Raúl Acosta

Raúl Acosta serves as a Lecturer and researcher at ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico, specializing in political anthropology and transnational social movements within civil society contexts.

He earned his Doctorate in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford in 2007, where his dissertation examined transnational environmental activism in the Brazilian Amazon and Mediterranean regions with emphasis on conflict resolution within civil society networks.

His research focuses on dialogue quality in urban planning initiatives, public discourse impacts on migrant support organizations, and moral frameworks in activism. Key interests include solidarity mechanisms, political anthropology of exchange, and comparative analysis of tolerance discourses across Mexico and Brazil.

His publications reveal consistent engagement with global civil society structures, particularly through World Social Forum participation and Mediterranean Social Forum case studies, demonstrating expertise in transnational network dynamics and advocacy strategies.

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