PhD Simone Lucatello
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He is a full-time researcher at the José María Luis Mora Research Institute
(CONACYT) in Mexico City. He has graduated from Great Britain’s London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in Master’s in International Relations,
and a PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development from the
International University of Venice, Italy. His research interests include areas
related to security, environmental security, humanitarian help, and disasters.
On those matters, he has recently worked as main consultant for the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) and for the Office of the United Nations against Drug and
Crime for Mexico (UNODC), Central America, and the Caribbean, coordinating the UN
Special Report on Transnational Organized Crime and its threats in Central America
and the Caribbean.
He is associate researcher of the Research Program in Climatic Change (PINCC) of
the UNAM, of several Mexican and international programs and he takes part in academic
networks on international cooperation, security, and sustainable development. He has
collaborated with several United Nations Programs (UNEP, UNIDO, ECLAC), of the European
Union (Europe Aid), in the Balkans, Central America, and Mexico. He was visiting
researcher at the Centre of Research on North America of the UNAM (CISAN-UNAM). He has
also collaborated with the Development Planning Unit (DPU) of the University College of
London (UCL), Great Britain, and with the University of Bergen, Norway.
He has coordinated various collective books and is the author of publication written in English,
Spanish, and Italian. He is a member of editorial committees in different academic Mexican and
international journal, and member of the National Researchers System, level 1.
Academic Education
PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development, Faculty
of Economics and Environmental Sciences, Università Ca Foscari di Venezia, Italy, 2011.
Master’s in International Relations, The London School of Economics
and Political Science, Great Britain, 2000.
Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of History, Università Ca Foscari di Venezia, Italy, 1999.
Research Lines
International cooperation and environment; governance for sustainable
development and climatic change, disaster prevention, humanitarian help.
Research Projects
Mitigation of climatic change in Mexico.
Towards the construction of security institutions in Central
America: progresses and challenges in the region.
Modernization of the Ministry of Environment and National Environment
System in the Republic of El Salvador.
Contact
Phone number: 55 54 8 946 ext. 3113
Email: slucatello@mora.edu.mx