Paulina Flores Martinez

Paulina is a PhD researcher working with the Sustainable Consumption and Production group. Her thesis is entitled “The governance of sustainability in Mexico’s agro-export sector: A global value chain approach”. She is supervised by Chris West and Prof Tony Heron of the Dept of Politics at the University of York.

The aim of her research is to investigate the governance of sustainability with respect to Mexico’s agro-export sector. Specifically, to explore the participation of Mexican farmers and agri-businesses in global value chains (GVCs), in the face of increasing evidence of strong linkages between agriculture, climate change and biodiversity loss. Globally, agriculture is among the largest contributors to man-made climate change, principally through land use change (deforestation) and methane gas emissions. These effects are having significant feedback loops for the sustainability of agriculture itself, especially through increased water scarcity and soil degradation. She will identify and measure actions to mitigate these feedback loops by using a global value chain (GVC) approach.

Paulina has a Master’s degree in Administration and Public Policy, 2014 – 2016, from Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City and a Bachelor’s in Economics (2008 – 2013) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Michoacán, Mexico.

Publications:

Flores-Martínez, P. & Salas-Ortiz, A. (2017) « Lo público en la política de cambio climático en México. » (The public issue of the Climate Change Policy in Mexico). Dfensor. Revista de Derechos humanos. Número 5, año XV, Mayo. ISSN: 2395-9940. In Spanish.

« Panorama actual de la disposición de basura en el tiradero a cielo abierto de Tarímbaro, Michoacán: una visión socio-económica. » (Status of waste disposal in an open-air dump Municipality of Tarímbaro, Michoacán, Michoacán: a socio-economic review). (2014). Ciencia Nicolaita. UMSNH. ISSN: 2007-7068.