NAVA JIMENEZ, LUZMA FABIOLA

Dr. Luzma Fabiola Nava earned her PhD in International Studies from Université Laval in 2015. From 2014 to 2016, she was a Luis Donaldo Colosio Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), where she subsequently served as a Guest Researcher from 2016 to 2024. Since November 2017, she has been a Researcher for Mexico at Mexico’s Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (Secihti), formerly the National Council of Humanities, Sciences, and Technologies (Conahcyt). In September 2022, she was appointed by Secihti to conduct research at the University of Guanajuato. Her research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of water resources management, water governance, water security, and sustainable development. Drawing on geography, political science, public administration, and public policy, her work examines how institutional arrangements and stakeholder interests and perspectives shape water-related decision-making and policy processes. A central objective of her research is to develop evidence-based policy recommendations to address socio-political water challenges across different levels of government, particularly in the context of climate change.