Luz-Maria Lozada-Ellison
Luz Maria works as an environmental socio-economics interdisciplinary researcher using qualitative and quantitative approaches. She is part of the Information and Computational Sciences Group (ICS).
She has carried out research on landscape scale management (land use systems, multi-agent multi-level, environmental policies); poverty; provision of ecosystem services (governance and PES) and food systems. She has carried out her research in Mexico and Scotland with short research visits in France, Portugal, Brazil and Germany.
With a background in economics, Luz Maria initially carried out research on poverty, agriculture and rural development policies in Mexico. This research work won her a national award and was published as a book by UNAM-Mexico: El papel de PROGRESA en la reproducción de las unidades domésticas campesinas : estudio en una comunidad totonaca de Huehuetla, Puebla
Luz Maria completed a Masters degree in Social Anthropology at EHESS-Paris, complementing her experience of quantitative and statistical instruments with qualitative methods and participatory observation applied to the ethnography of food circulation during the Day of the Dead rituals in an indigenous community. After a further year of postgraduate studies, at the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale (Collège de France-EHESS), she became interested in carrying out research in a European context.
Luz Maria finished a Masters degree in Land Economics (Rural Surveying accredited for RICS) at the University of Aberdeen; and a PhD at the University of Birmingham (School of Geography) on cooperation and collaboration at the landscape scale for conservation in Scotland.
Current research interests
Luz Maria’s interdisciplinary research interests are focused on the social and economic dynamics of land management for landscape scale applications. The study of poverty, food systems, ecosystems services, climate change adaptation, as well as perceptions, individual decision-making and cooperation are some of her areas of particular interest. Luz Maria has worked with experimental methods used in environmental economics for which she combined qualitative and quantitative tools. Her experience in economics and ethnographic approaches has helped her to develop research in social and economic areas.
After a career break Luz is currently working on three projects related to Maize Food Systems (Mexico); Deprivation linked to Ecosystem Services (Scotland) and RESAS-funded research programme 2016-2021.
Bibliography
- Hill, R.; Dyer, G.A.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M.; Gimona, A.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Munoz-Rojas, J.; Gordon, I.J. (2015) A social-ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity ., Global Environmental Change, Human and Policy Dimensions, 34, 22-34.
- Lozada, L.M. (2014) El espíritu del maíz. Circulación anímica y cocina ritual entre los totonacos de la Sierra Norte de Puebla (México) = The spirit of maize. Animic circulation and ritual food among the Totonac of the Sierra Norte de Puebla (Mexico)., Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos [En ligne], Questions du temps présent, mis en ligne le 4 June 2014.
- van der Horst, D.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2010) Conflictos entre las energias y el paisaje: siete mitos y la propuesta de manejo adaptativo y colaborativo., Nimbus. Revista de Climatologia, Meteorologia y Paisaje, 25-26, 231-251.
- Schwarz, G.; Wilson, R.; Goddard, P.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2009) Review of the effectiveness of Axis II animal welfare measures - First evidence from the Animal Health and Welfare Management (AHWM) Programme in Scotland., In: Deltuvas, R, Kusta, A. et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth International Scientific Conference on Rural Development , Transitions towards Sustainability, Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Lithuania, 15-17 October 2009. Rural Development 2009, Volume 4(1), pp.408-413, LZUU, Kaunas.
- Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2008) La cuisine ceremonielle de la Fete des Morts (Mexique)., Food and History, 6, 133-154.
- Lozada, L.M. (2002) Progresa en las Unidades Domesticas Campesinas. El caso de una comunidad totonaca. A socio-economic case study of the implementation of a social policy program for rural development in Mexico., UNAM, Mexico.
- Hill, R.; Dyer, G.A.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M.; Gimona, A.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Munoz-Rojas, J.; Gordon, I.J. (2015) A social-ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity ., Global Environmental Change, Human and Policy Dimensions, 34, 22-34.
- Lozada, L.M. (2014) El espíritu del maíz. Circulación anímica y cocina ritual entre los totonacos de la Sierra Norte de Puebla (México) = The spirit of maize. Animic circulation and ritual food among the Totonac of the Sierra Norte de Puebla (Mexico)., Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos [En ligne], Questions du temps présent, mis en ligne le 4 June 2014.
- van der Horst, D.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2010) Conflictos entre las energias y el paisaje: siete mitos y la propuesta de manejo adaptativo y colaborativo., Nimbus. Revista de Climatologia, Meteorologia y Paisaje, 25-26, 231-251.
- Schwarz, G.; Wilson, R.; Goddard, P.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2009) Review of the effectiveness of Axis II animal welfare measures - First evidence from the Animal Health and Welfare Management (AHWM) Programme in Scotland., In: Deltuvas, R, Kusta, A. et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth International Scientific Conference on Rural Development , Transitions towards Sustainability, Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Lithuania, 15-17 October 2009. Rural Development 2009, Volume 4(1), pp.408-413, LZUU, Kaunas.
- Lozada-Ellison, L.M. (2008) La cuisine ceremonielle de la Fete des Morts (Mexique)., Food and History, 6, 133-154.
- Lozada, L.M. (2002) Progresa en las Unidades Domesticas Campesinas. El caso de una comunidad totonaca. A socio-economic case study of the implementation of a social policy program for rural development in Mexico., UNAM, Mexico.
- Hill, R.; Dyer, G.A.; Lozada-Ellison, L.M.; Gimona, A.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Munoz-Rojas, J.; Gordon, I.J. (2015) A social-ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity ., Global Environmental Change, Human and Policy Dimensions, 34, 22-34.
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