Overview

Maria is an economist currently working as a Post Doctoral Research Associate as part of two projects: Migration, Transformation, and Sustainability (MISTY) and Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points (HABITABLE). Within these, she works on the theoretical and empirical relationships between migration and sustainability, which includes assessing and explaining the existence of social tipping points. As part of her current research, she also examines the links between migration and human capital, where adaptation plays a key role mediating these two. 

Broad Research Specialisms

Sustainable development economics

Qualifications

PhD in International Development – University of Oxford (UK)   

MSc in Development Economics and Policy – University of Manchester (UK)

Bachelor (Licenciado) in Economics – Universidad del Pacifico (Lima, Peru)

Career

Maria has worked at the Young Lives study (University of Oxford), Save the Children, the World Bank, and the Research Centre of the Universidad del Pacifico, among others.

Links

• Biography

Research group links

• Environment and Sustainability