Committed to social change and transformations for improving people's lives.
Involved in social innovation as a platform for more democratic, effective and humane responses to complex challenges.
Wide knowledge of public policy solutions for sustainable development challenges, of the formal structures and practical work of public administrations and other State tiers in Latin America and Europe, and wider governance issues.
International expertise on drug policy, citizen security and criminal justice from a sustainable development and human rights approach.
Absolutely convinced that the best solutions and transformations will come from local initiatives connecting sound public policy with inclusive and innovative local economic development processes.
Interested on the use of social and solidarity economy approaches for the economic inclusion of the most vulnerable and for the generation of alternatives to illicit economies.
Growing interest in research, including monitoring and evaluation processes.
Local innovation on sustainable development-based drug policy.
Sustainable development of urban neighborhoods highly dependent on illicit economies, Latin America.
Local sustainable development-based alternatives to arrest and incarceration, Latin America.
Context and stakeholder analysis on sustainable development issues, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia.
Adaptation of Local Childhood Strategies to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Spain.
Development of new success metrics for public policies on drugs based on the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030: Co-authoring of "Aligning Agendas: Drugs, Sustainable Development, and the Drive for Policy Coherence", by the International Expert Group on Drug Policy Metrics (CPPF, International Peace Institute), New York.
Revision of the 2018 Position Paper on Drug Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Reviewer for the the journal "International Politics", edited by the London School of Economics.- Conceptual development of a sustainable development approach to criminal justice, violence prevention and treatment of offenders, Thailand. - Case studies on rural/local development processes, Thailand, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/doitung-development-project/) - Impact evaluation of rural development projects, Myanmar (see: https://www.maefahluang.org/en/international-program-03/) - Local innovation on sustainable development-based drug policy. - Sustainable development of urban neighborhoods highly dependent on illicit economies, Latin America. - Local sustainable development-based alternatives to arrest and incarceration, Latin America. - Context and stakeholder analysis on sustainable development issues, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. - Adaptation of Local Childhood Strategies to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Spain. - Development of new success metrics for public policies on drugs based on the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030: Co-authoring of "Aligning Agendas: Drugs, Sustainable Development, and the Drive for Policy Coherence", by the International Expert Group on Drug Policy Metrics (CPPF, International Peace Institute), New York. - Revision of the 2018 Position Paper on Drug Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. - Reviewer for the the journal "International Politics", edited by the London School of Economics.