Educational background
- Lawyer, School of Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina (March, 2002).
- Environmental Law Master’s Degree, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (2009).
- PhD Degree, School of Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, “Water management corruption in Argentina”, directed by Dr. Griselda Capaldo.
Latest Postgraduate courses:
- “Forests and water interactions”, Pre Congress Course XXIII IUFRO World Congress: Forest for the Future, Sustaining Society and the Environment, August, 2010.
- “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development”, University of Oslo, Norway, July 2010.
- “Integrating Sustainability Thinking into Academic Curricula”, Central European University (CEU) y Marie Curie Training network GOVERNAT, 2009, 80 hours, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
- “Sustainable Human Development, Regional Challenges and Responses”, Central European University and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 180 hours, Budapest, Hungary, 2008.
- “International Environmental Law”, E-learning course, UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), 2007.
- Universidad de Córdoba and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, “Public International Law and international relations: present issues”, 2006.
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain: “International Law and politics in connection with social welfare”, 2005-2006.
Scholarships:
- DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT, First International Symposium of Environmental – Forest Law in South America, Asunción, Paraguay, September, 2011.
- Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), to assit to World Water Week 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.
- DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT INWENT for the exposition at the III Conference of Forest and Environmental Law, in Temuco in 2010 and Valdivia, Chile, 2008. - IUFRO, to assist to the Pre Congress Course XXIII IUFRO World Congress: Forest for the Future, Sustaining Society and the Environment, Seoul, Korea, August, 2010.
- University of Oslo, Norway, postgraduate course: “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, July, 2010.
- United National Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), “Seventh Worshop: “Conservation Monitoring”, UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites: Conservation for Peace”, Hiroshima, Japan, April, 2010.
- Marie Curie Training Network GOVERNAT, postgraduate course: “Integrating Sustainability Thinking into Academic Curricula”, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
- Universidad de Salamanca, Master’s Degree, 2008, Salamanca, Spain.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), postgraduate course: “Sustainable Human Development”, Budapest, Hungary, 2008.
- CYTED, to participate in the VI International Symposium of Wetlands 2007, Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba, 2007.
- UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), Switzerland, to participate in the course: “International Environmental Law”, E-learning course (I was chosen with other 250 participants from all over the world, among 1600 applications), 2007.
- Foundation of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, to participate in Córdoba, Argentina, in the postgraduate course: “Public International Law and international relations: present issues”.
- Foundation of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, to participate in Madrid, Spain, in the postgraduate course: “International law and politics in connection with social welfare”.
Biography
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 2011 to present: National Scientific and Technical Research Councel (CONICET). Researcher.
- 2011 to present: Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN), Regional Buenos Aires. Professor of Social Responsibility in the Quality´s Engineering Master´s Degree.
- 2006 to present: Universidad Nacional de Luján (UNLu) Professor and Researcher of Environmental Law, International Environmental Law and Social Responsbility. Participation in scientific projects about the environment, specifically about the connection between ecology and sweet water management.
- 2004 to present: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales Ambrosio L. Gioja Professor and Researcher. Participation in a national scientific project sponsored by the Government named: “Environmental synergies between maritime and continental water”.
- 1999-2000: University of Buenos Aires Internship: Organization of conferences, teaching assistance, preparation of translations and of academic publications.
LANGUAGES:
- Spanish: Mother Tongue
- English: TOEFL CBT, score: 253/300 (2006), Business English Course, Marval, O´Farrell & Mairal (2003-2004), CAE (1995), First Certificate (1993).
- French, Portuguese and Italian (basic knowledge)
Featured publications
I. Book’s Chapters:
- “Management water corruption in South America”, II International Symposium about environmental sinergies between continental and maritime water, School of Law, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ISBN: 978-987-23081-6-2, March, 2010.
- “The right of access to water considered as a human right versus the world’s market, and its connection with some international law principles”, Book: International Law Studies, 5° Conference of International Law, coordinator Wagner Menezes, Juruá Editor, August 2008.
- “Water resources management and the International Law”, Book: International Law Studies, Volume IV, 4º Conference of International Law, coordinator: Wagner Menezes, Juruá Editor, ISBN: 853621360-4, August, 2006.
II. Magazines:
- “Analysis about the forest law and the enactment of the new law for native forests protection in Argentina”, Online Magazine, Comisión Nacional Forestal de México (Conafor), www.mexicoforestal.gob.mx, October, 2009.
- “Considerations about the Scientific project UBACYT: D-018: “Environmental synergies between continental and maritime water. From prevention to responsibility and from consuetudinary norms to substantive law (with especial reference to South America and MERCOSUR”, Director: Dr. Griselda Delia Capaldo, Electronic Magazine of the Institute of Social and Legal Research Ambrosio Lucas Gioja Nº 1, Universidad de Buenos Aires, August, 2007.
- “Transnational economy and transnational ecology: The regulation and access to sweet water, Environmental Law Magazine, Lexisnexis,http://lexisnexis.com.ar, July, 2006.
III. International Conferences:
- “General issues about fresh water management corruption in South America”, XIV World Water Congress, Porto Gallinas, Brasil, Septiembre de 2011.
- “The implementation of successful social programmes in the provision of water services in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina”, World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, August, 2011.
- “Analysis about some proposals to solve a future water management crisis”, III International Symposium about the Environment 2008, La Habana, Cuba, July, 2008. -“Is there a contradiction between the principles of international environmental law and the State’s sovereignty?”, VI International Symposium of Wetlands 2007, La Habana, Cuba, November, 2007.
- “The fundamental contributions of the Millennium Goals and of the Johannesburg Summit in the elimination of poverty in the world”, Conference of Forest and Environmental Law, The contribution of Forest – Environmental Law to the Millennium Goals, Talca, Chile, November, 2006.
- “Alert: Judicial protection of the natural resource of sweet water”, I Conference of Science, Technology, Society and Innovation, México, June, 2006.