Juliana Mariano Alves

Biography

Professor at Universidade Estadual do Tocantins, where she leads the Research Group on Development and Environmental Performance. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, a Master’s degree in Agroecosystems, and a Ph.D. in Regional Development. She has been a Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Management and Strategy, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She has provided consultancy to the Ministry of the Environment of Brazil and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. She is a board member of the State Council for Water Resources in Brazil, Ambassador of the Climate Solutions Simulator of MIT, and board member of Metaphorum and the American Society for Cybernetics. Her work focuses on applying the Viable System Model (VSM) to complex adaptive systems, particularly in water governance.