Claudio Cattaneo Can Masdeu, Camì de st.Latzer s/n Tel. +34 644116328 08035 Nou Barris – Barcelona / Spain E-mail:
[email protected] Citizenship: Italian Actual positions: Visiting professor at LIUC university (undergraduate course Introduction of Ecological Economics) Visiting professor at University of Edinburgh (part of MSc course Applications in Ecological Economics) Researcher MOVOKEUR project (Analysis of the squatters' movement, case studies: Barcelona, Europe) Associate researcher ICTA-UAB Member of Research and Degrowth Catalonia Research Interests: urban movements, degrowth, self-organization, human ecology, political ecology, rural-urban interactions. Interested in sustainable lifestyles (i.e. self-organized communities, co-housing), with experience in energy and material analysis of social metabolisms. Wide use of participant observation methodology. Applied experience with rural organic agriculture (restoration of soil fertility and adoption of sustainable techniques) and management of rural-urban commons. Education and training: 2009 PhD in Environmental Sciences –Ecological Economics and Environmental Management Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia Thesis: “The Ecological Economics of Urban Squatters in Barcelona”. Supervisors: Prof. Joan Martinez Alier and Dr. Lupicinio Iňiguez Final mark: Excellent 2007 DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in Environmental Sciences Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia Thesis: “El estilo de vida de los neorurales: esquemas de producciòn y consumo y anàlisis del discurso”. Supervisors: Prof. Joan Martinez Alier and Dr. Lupicinio Iňiguez Final mark: Excellent 2000-2001 MSc in Ecological Economics University of Edinburgh, Scotland Thesis: “Modelling Participatory Approaches in a Multi-Criteria Policy Issue. The Case of Wine Making in Cinque Terre National Park, Italy”. Supervisor: Dr. David Oglethorpe Final mark: 68% 1993-1997 Laurea in Business Administration Università Carlo Cattaneo, Italy Thesis: “Il fenomeno delle mode, un’analisi economica” (An economic analysis of fashion phenomena).