Social boundaries and the (re)production of urban economic inequalities: a relational perspective of segregation
Conference talk at Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, Bristol, UK
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Geography, Environment and Development, Birkbeck College, 2026 (expected)
- M.A. in Poverty and Development (Distinction), University of Sussex, 2014
- B.Sc.in Social Sciences with a major in Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2008
Work experience
Experience as research assistant in the international development sector. Experienced and proven ability to write academic and technical reports. I have specific experience in monitoring and evaluation, social information management, project management, impact evaluation and urban interventions social assessments. Designed methodologies and tools to monitor the progress of project activities and outcomes. Supported the development of tools and best practices for data integrity. Worked in political and culturally sensitive environments. I speak and write English, French, Dutch and Spanish.
With experience in the private and public sector, international NGOs and UN organizations. Currently in process of acquiring geo data science skills. Contact me if interested in this journey. In particular if related to geographic boundary detection, social boundaries, segregation and urban inequality.
Skills
- Experience with Unix Command Line, Quarto, ArcGIS, Qgis, SQL, NVIVO, Git version-control system and Tableau.
- Highly skilled in statistical software packages and languages such as STATA, CSS, R markdown, Python and R.
- Highly skilled in project management software such as Notion, Slack, Discord, Google Docs/Drive, webinar tools and common internet applications.
Language Skills
- English: Full professional
- French: Professional working
- Dutch: Professional working
- Spanish: Native
- Portuguese: Intermediate professional working
Publications
Talks
Socio-spatial Segregation and Economic Activity: an application of edge detection models.
Workshop at University of Birkbeck, Department of Geography, Bloomsburry, London, United Kingdom
Spatial segregation and accessibility: an application of edge detection models.
Workshop at University of Utrecht, Department of Geography, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Teaching
Service and leadership
- President of Latin American Society, BBK
- Pluralist Economics at Sussex (PEAS)
- Young Scholar Initiative (YSI)
- Social Protection Ambassador (IPC-UNDP)
- Project Access: Head of Mentor Experience & Service Strategy Peru