Esther Velazquez Alonso

Esther Velazquez Alonso serves as Professor in the Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, specializing in Applied Economics with cross-disciplinary engagement in ecological systems.

Her research program integrates quantitative methodologies to address critical environmental challenges:

• Water consumption and pollution dynamics through input-output modeling
• Political ecology frameworks for resource governance
• Economic structures in agroecological transitions
• Historical analysis of environmental economics

She actively contributes to doctoral training across four specialized programs: Agroecology, Environmental History, Ecological Economics, and Political Ecology. Her foundational work stems from a 2001 doctoral thesis analyzing Andalusian water systems using graph theory and input-output models under supervision of Dr. Vicent Alcántara Escolano and Dr. Federico Aguilera Klink.