I am a sociologist and political scientist. My research is characterized by inter- and transdiciplinary critical analytical approaches to democracy, sustainability, social movements, environmental justice, interculturality, resource governance and the mainstream understanding of development, principally in South American settings. Theoretically and methodologically inspired by decolonial theory, political ecology, anthropology, political and environmental sociology, I have specialized in indigenous peoples and their political organization, culture/identity, and worldviews (such as the conceptualizations of Sumak Kawsay/Vivir Bien and indigeneity/territoriality), mainly in Bolivia and Ecuador.