Dr Ioris is Lecturer in human geography with a particular interest in the political aspects of the interconnections between nature and society. He has conducted extensive research in several countries, including Scotland, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Portugal, using water management as an entry point into the political ecology of the allocation, use and conservation of natural resources. Ioris has a long experience with policy-making and project management in the UK (at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency), in Chile (at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and in Brazil (at the Ministry of the Environment). Main areas of research are related to the search for environmental justice in the urban and regional context and the multiple obstacles faced by marginalised communities to influence environmental decision-making. New research projects deal with the politics of agriculture modernisation and the expansion of agribusiness.
Antonio A. R. Ioris is Lecturer in Environment and Society and Director of the MSc in Environment and Development at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He trained as a political geographer and agricultural engineer and is an international scholar with an extensive research portfolio and numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Recent books include Water, State and the City (2015, Palgrave Macmillan).
