David Manuel-Navarrete

About

David Manuel-Navarrete is an Associate Professor at the School of Sustainability with additional affiliations as an Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment (CBIE) and the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes. He applies an existential perspective to study deliberate transformations in social-ecological and technological systems, such as cities and coastal communities, including the subjective dimension of these transformations. His research aims to enhance societies’ capacity to deliver structural changes that reduce inequality and sustain the planet's web of life. As a sustainability scholar, he focuses on promoting climate change adaptation and tourism sustainability. His recent work explores adaptation, resilience, and transformation of water infrastructures in Mexico City, as well as the promotion of indigenous languages to advance sustainability in the Amazon. Manuel-Navarrete has worked as a consultant for the United Nations and has conducted sustainability research and assessments across Argentina, Brazil, Central America, and Mexico. He teaches courses on international development, sustainability, and sustainability science. He also coordinates the SpiRitS lab, which investigates the role of rituals in transforming inner worlds and fostering spiritual connections to the Earth.

Selected publications

• Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making

  Ecology and Society · 2019-01-01 · 199 citations

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  Oberlack, C., D. Sietz, E. Bürgi Bonanomi, A. De Bremond, J. Dell'Angelo, K. Eisenack, E. C. Ellis, G. Epstein, M. Giger, A. Heinimann, C. Kimmich, M. T. J. Kok, D. Manuel-Navarrete, P. Messerli, P. Meyfroidt, T. Václavík, and S. Villamayor-Tomas. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society 24(2):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10747-240226

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• Co-producing sustainable solutions in indigenous communities through scientific tourism

  Journal of Sustainable Tourism · 2020-02-27 · 48 citations

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  This conceptual paper explores theoretical linkages between scientific tourism and sustainability outcomes within indigenous communities. Drawing on sustainability science, boundary work theory, indigenous knowledge, and decolonial frameworks, we present a typology of scientific tourism situations mapped according to the degree in which they allow co-production of solutions that combine indigenous and scientific knowledge. This paper is based on the premise that co-produced solutions are essenti…

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• Fostering horizontal knowledge co-production with Indigenous people by leveraging researchers' transdisciplinary intentions

  Ecology and Society · 2021-01-01 · 41 citations

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  Manuel-Navarrete, D., C. Buzinde, and T. Swanson. 2021. Fostering horizontal knowledge co-production with Indigenous people by leveraging researchers' transdisciplinary intentions. Ecology and Society 26(2):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12265-260222

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• Loss and social-ecological transformation: pathways of change in Xochimilco, Mexico

  Ecology and Society · 2019-01-01 · 41 citations

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  Eakin, H., R. Shelton, J. Siqueiros-Garcia, L. Charli-Joseph, and D. Manuel-Navarrete. 2019. Loss and social-ecological transformation: pathways of change in Xochimilco, Mexico. Ecology and Society 24(3):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11030-240315

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• Intentional disruption of path-dependencies in the Anthropocene: Gray versus green water infrastructure regimes in Mexico City, Mexico

  Anthropocene · 2019-04-27 · 28 citations

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