RESEARCH AREA
Socio-ecological transformations
RESEARCH AREA
Socio-ecological transformations
Projects in this area
01Worlds of LithiumAn international project on the territorial, infrastructural and epistemological transformations associated with lithium and the energy transition. Following the completion of the ERC-funded project, Worlds of Lithium is evolving into a flexible international research network on lithium, critical minerals and socio-ecological transformations.
Period2020–2025FundingEuropean Research Council (ERC)ResearcherCristóbal BonelliEnlaces02Towards a hydro-sociology of experts: scientific and technical knowledge, objects and practices around water in ChilePeriod2026–2029FundingFONDECYT 11260033ResearcherFrancisco SalinasCECTS studentJosé PintoCECTS studentKenneth Fowler03Delocalised Decarbonisation: Frictions between Zero-Emissions WorldsPeriod 2023–2027TypeDoctoral research projectFundingAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), ChileResearcherCamila TorralboInternational cooperationWallonia-Brussels/Chile Joint Commission; Spiral Research Centre, Université de Liège; CECTS, Universidad Alberto Hurtado04SOCIECOS. Building the sustainable society. Mobilisation, participation and management of socio-ecological practicesPeriod2023–2026InstitutionUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)ResearcherBenjamín TejerinaCECTS participationJosé PintoInvestigador internacionalEnlaces05EcoDilemas – Serious games to measure and promote environmental awarenessPeriod2026–2027FundingDIDCA Creative Research Communication Fund, Universidad Alberto HurtadoResearcherFrancisco SalinasCECTS studentClara SalinaCECTS studentAntonia Hargreaves06Scientific and technical practices and knowledge around water in Chile. A sociology of objects of hydrological and hydraulic expertisePeriod2026–2029FundingFONDECYT IniciaciónResearcherFrancisco Salinas07What does a measurement do? Sociotechnical assemblages, community data and water controversies in ChilePeriod2025–2028TypeDoctoral research projectFundingAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), ChileResearcherKenneth Fowler Berenguer08Socio-Ecological KnowledgeResearch on the knowledge and capacities needed to address the socio-ecological crisis through environmental education, with an emphasis on transformative learning, situated knowledge and socio-ecological citizenship.
Period2024–2027FundingFONDECYT IniciaciónResearcherAntonia Condeza-Marmentini09A sociology of green hydrogen and community energy generation. Interrogating the sociotechnical imaginaries, modes of valuation and assembly processes of two emerging technologies for the energy transitionPeriod2023–2026FundingFONDECYT Regular 1230300ResearcherTomás Undurraga010The values of nature and the nature of valuation: a cultural and economic sociology of forests in ChilePeriod2023–2026FundingFONDECYT Regular 1230291ResearcherTomás Undurraga
Projects in this area
01
Worlds of Lithium
An international project on the territorial, infrastructural and epistemological transformations associated with lithium and the energy transition. Following the completion of the ERC-funded project, Worlds of Lithium is evolving into a flexible international research network on lithium, critical minerals and socio-ecological transformations.
Period
2020–2025
Funding
European Research Council (ERC)
Researcher
Cristóbal Bonelli
Enlaces
02
Towards a hydro-sociology of experts: scientific and technical knowledge, objects and practices around water in Chile
Period
2026–2029
Funding
FONDECYT 11260033
Researcher
Francisco Salinas
CECTS student
José Pinto
CECTS student
Kenneth Fowler
03
Delocalised Decarbonisation: Frictions between Zero-Emissions Worlds
Period
2023–2027
Type
Doctoral research project
Funding
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
Researcher
Camila Torralbo
International cooperation
Wallonia-Brussels/Chile Joint Commission; Spiral Research Centre, Université de Liège; CECTS, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
04
SOCIECOS. Building the sustainable society. Mobilisation, participation and management of socio-ecological practices
Period
2023–2026
Institution
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Researcher
Benjamín Tejerina
CECTS participation
José Pinto
Investigador internacional
Enlaces
05
EcoDilemas – Serious games to measure and promote environmental awareness
Period
2026–2027
Funding
DIDCA Creative Research Communication Fund, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Researcher
Francisco Salinas
CECTS student
Clara Salina
CECTS student
Antonia Hargreaves
06
Scientific and technical practices and knowledge around water in Chile. A sociology of objects of hydrological and hydraulic expertise
Period
2026–2029
Funding
FONDECYT Iniciación
Researcher
Francisco Salinas
07
What does a measurement do? Sociotechnical assemblages, community data and water controversies in Chile
Period
2025–2028
Type
Doctoral research project
Funding
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
Researcher
Kenneth Fowler Berenguer
08
Socio-Ecological Knowledge
Research on the knowledge and capacities needed to address the socio-ecological crisis through environmental education, with an emphasis on transformative learning, situated knowledge and socio-ecological citizenship.
Period
2024–2027
Funding
FONDECYT Iniciación
Researcher
Antonia Condeza-Marmentini
09
A sociology of green hydrogen and community energy generation. Interrogating the sociotechnical imaginaries, modes of valuation and assembly processes of two emerging technologies for the energy transition
Period
2023–2026
Funding
FONDECYT Regular 1230300
Researcher
Tomás Undurraga
010
The values of nature and the nature of valuation: a cultural and economic sociology of forests in Chile
Period
2023–2026
Funding
FONDECYT Regular 1230291
Researcher
Tomás Undurraga