Elisa Arond

Elisa Arond is a Research Fellow with the Sustainability Transitions team based at the Latin America centre in Bogotá, Colombia. Elisa works at the intersection of extractive industries governance, climate change, energy and sustainability transitions. More specifically, her research and engagement encompass topics related to energy production and planning, critical minerals and fossil fuel governance, innovation policy to support sustainable transitions and equitable regional development, gender and social equity.

Elisa was recently co-lead of the SEI-wide Initiative on Tackling Carbon Lock-In and previously led the Latin America centre’s Just Energy Transitions team. Elisa has worked as a researcher and consultant with various universities, private foundations, international NGOs, government agencies, and grassroots groups. She has a PhD and MA in Geography from Clark University, an MSc in Science and Technology for Sustainability from SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex, and a BSc in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.