Katharine N. Farrell

Biography

Katharine (Kate) is Member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honor Society of the United States, holding a BA (with honors) in Political Science, with studies in biochemistry, two MSc degrees, one in Urban Policy Analysis and Management (with honors) and the other in Environmental Engineering (by research), and a PhD in Ecological Political Economy. She is an alumnus Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow and completed her Habilitation in Resource Economics in 2018, with the Life Sciences Faculty of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. She is lead author of over 20 high impact academic articles concerning ecological economics, environmental governance, sustainability, Wicked Problems, and the complexities of life and has led the production of several high impact edited collections and research projects. She has worked as a senior researcher and/or lecturer at universities throughout Europe and in Asia and the Americas and is currently a staff lecturer with Universidad ECCI (Escuela Colombiana de Carreras Industriales), a member of the research group GEAAD - Grupo Economía, Ambiente y Alternativas al Desarrollo of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and an adjunct postgraduate supervisor with the Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo, of the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.