Vanessa Boanada Fuchs

Vanessa Boanada Fuchs is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies and Sustainability at the St.Gallen Institute of Management in Latin America, located in São Paulo, Brazil. Her work bridges academic research with practical development challenges, focusing on transcultural encounters, urban development, environmental governance, and indigenous rights.

Research Interests: Her interdisciplinary research explores coloniality in development frameworks, the role of real estate developers in urban dynamics, and the socioenvironmental impacts of large infrastructure projects like the Belo Monte Dam. She also investigates Chinese investment pressures in the Amazon and the decolonial critique of legal systems in Latin America.

Key Themes in Publications: Her articles analyze the tension between cultural legal frameworks in indigenous consultation processes, the geopolitics of soy trade in Amazon deforestation, and the necropolitical dimensions of pandemic governance in Brazil. She consistently emphasizes participatory methodologies and ethical frameworks in development.

Professional Affiliations: Based in São Paulo, her institutional affiliation reflects a focus on Latin American contexts while engaging with global sustainability challenges. Contact details include a São Paulo address and phone number, though an explicit email address is not provided in sources.