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Maria Eugenia Giraudo serves as Assistant Professor in International Political Economy at Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs, specializing in the interplay between global economic structures and regional development dynamics. Her research critically examines how developing states navigate capital flows during commodity booms, with particular emphasis on Latin America's political economy.
Her educational trajectory includes a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick, followed by a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the University of York's Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre. This foundation informs her interdisciplinary methodology that bridges international political economy and critical geography.
Dr. Giraudo's scholarly focus spans Environmental Politics, Natural Resource Governance, and Latin American Development, with recurring investigations into soybean-driven transformations and gendered pandemic impacts. Her work consistently challenges conventional policy frameworks through analyses of state capacity during resource booms and the geopolitical dimensions of agricultural commodity chains.
Publication trends reveal sustained engagement with South American commodity governance (particularly soybean), intersecting with water-energy-food nexus challenges and gendered development outcomes. Her interdisciplinary approach synthesizes political economy with spatial analysis to expose power asymmetries in global resource extraction.
Since 2015, she has contributed to academic discourse as Editorial Board member of Alternautas: (Re)Searching development, fostering critical perspectives on Latin American development through peer-reviewed scholarship and scholarly translations.
