Grettel Navas is a political ecologist whose research focuses on environmental conflicts associated with toxic pollution, particularly pesticide exposure in agrarian contexts. Her work also examines the role of environmental defenders and the diverse forms of violence they face in their struggles. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Master’s degree in Socio-Environmental Studies from FLACSO–Ecuador, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the National University of Costa Rica. Since 2023, she has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at the School of Government, University of Chile (Santiago, Chile).
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CASAS
The Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the Global South (CASAS) is a community of Scholar-Activists working in critical agrarian studies.