democrática del Agua (The Drop of Life: Towards a Sustainable and Democratic Management of Water) (ISBN 96890-84-01-1), Mexico City: Fundación Heinrich Böll Editions, 2006, pp. 266-287 to make a round of presentations of the book contents in El Salvador and Nicaragua, 23-27 October 2006. The tour was funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and was designed to reach a wide audience including academics, policy makers, practitioners, students, NGOs, and community organizations among other relevant actors.

• “Water, health and social inequality (in Spanish)”, at the 11th World Congress on Public Health - 8th Brazilian Congress on Collective Health “Public Health in a Globalized World: breaking down social, economic, and political barriers, Rio de Janeiro, 21-25 August 2006.

• “Water and governance in the XXI Century”, at the International Conference Water Engineering and Management Throughout the Times (Learning from history), Water Institute, Poly-technical University of Valencia and University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 30 June 2006.

• Organizer and participant, Workshop on Public policy in water supply and sanitation: theoretical perspectives and a review of experiences from Brazil, and Europe, Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, 5 May 2006.

• “Civil disobedience, water struggles, and citizenship rights in comparative perspective: cases from Europe and Latin America”, at the British Sociological Association Conference 2006 “Sociology, Social Order(s) and Disorder(s)”, Harrogate, 22 April 2006.

• “Water and sanitation services and sustainability in international perspective: the socio-political dimension”, at the III International Seminar of Engineering and Public Health , “Environmental Sanitation, Sustainability, and Social Inclusion”, National Health Foundation (FUNASA), Fortaleza, Brazil, 28 March 2006.

• “Highlights from the World Water Forum: the University of Newcastle's contribution”, World Water Day Seminar, Development Areas Research Network, Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 25 March 2006.

• “Institutional Development and Political Processes”, Ministerial Conference, IV World Water Forum, Mexico City: 22 March 2006.

• Organizer and participant, Session on The Public-Private Controversy in Water and Sanitation: lessons in the light of the Millennium Development Goals requirements, with the participation of Erik Swyngedouw (University of Oxford), María Luisa Torregrosa Armentia (Latin American Faculty of Social sciences, Mexico), Atilio Todeschini (Councillor, Chamber of Councillors, Municipality of Porto Alegre, Brazil), Antonio da Costa Miranda Neto (National Association of Municipal Water Utilities, Brazil), Carlos Crespo Flores (Higher University of San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia), and Félix Hernández Gamundi (Association of Technicians and Professionals for the Nation, Mexico), at the IV World Water Forum, Mexico City: 19 March 2006.

• Organizer and participant, Session on Successful Public Sector Experiences in Water and Sanitation, with the participation of Silvano Silverio da Costa (National Association of Municipal Water Utilities, Brazil), V. Suresh (People's Union for Civil Liberties, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India), Emanuele Lobina (Public Services International Research Unit, Business School, University of Greenwich, UK), Félix Hernández Gamundi (Association of Technicians and Professionals for the Nation, Mexico), Olivier Hoedeman (Corporate Europe Observatory), Raineldes Melo (Secretariat of Sanitation, Municipality of Recife, Brazil), at the IV World Water Forum, Mexico City: 19 March 2006.

• Organizer and participant, Session on “The struggle for a New Water Culture in Europe and Latin America”, with the participation of Pedro Arrojo (New Water Culture Foundation, Spain), Bernard Barraqué (Ecole Nationale des Pontes et Chaussées, France), Martha Delgado Peralta, Mexican Allience for a new Water Culture, Patrick McCully (Internacional Rivers Network), Narcis Prat (University of Barcelona and New Water Culture Foundation, Spain), Joel Carrillo Rivera (Institute of Geography, National Autonomous University of Mexico), and Félix Hernández Gamundi (Association of Technicians and Professionals for the Nation, Mexico), at the IV World Water Forum, Mexico City: 20 March 2006.

• “Servicios públicos esenciales y lucha social: gobernabilidad neoliberal, pragmatismos diversos, y la resistencia de quienes 'no merecemos perder'” (Essential public services and social struggle: neoliberal governance, pragmatic solutions, and the resistence of those who "do not deserve to lose"), at the Encuentro por una Nueva Cultura del Agua en América Latina (Meeting for a New Water Culture in Latin America, Fortaleza, Brazil, 5-9 December 2005. Check the information about this event and its objectives.

• “A review of the PRINWASS project results in relation to Watertime's results”, at the Watertime Final Conference, Stephen Lawrence Building, University of Greenwich, London, 25 November 2005.

• “Global change, water management, and the politics of inequality”, in the Session Global Changes and their Impacts on Energy and Water Management, at the II Regional Conference on Global Change: South America, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8-10 November 2005. Download here the Portuguese version.

• “Urban conflicts over water in Mexico: a theoretical and empirical exploration”, at UNESCO's Seminar on Urban water Conflicts, UNESCO's Headquarters, Paris, 27-28 October 2005.

• “Participación Privada en los Servicios de Saneamiento en Europa y América Latina: Resultados de Investigación del Proyecto PRINWASS” (in Spanish), at the Conferência Internacional Governança e Sustentabilidade Ambiental: 2005 – A Questão da Água, São Paulo, Brazil, 29-31 August 2005.

• “Agua urbana y lucha social en América Latina” (in Spanish), at the session Ciudades Latinoamericanas en el Nuevo Milenio, XXV CONGRESS of the Latin American Sociology Association (ALAS), “Desarrollo, Crisis y Democracia en América Latina: Participación, Movimientos Sociales y Teoría Sociológica”, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 22-26 August 2005.

• Special Conference on “Private participation in water and sanitation: Research results from the PRINWASS project” (in Spanish), at the 35th National Assembly of the National Association of Municipal Water and Sanitation Services (ASSEMAE), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 24-29 July 2005.

• “The Movement for a New Water Culture in Europe and Latin America” (in Spanish), at the First Working Meeting of the Mexican Alliance for a New Water Culture, Mexico City, 4 July 2005.

• Keynote speech on “Institutional Development and Political Processes” (in Spanish), at the International Water Conference “Sowing Water for the Future” in Preparation for the IV World Water Forum, Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, 28-31 June 2005. Funded by the Government of the State of Tabasco, Mexico.

• “Governance regimes and citizenship in the water sector: The case of water and sanitation services”, Keynote lecture at the NordForsk Nordic-Baltic Research Training Course: “Viable Water Governance”, Session 5: Citizenship and Water. Tampere University of Technology and Nordic Research Board, Tampere, Finland, 10 June 2005.

• “Private participation in water and sanitation: Research results from the PRINWASS project”, Keynote lecture at the NordForsk Nordic-Baltic Research Training Course: “Viable Water Governance”, Session 4: Water in Society. Tampere University of Technology and Nordic Research Board, Tampere, Finland, 9 June 2005.

• “Contested governance: citizenship and social struggles around water and sanitation services in developing countries”, at the 2005 Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID), “Paradoxes of Citizenship: Environments, Exclusions, Equity”, Session “Public-Private Water Management and Citizenship”. Invited by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada, 4 June 2005.

• “Governance and citizenship in environmental management: the case of water and sanitation services” (in Spanish), at the Specialization Course on Environmental Management, FUMEC University, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 21 May 2005.

• “An introduction to the political ecology of water management” (in Spanish), Federal University of Minas Gerais, School of Engineering, and Water Management Institute of Minas Gerais (IGAM), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 23 May 2005.

• “Contested governance: citizenship and social struggles around water services in developing countries.”, at the Module “Environmental Management for Developing Countries”, MSc in Environmental Strategy, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, 13 May 2005.

• “The role of public versus private service provision of water in the context of globalization”, in the International Seminar Globalization and Trade: Implications for Water and Food Security, invited by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IPPRI), the Third World Centre for Water Management, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 April, 2005 (paper sent to the workshop but not presented in person at the meeting).

• “Private participation in water and sanitation: research results from the PRINWASS project”, at the Symposium “GATS and Development: The Case of the Water Sector”, organized by the Department of Geography and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University, 13 April 2005.

• “The tension between the universal and the particular: research reflections about water cultures and policies”, at the Session B102 European Statement for a New Water Culture,V World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 29 January 2005.

• “Urban water and water and sanitation services: research results from the PRINWASS Project”, in Seminar Series on a New Water Culture, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of the Cities, Brasilia, Brazil, 24 January 2005.

• Coordination of a special session on “Water Management in Ibero America: trends, challenges and opportunities for a sustainability culture in the region”, at the IV Iberian Congress on Water Culture and Planning “Science, Technique, and Citizenship: Keys for Sustainable Water Management”, Tortosa, Spain, 8-12 December 2004.

• “The tension between the universal and the particular: research reflections about water cultures and policies”, at the IV Iberian Congress on Water Culture and Planning “Science, Technique, and Citizenship: Keys for Sustainable Water Management”, Tortosa, Spain, 8-12 December 2004.

• “Private participation in water and sanitation: research results from the PRINWASS project”, at the II International Seminar of Public Health Engineering, National Health Foundation (FUNASA), Goiânia, Brazil, 3 December 2004.

• “Private sector participation and regulation in the water and sanitation sector: research results from the PRINWASS project”, at the I Colloquium on Law and Economics in the Water and Sanitation Sector: Defining the Regulatory Framework, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 November 2004.

• “Private sector participation in water and sanitation: a synthesis of the PRINWASS project results”, at the II International Water Forum “Life in Debate” hosted by the Press Association of the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 11 November 2004.

• “PRINWASS. A Debate on the Main Project Findings” (in Spanish), Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico City, 29 September 2004.

• “PRINWASS. A Presentation of Project Findings”, at the Forum Finance and Administration of Water in Mexico City: Challenges and Proposals (in Spanish), jointly organized by the Finance Commission, the Budget and Public Accounts Commission, and the Special Commission for Integrated Water Management, Legislative Assembly of Mexico City, Mexico City, 24 September 2004.

• “Water governance. Reflections from research findings”, at the Seminar Water Private or Common Good? Towards a New Global Water Culture (in Spanish), University of Mexico City (UCM), Mexico City, 21-23 September 2004.

• “The governance of water resources and water and sanitation services in metropolitan areas: research findings”, at the Seminar on Socio-economic Development and Environmental Management. The Case of Water in Metropolitan Areas, jointly organized by the Municipality of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and the Municipality of Nantes, France, with the support of the French Consulate in Recife, Recife, 5-7 July 2004.

• Several presentations at the 2004 PRINWASS Open Workshop “Main trends and prospects characterizing private sector participation in water and sanitation: a discussion of project findings”, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, 30 June - 1 July 2004. Presentations for downloading.

• “Liquid citizenship: socio-political aspects of private sector participation in water and sanitation. Research findings from Europe and Latin America”, The Third Annual Students for Development Conference: Panel Session II: “Whose water?: Privatising key services”, Said Business School, University of Oxford, 22 June 2004.

• “An insight into our research project ‘Barriers to and conditions for the involvement of private capital and enterprise in water supply and sanitation in Latin America and Africa: seeking economic, social and environmental sustainability (PRINWASS)’”, (Arabic version, translated from the English original by UTI)   [850 KB], at the Workshop Future Challenges Facing Urban Development in Egypt. Potable Water and Sanitation, Cairo, Egypt, 10 April 2004. The workshop was organized by the Housing and Building Research Centre (HBRC) and the Urban Training and Studies Institute (UTI), Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, with the support of the Development Planning Unit (DPU, University College London (UCL).

• Participation in a Round Table on “Water and the City. The Challenge of Conservation” (in Spanish), Sao Paulo City Council, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 22 March 2004. Participation arranged by National Front for Environmental Sanitation (FNSA) and Agua e Vida - Centre for the Study of Environmental Sanitation. Supported by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities.

• “Private participation in water and sanitation in Latin America” (in Spanish), Institute of Technological Research (IPT), State of Sao Paulo, Campus of the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, 22 March 2004. Promoted by National Front for Environmental Sanitation (FNSA), Organized by Agua e Vida - Centre for the Study of Environmental Sanitation, ASSEMAE - National Association of Municipal Water and Sanitation Services, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo (USP), National Federation of Urbanists (FNU), and Institute of Technological Research (IPT). Supported by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities.

• “Private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector: evaluation of cases from Latin America and Europe” (in Spanish), Departament of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 19 March 2004. Organized by the Postgraduate Programme on Sanitation, Environment and Water Resources, the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (both at the UFMG), and the Front for Environmental Sanitation of the State of Minas Gerais. Supported by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities.

• Participation in a Round Table on the Law Project for “Public-Private Partnerships” and its potential impact on the Brazilian water and sanitation sector. National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Brasilia, 18 March 2004. Organized by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, National School for Public Administration (ENAP), and University of Brasilia.

• “Private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector in Brazil and Latin America. A debate on current experiences. Research findings on issues of governance and citizenship.” (in Spanish), Special Session at the VII Curso de Regulação Econômica dos Serviços de Abastecimento de Água e de Esgotamento Sanitário (VII Course on Economic Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services), National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Brasilia, 18 March 2004. Organized by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, National School for Public Administration (ENAP), and University of Brasilia.

• “Private participation in the water sector in Brazil: issues of governance and citizenship”, Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford, 20 January 2004.

• “Privatization of water and sanitation services in Latin America”, at the Seminar Series Is neo-liberalism collapsing in Latin America?, organized by the Latin American Bureau, jointly with the School of Oriental and African Studies and the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, London, 12 January 2004.

• “A participação da iniciativa privada no setor saneamento na América Latina e Europa” (Private sector participation in water and sanitation in Latin America and Europe), at the Training Day of the Secretariat of Sanitation, Municipality of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 17 December 2003.

• “Suggestions for Research Initiatives under European Union-Latin American Cooperation - advice for the forthcoming EU-Latin American Summit to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in May 2004”, Oxford Centre for Mexican Research and Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, Mexico City, 5 December 2003.

• “Water in Mexico: an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme”, Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Oxford Centre for Mexican Research, Mexico City, 3 December 2003.

• “La participación de la iniciativa privada en el sector de agua y saneamiento en América Latina” (Private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector in Latin America), Special Session at the VI Curso de Regulação Econômica dos Serviços de Abastecimento de Água e de Esgotamento Sanitário (VI Course on Economic Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services), National School of Public Administration (ENAP), Brasilia, 18 March 2004. Organized by the Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Ministry of the Cities, National School for Public Administration (ENAP), and University of Brasilia.

• Round Table on the National Policy for Environmental Sanitation presented by the National Secretary of Environmental Sanitation (SNSA), Programme for the Modernization of the Water and Sanitation Sector (PMSS), Ministry of the Cities, Brasilia, Brazil, 2 October 2003.

• “Privatización y transnacionalización de servicios públicos esenciales de agua en Africa, América Latina y Europa” (Privatization and transnationalization of essential public services in Africa, Latin America and Europe), at the XIX Summer Course, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 1 August 2003.

• “An insight into our research project ‘Barriers to and conditions for the involvement of private capital and enterprise in water supply and sanitation in Latin America and Africa: seeking economic, social and environmental sustainability (PRINWASS)’”, at the Workshop Clean Water, Safe Sanitation Debating the Research Agenda, Thames Water and School of Geography and the Environment with the Environment Change Institute, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 3 July 2003.

• “The long-term development of a socio-ecological regime: the case of water control in the Basin of Mexico”, 6th Nordic Conference on Environmental Social Sciences (NESS), Turku/Abo, Finland, 12-14 June 2003.

• "An insight into our research project 'Barriers to and conditions for the involvement of private capital and enterprise in water supply and sanitation in Latin America and Africa: seeking economic, social and environmental sustainability (PRINWASS)'”, at the Session European Contribution and Experience in International Scientific Co-operation for Meeting the Water Initiative Objectives in Developing Countries, European Commission's Green Week, Brussels, 5 June 2003.

• “Issues of governance and citizenship in the provision of water supply and sanitation”, at the Research Workshop Service Provision Governance in the Peri-urban Interface of Metropolitan Areas: Towards an Analytical Framework, 30 May 2003, Development Planning Unit, University College London.

• “Liquid citizenship: social struggles over water in Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico”, Society for Latin American Studies Annual Conference 2003, University of Manchester (UK), 11-13 April 2003.

• “An overview of the World Social Forum 2003 – Porto Alegre, Brazil”, Society for Latin American Studies Annual Conference 2003, University of Manchester (UK), 11-13 April 2003.

• "An insight into our research project 'Barriers to and conditions for the involvement of private capital and enterprise in water supply and sanitation in Latin America and Africa: seeking economic, social and environmental sustainability (PRINWASS)'”, at the The Third World Water Forum, Session organized by the Agence Française de Développement, Kyoto, Shiga, and Osaka, Japan, 16-23 March 2003.

• “La promoción de la participación privada en los servicios de agua y saneamiento: un examen del modelo dominante” in the Seminar “Water for all - Quality of Public Service with Social Control” organized by the Departamento Municipal de Aguas e Esgotos (DMAE), Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the World Social Forum – Water and Sanitation Section, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 27-28 January 2003.

• “Partnerships for public utilities”, Plenary Session on Capacity Building and Partnerships, at the Forum on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development organized jointly by the European Commission and the South African Government. The Forum formed part of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg on 2-3 September 2002.

• “Incertidumbre, desigualdad y luchas ciudadanas: el caso de la política del agua.”, in the session “Cambios recientes en las políticas de agua y saneamiento en América Latina. Reflexión y análisis a partir de estudios de caso”, Tercer Congreso Internacional de Latinoamericanistas en Europa “Cruzando Fronteras en América Latina”, CEISAL, Amsterdam, 3-7 July 2002.

• “Urban water and the politics of citizenship”, 2002 Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Session "Water and Society: Power, Scale, and Boundaries (II)", Los Angeles, Ca., USA, 13-25 March 2002.

• “The Governance of Environmental Management”, in Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-Urban Interface, International Conference, The Development Planning Unit, University College London, London, 9-10 November 2001.

• “Manufactured uncertainties, technoscience, and the politics of inequality: the case of water resources management”, in I Colóquio Internacional: Ciéncia, Natureza e Tecnoética, Thematic Session 1: "Nature, Biotechnology and Environmental Conflict", Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Ciéncias Sociais, Cascais, 28 - 29 September 2001.

• “Water, power and citizenship: the Valley of Mexico in a long-term perspective”, in The Role of Water in History and Development, 2nd Conference, International Water History Association, University of Bergen, Norway, 10th -12th August 2001.

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