Martínez-Álvarez, César

Bio:

Cesar Martinez-Alvarez is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on understanding the political economy of global environmental challenges, such as climate change and deforestation, with a regional focus on Latin America. His recent work focuses on the impact that extractive industries have on local communities as well as the politics of the energy transition. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, a MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, and a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México. He was a Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow at the Yale School of the Environment. Prior to graduate school he worked at Mexico’s National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change.