Catalina Toro Pérez

Associate Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the School of Law, Political and Social Sciences, National University of Colombia. Dr. Toro Pérez holds a PhD in Political Science from the Institute of Political Studies, Paris, France. Dr. Toro Pérez leads the Group on The Political Economy of Extravism in Latin America and the Caribbean (CLACSO, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, 2013-2016; 2016-2019).  She is a member of the Caribbean Studies Association since 2014. Director of the Department of Political Sciences and of the Curriculum Area of Political Sciences (2014-2016). Dr. Toro Pérez was Director of the Graduate program (Masters) in Bio-Sciences and Law (2010-2013) and has directed the Research Group on Law and Political Environment since 2008 (School of Law, Political and Social Sciences, National University of Colombia).  Member of the Seeds Group, since 2008.

Recent Publications:

• Alimonda, H, Toro Pérez, C, Martin, F, (CLACSO, 2017). Editor and co-author), Vol. 1. Ecología Política Latinoamericana. Pensamiento crítico, diferencia rearticulación epistémica latinoamericana and Vol. II Pensamiento crítico y horizontes emancipatorios en clave sur;
• “La Mosquitia: Última Frontera Imperial? Neo-colonialismo y Neo-extractivismo petrolero y minero en el mundo Afro-Caribe” in Alimonda, H, et al. (CLACSO, 2017). Ecología Política Latinoamericana. Vol. II.;
• “Presentación” in Revista de Ciencia Política, ( 11, Núm. 21 (2016) Ecología política del extractivismo: escenarios socio-territoriales y rurales de la lucha ambiental latinoamericana. Universidad Nacional de Colombia;
• “La Geopolítica del extractivismo marino en el Caribe Occidental. Cambio Climático, el proceso de autodeterminación de los pueblos y el futuro del Área Marina Protegida de la Reserva de la Biósfera “Seaflower” in Revista Semillas, 2015.
• Editor and co-author of the following books: Ecología Política de la Bioseguridad en América Latina (Toro Pérez, 2014), Minería Territorio y Conflicto en Colombia, (UNIJUS 2013.
• Toro Pérez is currently editing a 2-volume edition on Latin American political ecology for CLACSO.