Dr David Flood Chavez

Dr David Flood Chavez
Dr David Flood Chavez
Dr David Flood Chavez

Teaching Fellow

About
School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

2004-2010 BSc, Forest Engineering, La Molina Agrarian University (Peru)

2017-2018 MSc, Environmental Partnership Management, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

2019-2023 PhD, Human Geography, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

2019-2023 PhD, Humanities, Curtin University (Australia)

2022-2023 Teaching Assistant, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

2023-present Teaching Fellow, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

Research

Research Overview

Political Ecology

- Production of nature in urban and peri-urban contexts

- Socio-environmental conflicts in the Global South

- Grassroots environmental movements and organisations

Evolutionary economic geography

- Evolution of regional industries and destinations

- Co-evolution of socio-technical and socio-ecological systems

- Interpath relations

Sustainability transitions 

- Sustainability transitions in tourism

- Geography of sustainability transitions

- Historical transitions and its influence on current sustainability transitions

Funding and Grants

- Research project “Modelling changing river discharge and its implications for sustainability in the Baspa Basin, Western Himalaya – an interdisciplinary approach” (2023)

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Course coordination:

- GG5571: Partnerships for sustainability (MSc Sustainability Transitions)

- GG2509: Environment and society (2nd year Geography UG)

Other teaching responsibilities:

- GG1010: The Anthropocene (1st year Geography UG)

- GG1512: The UN SDGs (1st year Geography UG)

- GG2014: Space, economy, and society (2nd year Geography UG)

- GG2508: Skills and techniques in geosciences (2nd year Geography UG)

- GG3057: Land and marine conservation (3rd year Geography UG)

- GG3570: Concepts in human geography (3rd year Geography UG)

- GG3576: Globalisation (3rd year Geography UG)

- GG4537: Geographical issues (4th year Geography UG)

- GG5072: Sustainability transitions - challenges and opportunities (MSc Sustainability Transitions)

- GG5557: Governance and political economy of sustainability (MSc Sustainability Transitions)