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PhD in Environmental Sciences from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2010). He is interested in studying the social-ecological transformations of mountain areas from the standpoint of environmental history, political ecology and action-research. He is now starting to investigate the role of literature and art in sociometabolic transitions and degrowth. He combines his research with the direction of documentaries and with conservation projects with local environmentalist organizations.
Research Interests: Land-use change, landscape, biodiversity, silenced memories, degrowth.
Selected Publication:
Otero I, Kallis G, Aguilar R, Ruiz V (2011). Water scarcity, social power and the production of an elite suburb. The political ecology of water in Matadepera, Catalonia. Ecological Economics, 70: 1297-1308.
Otero I, Boada M, Badia A, Pla E, Vayreda J, Sabaté S, Gracia CA, Peñuelas J (2011). Loss of water availability and stream biodiversity under land abandonment and climate change in a Mediterranean catchment (Olzinelles, NE Spain). Land Use Policy, 28: 207-218.
Ruiz V, Aguilar R, Otero I, Kallis G. De les feixes als xalets. L’ús social i polític de l’aigua en la destrucció d’una comunitat agrària. Matadepera (Vallès Occidental) 1931-1983. Estudis d’Història Agrària. In press.
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