Bettina Schorr Editor

Gerardo Damonte is a professor of the Department of Social Sciences at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). He holds a PhD in anthropology from Cornell University. Currently, he acts as a member of the trAndeS Executive Committee and he is affiliated with the Development Analysis Group (GRADE) based in Lima. His research addresses socio-environmental issues in Latin America, particularly the social dynamics linked to global extractive development.

Bettina Schorr holds a PhD in political science from the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis of Universität zu Köln, Germany. Her research interests include social inequalities and sustainable development, institutional change and dynamics of social conflicts (contentious politics). Currently, she is a lecturer at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and the program director of trAndeS – Postgraduate Program on Social Inequalities and Sustainable Development in the Andean Region.