Adrian Gonzalez

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I am currently a full-time Senior Lecturer in Sustainability acting as Director for Learning and Teaching in the Department of Environment and Geography, University of York. Alongside this, I was also appointed Strategic Lead for Sustainability, Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of York (2023-2024).

I have a multi-disciplinary academic background with degrees in History, War Studies and Human Geography. As a political geographer and more specifically a political ecologist, my research was initially focused on natural resource governance and conflict and environmental justice. Recently I have moved into pedagogical research in sustainability education encompassing pedagogical practice, operations and content with an aspiration to ensure that all students, at whatever level, leave with the necessary knowledge and skills to embrace and engage with sustainability.

Prior to my current role, I was Lecturer in Human Geography and Planning in the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University which was awarded through the University's prestigious Darlithwyr Disglair (Brilliant Lecturer) Scheme. I have also held appointments as an Associate Lecturer in Human Geography and Environment and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Environment and Geography, University of York and as a Lecturer at the University of East London and University of London.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, University of York
  • 2021–2023
    Lecturer in Sustainability, University of York
  • 2020–2021
    Lecturer in Human Geography / Planning (Environmental) (Disglair), Cardiff University
  • 2018–2019
    Associate Lecturer in Human Geography and Environment, University of York
  • 2018–2018
    Guest Lecturer, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London
  • 2018–2018
    Hourly-Paid Lecturer, University of East London
  • 2013–2017
    PhD candidate, Royal Holloway, University of London

Education

  • 2017 
    Royal Holloway, University of London, PhD Human Geography
  • 2010 
    Kings College London, MA War Studies
  • 2008 
    De Montfort University, BA (Hons) History

Publications

  • 2024
    Sustainable and inclusive; transforming residential undergraduate fieldtrips in an age of the climate crisis, Journal of Geography in Higher Education
  • 2022
    The right to decide: A triad of participation in politicizing extractive governance in Latin America, The Extractive Industries and Society
  • 2021
    What justice and for whom? A political ecology of voice study into 'senses of justice' in Peru's Loreto Region, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
  • 2021
    Voiceless Development, Toxic Injustice, Criminal Resistance: A Study of Peruvian Natural Resource Extraction Through the Political Ecology of Voice, Environment and Development
  • 2019
    Making “a racket” but does anybody care? A study of environmental justice access and recognition through the political ecology of voice, Geoforum
  • 2018
    Control, fear and suppression: a political ecology of voice (PEV) study into resource extraction industry-community engagement in Peru’s Loreto Region, The Extractive Industries & Society
  • 2018
    “A Salute to the Bandido”: A Political Ecology of Voice Exploration into Peru’s Freedom of Voice Surrounding Hydrocarbon Development, Society & Natural Resources
  • 2016
    The land of black gold, corruption, poverty and sabotage: overcoming the Niger Delta’s problems through the establishment of a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund (NNRSF), Cogent Social Sciences, 2(1): 1-22
  • 2015
    The political ecology of voice (PEV); an innovative approach to examining environmental pollution and the accountability of economic actors, Journal of Political Ecology, 22: 466-485
  • 2011
    Download Black or Green Nuevo Sol? An Environmental and Societal Examination of Petroleum Extraction in Peru and Whether the Ecuadorian Yasuni ITT Initiative Provides a More Holistic Alternative, Journal of Peace, Conflict & Development (PC&D) No.17:63-82
  • 2010
    Petroleum and its impact on three African Wars: Angola, Nigeria and Sudan, Journal of Peace, Conflict & Development (PC&D), No.16:58-86

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Geographical Society
  • AdvanceHE

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