Jesus Marañon EguivarPhD student

About me

PhD Student at the Department of Physical Geography of the Stockholm University, in the research group on Water, Permafrost and Environmental Systems.

I'm scholar of the International Scientific Program promoted by ASDI. I have a B.Sc. in Economics and a M.Sc. in Water Management, Habitat and Environment. Before starting my PhD studies, I worked as a Consultant for UN-Habitat between 2018 and 2022. I had been Lecturer-assistant in Applied Statistics, Lecturer in Demographics and Lecturer in General Economics at San Simón University in Bolivia, where I am from.

My PhD studies are focused on subsidence analysis related with underground water extraction based on InSAR technology in the Central Valley of Cochabamba-Bolivia, seeking to find practical and innovative water security indicators for countries with limited information resources.

Research projects

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Sustainable management and governance of water and soil in Bolivia

Food and Water are fundamental human rights and are constantly under threat. Worldwide, and specially in developing countries such as Bolivia, Water and Soil management is a strategic area for environmentally sustainable development of cities and peri-urban areas.