Research

My research aspires to be un-disciplinary, overcoming the artificial divide between academic disciplines. In the meantime, I do inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary research.

I am interested on topics at the multiple intersections between political economy, development studies, political ecology, philosophy, cultural studies, radical political geography, socio-economics, or critical education ... among others. And I use the categories, methodologies and tools from all of them, as they seem to me to be the most appropriate for each research project, specific publication and/or academic output.

Main Research Interests

· International Political Economy: critical IPE; global public goods; commons; international financialization; public policies.

· Global Development Studies: pluriversal alternatives to development; development finance; decoloniality and development; degrowth; civilizatory transitions; critical environmental education.

· Political Geography: Latin America; autonomism and prefigurative politics; decoloniality; radical urbanism.

· Political Ecology: critical political ecology; environmental justice; socioeconomic and ecological transitions.

Current Research Groups

· Research Group on Applied Economics (GIEA), University of Leon. Founder (2010), PI (2010-2017), & Member (2017-).

Publications

· Research Group on Economics, Energy and System Dynamics (GEEDS). University of Valladolid. Member (2018-)

Research Projects

Publications

Recent Research Projects (selection)

· COST Action CA19129 - Decolonising Development: Research, Teaching and Practice

PI: Prof. Aram Ziai & Dr. Julia Schöneberg (Universität Kassel, Germany)

Period: 2020-2024

Financing Institution: European Union

· EPICA - Empowering Participation in Culture and Architecture

PI: Dr. Nina Mihaljinac (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Period: 2022-2024

Financing Institution: University of Belgrade. Serbia

· Public Water and Public Banking in Europe

PI: Prof. David McDonald (Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada)

Period: 2019-2022

Financing Institution: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

· MODESLOW - Modelling and simulation of energy transition scenarios towards a low-carbon economy. The case study of Spain.

PI: Prof. O. Carpintero and Prof. LJ. Miguel (University of Valladolid, Spain)

Period: 2018-2021

Financing Institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

International Research Stays (selection)

POST-DOC

· Institute of Political & International Studies, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary. 2024

· IUSS Pavia, School for Advanced Studies of Pavia, Italy. 2022.

· Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), School of Advanced Studies, University of London, UK. 2019.

· School of Doctorate Studies, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, UK. 2019.

· Department of Development Studies. SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, UK. 2018-2019.

· Department of Society and Globalization. University of Roskilde, Denmark. 2017.

· HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2015.

PRE-DOC

· London School of Economics and Political Science. University of London, UK. 1994.

· Centro de Estudios Europeos. Universidad de Alcala. (different periods 1999-2001).

Jorge GARCIA-ARIAS