Veronique Sophie Avila Foucat

Professor Véronique Sophie Avila Foucat is Senior Researcher at the Economics Research Institute in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Member of the Board Directors of the National Coastal Resilience Laboratory (LANRESC).  She has received the National University Distinction for Young Academics in the area of Research Economic-Administrative Sciences in 2012 and is member of the National System of Researchers Level 3. Dr. Avila holds a PhD in Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Management from the University of York; a Master in Integrated Tropical Coastal Management by the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne both in the United Kingdom; and she is a Biologist from UNAM. In recent years, her research has focused on studying social-ecological systems resilience, particularly the role of sustainable diversification in rural households’ livelihoods, well-being, and development. She has also studied ecosystem services economic valuation and public policy impacts.